[libvirt] [PATCH] Clarify lack of generated IDE -device string in QEMU driver

[Matthew Booth <mbooth@xxxxxxxxxx>]

The QEMU driver contained code to generate a -device string for piix4-ide, but
wasn't using it. This was intentional. This change removes the string generation
and adds a comment explaining why no -device is necessary.

* src/qemu/qemu_conf.c: Remove VIR_DOMAIN_CONTROLLER_TYPE_IDE handler in
                        qemuBuildControllerDevStr(). Add comments.
---
 src/qemu/qemu_conf.c |   16 ++++++++--------
 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_conf.c b/src/qemu/qemu_conf.c
index f4a6c08..1c4f326 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_conf.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_conf.c
@@ -2121,11 +2121,8 @@ qemuBuildControllerDevStr(virDomainControllerDefPtr def)
         virBufferVSprintf(&buf, ",id=scsi%d", def->idx);
         break;
 
+    /* We always get an IDE controller, whether we want it or not. */
     case VIR_DOMAIN_CONTROLLER_TYPE_IDE:
-        virBufferAddLit(&buf, "piix4-ide");
-        virBufferVSprintf(&buf, ",id=ide%d", def->idx);
-        break;
-
     default:
         goto error;
     }
@@ -3141,16 +3138,19 @@ int qemudBuildCommandLine(virConnectPtr conn,
 
     if (qemuCmdFlags & QEMUD_CMD_FLAG_DEVICE) {
         for (i = 0 ; i < def->ncontrollers ; i++) {
-            char *scsi;
-            if (def->controllers[i]->type != VIR_DOMAIN_CONTROLLER_TYPE_SCSI)
+            /* We don't add an explicit IDE controller because the provided
+             * PIIX4 device already includes one. It isn't possible to remove
+             * the PIIX4. */
+            if (def->controllers[i]->type == VIR_DOMAIN_CONTROLLER_TYPE_IDE)
                 continue;
 
             ADD_ARG_LIT("-device");
 
-            if (!(scsi = qemuBuildControllerDevStr(def->controllers[i])))
+            char *devstr;
+            if (!(devstr = qemuBuildControllerDevStr(def->controllers[i])))
                 goto no_memory;
 
-            ADD_ARG(scsi);
+            ADD_ARG(devstr);
         }
     }
 
-- 
1.6.6

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