Re: Configuration vs. compat hints [was Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCHv3 03/13] qemu: add routines to manage PCI capabilities]

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Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
>
> If we want to remove a device from under a running guest, you need
> hotplug. So we can't just remove several lines from the config and hope
> that it'll work simply because the PCI address is stable.
>   

Why not?

> OTOH, if you reboot the guest, it's ok for addresses to change.
>   

No, it's not.  Some guests depend on addressing for their configuration 
(for example older Linux guests will swap eth0/eth1 if you swap their 
slots).

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error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function

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