On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 11:48 PM, Alexander Graf <agraf@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > On 10.04.14 15:26, Peter Crosthwaite wrote: >> >> On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 1:33 AM, Eric Auger <eric.auger@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>> From: Kim Phillips <kim.phillips@xxxxxxxxxx> >>> >>> This is a hack and only serves as an example of what needs to be >>> done to make the next RFC - add vfio-platform support - work >>> for development purposes on a Calxeda Midway system. We don't want >>> mach-virt to always create this ethernet device - DO NOT APPLY, etc. >>> >>> Initial attempts to convince QEMU to create a memory mapped device >>> on the command line (e.g., -device vfio-platform,name=fff51000.ethernet) >>> would fail with "Parameter 'driver' expects pluggable device type". >> >> Alistair is working on this. cc. > > > Alaistair, I've had patches tackle this on the mailing list a few months ago > and received good comments from Anthony on what to change. How far in are > you already? I'd like to make sure we're on the same page here (and don't > duplicate work). > > > Alex > > Hey Alex, I have a patch I'm about to send to the mailing list. It allows an entire machine to be added by the -device argument on the command line. It is a similar implementation to my first version (vl.c: Allow sysbus devices to be attached via commandline), but much more generic. Could you point me to your patches so I can compare? At the moment I don't have much feedback to my implementation Thanks, Alistair _______________________________________________ kvmarm mailing list kvmarm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/kvmarm
