[Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH v2 3/9] provide in-kernel ioapic

[Anthony Liguori]

Juan Quintela wrote:
> I notice that discussion is going nowhere, basically we are in the
> state:
> - people that want one device
>   * they emulate the same hardware
>   * lots of code is shared
>   * they should be interchageable
>   * if they are not interchageable, it is a bug
>   * once that they are split, it is basically imposible to join then
>     again.
> - people that want 2 devices:
>   * The devices can more easily diverge if they are two devices
>   * They are not interchageable now
>   * It allows you more freedom in changing any of them if they are
>     separate.
>
> As you can see, none of the proposals is a clear winner.  And what is
> worse, we have the two maintainers (avi and anthony), the two with more
> experience having to deal with this kind of situation disagreeing.
>
> How to fix the impass?
>   

We already have the single device model implementation and the 
limitations are well known.  The best way to move forward is for someone 
to send out patches implementing separate device models.

At that point, it becomes a discussion of two concrete pieces of code 
verses hand waving.

> Later, Juan.
>   


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Regards,

Anthony Liguori