Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 00/15] qdev: make reset semantics more clear and consistent, reset qbuses under virtio devices

[Paolo Bonzini]

Il 10/01/2013 15:14, Anthony Liguori ha scritto:
> What I would propose is that we:
> 
>   s/DeviceState::reset/DeviceState::hard_reset/g
> 
> Then introduce PCIDevice::soft_reset.  We can convert the PCI layer to
> call soft_reset() instead of hard_reset.
> 
> Over time, it would be great if we could find a way to implement
> hard_reset in terms of device destruction/recreation but we're not there
> yet.
> 
> I think the reset/hard_reset rename can be done via sed mostly.
> 
> Would this solve the bug that you're trying to fix Michael/Paolo?

I can fix the bug easily just in virtio-scsi.  I don't want anywone to
trip on it again due to false expectations about reset, though.

Paolo