Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/8] Add virtio-mmio and use it in vexpress

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On 08.07.2013, at 14:57, Alexander Graf wrote:

> 
> On 27.06.2013, at 15:04, Peter Maydell wrote:
> 
>> This patch series adds an implementation of the virtio-mmio
>> transport, and uses it in the vexpress-a9 and vexpress-a15
>> board models.
>> 
>> The basic idea is that the board instantiates some transports,
> 
> I really dislike that idea. Couldn't you also create a new bus for your vexpress platform and add a virtio-mmio-vexpress device that automatically allocates an interrupt from the main PIC on instantiation? That way you could create transports using -device.
> 
> Combine that with automatic fdt generation and you get fully command line scaling device creation.

Ah, you already have the fdt generation bit. So you're really only missing the automatic irq allocation to make it actually user friendly and flexible.


Alex


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