Re: [Qemu-devel] [CFR 8/10] device_add command

[Anthony Liguori]

On 06/15/2010 11:30 AM, Anthony Liguori wrote:
> device_add
> ----------
>
> Add a device.
>
> Arguments:
>
> - "driver": the name of the new device's driver (json-string)
>    

What class of name is this?  I believe this is a qdev name but the 
example is misleading because someone could reasonable do { "driver": 
"virtio", "id": "net1"}

> - "bus": the device's parent bus (device tree path, json-string, optional)
> - "id": the device's ID, must be unique (json-string)
> - device properties
>    

I think we need to document all of the supported devices and their 
properties as part of the spec.

What happens if we cannot add the device?  How does one use this for hot 
add?

Is the device available within the guest immediately after the 
device_add operation completes?

Regards,

Anthony Liguori

> Example:
>
> ->  { "execute": "device_add", "arguments": { "driver": "e1000", "id": "net1" } 
> }
> <- { "return": {} }
>
> Notes:
>
> (1) For detailed information about this command, please refer to the
>      'docs/qdev-device-use.txt' file.
>
> (2) It's possible to list device properties by running QEMU with the
>      "-device DEVICE,\?" command-line argument, where DEVICE is the device's 
> name
>
>