Re: [Qemu-devel] Machine description, an alternativ using XML

[Anthony Liguori]

Paul Brook wrote:
> >   <OBJECT name="pic" class="pl190">
> >     <ATTRIBUTE name="pic">      <value obj_ref=":cpu"/>  </ATTRIBUTE>
> >     <ATTRIBUTE name="memmap">   <value obj_ref=":memmap"/>  </ATTRIBUTE>
> >     <ATTRIBUTE name="base">     <value integer="0xc0010000"/>  </ATTRIBUTE>
> >   </OBJECT>
> > <MACHINE/>
> >     
>
> It looks like you're just using XML to encapsulate simple <key,value> pairs, 
> which IMHO is completely the wrong way to use XML. Qemu already has to know 
> about things like IO regions, IRQs, bus bindings. XML gives you the power to 
> describe these things properly, rather than relying on clumsy naming 
> conventions.
>   

I'm really don't want to see this get furthered rat holed.  Since we all 
seemed relatively happy with the device tree as a configuration file, 
can we agree to that firmly and avoid this discussion?

Regards,

Anthony Liguori