Re: [Qemu-devel] [RESEND][PATCH 3/9] microdrive: qdevify

[Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov]

Hello,

On 5/16/11, andrzej zaborowski <address@hidden> wrote:
> On 25 April 2011 11:06, Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov <address@hidden>
> wrote:
>> Switch dscm1xxxx microdrive driver to use qdev infrastructure.
>> ---
>>  hw/ide/microdrive.c |   49
>> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
>>  hw/pcmcia.h         |    2 +-
>>  hw/spitz.c          |    5 ++++-
>>  hw/tosa.c           |    5 ++++-
>>  4 files changed, 48 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/hw/ide/microdrive.c b/hw/ide/microdrive.c
>> index 9fbbf0e..7692603 100644
>> --- a/hw/ide/microdrive.c
>> +++ b/hw/ide/microdrive.c
>> @@ -38,8 +38,8 @@
>>
>>  /* DSCM-1XXXX Microdrive hard disk with CF+ II / PCMCIA interface.  */
>>  typedef struct {
>> -    IDEBus bus;
>>     PCMCIACardState card;
>> +    IDEBus bus;
>>     uint32_t attr_base;
>>     uint32_t io_base;
>>
>> @@ -529,22 +529,51 @@ static int dscm1xxxx_detach(void *opaque)
>>     return 0;
>>  }
>>
>> -PCMCIACardState *dscm1xxxx_init(DriveInfo *bdrv)
>> +PCMCIACardState *dscm1xxxx_init(PCMCIASocket *socket, DriveInfo *bdrv)
>
> This looks like a regression that you have to pass the socket when
> creating a PCMCIA card.  I consider it an advantage of the current
> code that pcmcia cards are hotswappable.  Can we keep that with
> qdevification?  Otherwise is there a gain from the qdevification?

Socket is required, as we have to know the QBus before creating the
device on it.

Reg. hotswap: my intent was to move reuse hotplug/hotswap from QDev layer.
However I could not find a way to trigger device creation/removal at run time,
so I was unable to even try to test this code path. How should I do that?

Cards won´t be hotswitchable (you won´t be able to detach a card from one socket
and then put it back to the other one, however PCMCIA code should be hotplugable
(i.e. you should be able to unplug a card from socket and then plug another one
in).


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With best wishes
Dmitry