On 2011-12-20 15:07, Anthony Liguori wrote: > On 12/20/2011 07:57 AM, Paolo Bonzini wrote: >> On 12/20/2011 02:54 PM, Anthony Liguori wrote: >>>> In QOM parlance Jan implemented this: >>>> >>>> abstract class Object >>>> abstract class Device >>>> class APIC: { backend: link<APICBackend> } >>>> abstract class APICBackend >>>> class QEMU_APICBackend >>>> class KVM_APICBackend >>> >>> I don't fundamentally object to modeling it like this provided that it's >>> modeled (and visible) through qdev and not done through a one-off >>> infrastructure. >> >> There is no superclass of DeviceState, hence doing it through qdev >> would mean >> introducing a new bus type and so on. This would be a superb example of a >> useless bus that can disappear with QOM, but I don't see why we should >> take the >> pain to add it in the first place. :) > > Right, so let's modeled it for now as inheritance which qdev can cope with. Do we have a clear plan now how to sort out the addressing issues in this model? I mean when registering two devices under different names that are supposed to be addressable under the same alias once instantiated. I didn't follow recent qtree naming changes in details unfortunately, if they already enable this. This does not need to be implemented before merge. I just like to have a common view on how to address it once it matters (for device inspection). Jan -- Siemens AG, Corporate Technology, CT T DE IT 1 Corporate Competence Center Embedded Linux -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html