On 06/14/2009 12:50 PM, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 05:48:23PM +0100, Mark McLoughlin wrote: > >> However, in order to retain compat for that SCSI device (e.g. ensuring >> the PCI address doesn't change as other devices are added an removed), >> we're back to the same problem ... either: >> >> 1) Use '-drive file=foo.img,if=scsi,pci_addr=foo'; in order to figure >> out what address to use, libvirt would need to query qemu for what >> address was originally allocated to device or it would do all the >> PCI address allocation itself ... >> > > This last option makes sense to me: in a real world the user has > control over where he places the device on the bus, so why > not with qemu? > Yes, the user build the machine using the command line and monitor (or, in 2017, the machine configuration file), then turns on the power. Command line options are the parts lying around when we start. btw, -drive needs to be separated: -controller type=lsi1234,pci_addr=foobar,name=blah -drive file=foo.img,controller=blah,index=0 -drive file=bar.img,controller=blah,index=1 Drives to not have pci addresses. -- error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function _______________________________________________ Virtualization mailing list Virtualization@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/virtualization
