Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/8] Add virtio-mmio and use it in vexpress

[Alexander Graf]

On 08.07.2013, at 14:57, Alexander Graf wrote:

> 
> On 27.06.2013, at 15:04, Peter Maydell wrote:
> 
>> This patch series adds an implementation of the virtio-mmio
>> transport, and uses it in the vexpress-a9 and vexpress-a15
>> board models.
>> 
>> The basic idea is that the board instantiates some transports,
> 
> I really dislike that idea. Couldn't you also create a new bus for your 
> vexpress platform and add a virtio-mmio-vexpress device that automatically 
> allocates an interrupt from the main PIC on instantiation? That way you could 
> create transports using -device.
> 
> Combine that with automatic fdt generation and you get fully command line 
> scaling device creation.

Ah, you already have the fdt generation bit. So you're really only missing the 
automatic irq allocation to make it actually user friendly and flexible.


Alex