[Top][All Lists]
[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
Re: [Qemu-devel] Should new USB devices such as usb-ccid support legacy
|
From: |
Kevin Wolf |
|
Subject: |
Re: [Qemu-devel] Should new USB devices such as usb-ccid support legacy -usbdevice? |
|
Date: |
Tue, 17 May 2011 12:37:10 +0200 |
|
User-agent: |
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.1.15) Gecko/20101027 Fedora/3.0.10-1.fc12 Thunderbird/3.0.10 |
Am 16.05.2011 10:33, schrieb Markus Armbruster:
> Anthony Liguori <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> On 05/13/2011 11:36 AM, Markus Armbruster wrote:
>>> When Gerd qdevified USB, he kept legacy -usbdevice working (commit
>>> 0958b4cc...). What about new USB devices? Should they get a legacy
>>> syntax, too?
>>>
>>> The only existing new device is usb-ccid, and it got one in commit
>>> 36707144.
>>
>> What keeps -usbdevice from being a light wrapper to -device such that
>> no future code is needed for this?
>
> What would that buy us? Inhowfar is -usbdevice any lighter than
> -device?
One difference is that it automagically gives you an USB host
controller, whereas with -device you need to specify one explicitly.
Kevin