Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] qom: Introduce object_realize_nofail()

[Anthony Liguori]

On 04/12/2012 04:50 PM, Peter Maydell wrote:
> On 12 April 2012 22:24, Anthony Liguori<address@hidden>  wrote:
> > The end goal shouldn't be s/qdev/object/g.  That doesn't make things better
> > by just using a new shiny infrastructure.  Splitting device initialization
> > into two stages is the fundamental reason for introducing QOM in the first
> > place.
>
> It might be yours, doesn't mean it's everybody else's :-)

But clearly my own selfish goals are the only thing that matters :-)

> My main desire from shifting to QOM is named connections between
> devices and killing off the strict hierarchy of qbus buses;

We're pretty much there, no?

I think the only thing really left is introducing Pins and qomifying 
MemoryRegions.

> I haven't been particularly bitten by device init issues.

You will be...  In order to let a user make those connections you'll need a 
mechanism to set link properties before realize but after instance_init.

Regards,

Anthony Liguori

> -- PMM