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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] switch balloon initialization to -device.


From: Gerd Hoffmann
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] switch balloon initialization to -device.
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 12:10:02 +0200
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On 08/14/09 11:44, Markus Armbruster wrote:
Gerd Hoffmann<address@hidden>  writes:

With that patch applied "-balloon virtio,args" becomes a shortcut for
"-device virtio-balloon-pci,args".

Side effects:
  - ballon device gains support for id=<tag>.
  - ballon device is off by default now.
  - initialization order changes, which may in different pci slot
    assignment depending on the VM configuration.

Signed-off-by: Gerd Hoffmann<address@hidden>

Looks good on quick inspection (gotta run), just one question: what
happens when I (stupidly) do -balloon virtio,driver=e1000 ?  Question
might apply to plain -device before this patch as well.

QemuOpts allows overwriting, so who is written last will win.
Write order is undefined, so don't try that at home ;)

Behavior of the current code:

  -balloon virtio,driver=e1000 will give you a balloon device.
  -device virtio-blk-pci,driver=e1000 will give you a e1000.

cheers,
  Gerd




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