Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 03/14] qdev: add qdev_add_properties

[Anthony Liguori]

On 05/01/2012 05:12 PM, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> Il 02/05/2012 00:01, Anthony Liguori ha scritto:
> > There's magic in the qdev layer now to decide whether a Property in the
> > array of properties becomes a legacy or static property (it's only ever
> > exposed as one type).
>
> I don't think this is true: a legacy property always has a static
> counterpart.  The magic (really just a fallback) is to decide whether
> -device<type>,<prop>=<value>  will use the legacy property or a string
> visitor + a static property.

Yes, I mispoke.  All legacy properties are static properties but not all static 
properties are legacy (IIUC).

The exception is PROP_PTR which is always a legacy but never a static.

So there is quite a bit of magic.

Regards,

Anthony Liguori

> Paolo