Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH][RFC v2 3/7] vl: create power chip device

[Paolo Bonzini]

Il 09/04/2013 10:26, li guang ha scritto:
> > qemu_system_suspend_request, qemu_register_suspend_notifier
> >    for S0->S3
> > 
> > qemu_system_wakeup_request, qemu_register_wakeup_notifier
> >    for S3->S0
> > 
> > qemu_system_powerdown_request, qemu_register_powerdown_notifier
> >    for Sx->S5
> > 
> > and the reset mechanism for S5->S0.
> 
> Yep, I'm trying to supersede these functions
> by my power chip emulation. 

Then I explained in my other message why this is wrong.  The API may
well be "bad" (if so, please explain why), but at least it is the right
tool to model this.  QEMU models abstract concepts (memory, timers,
powerdown) with APIs, not with devices.

Paolo