On 02.11.18 14:00, Igor Mammedov wrote: > On Fri, 2 Nov 2018 12:43:10 +0100 > David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> On 01.11.18 15:10, Igor Mammedov wrote: >>> On Wed, 24 Oct 2018 12:19:25 +0200 >>> David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>>> For now, the hotplug handler is not called for devices that are >>>> being cold plugged. The hotplug handler is setup when the machine >>>> initialization is fully done. Only bridges that were cold plugged are >>>> considered. >>>> >>>> Set the hotplug handler for the root piix bus directly when realizing. >>>> Overwrite the hotplug handler of bridges when hotplugging/coldplugging >>>> them. >>>> >>>> This will now make sure that the ACPI PCI hotplug handler is also called >>>> for cold-plugged devices (also on bridges) and for bridges that were >>>> hotplugged. >>>> >>>> When trying to hotplug a device to a hotplugged bridge, we now correctly >>>> get the error message >>>> "Unsupported bus. Bus doesn't have property 'acpi-pcihp-bsel' set" >>>> Insted of going via the standard PCI hotplug handler. >>> Erroring out is probably not ok, since it can break existing setups >>> where SHPC hotplugging to hotplugged bridge was working just fine before. >> >> The question is if it actually was supposed (and eventually did) work. > I think it works now, it's QEMU 'ACPI hotplug hack' (which exists for > the sake of Windows) limitation. We weren't able to dynamically add > ACPI description for hotplugged bridge, so it was using native hotplug. > Now theoretically we can load tables dynamically but that, would add > maintenance nightmare (versioned tables) and would be harder to debug. > I'd rather not go that direction and keep current limited version, > suggesting users to use native hotplug if guest is capable. Alright I'll keep current behavior (checking if the bridge is hotplugged or coldplugged). Thanks! -- Thanks, David / dhildenb -- libvir-list mailing list libvir-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list
