Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] scripts: Add qom-tree script as modern equivalent of info qtree

[Andreas Färber]

Am 07.02.2014 12:21, schrieb Paolo Bonzini:
> Il 07/02/2014 12:09, Andreas Färber ha scritto:
>>> No matter how much I like QOM (I do), I would rather say that the all
>>> QOM grand plan has been "inconclusive".  99% in-tree uses of QOM are
>>> just a glorified qdev, buses and all.  You shouldn't be surprised if
>>> people still care about the "legacy" qdev tree.
>>
>> I am not offended about people caring about legacy devices. I am
>> offended that people are trying to revert good QOM changes so that they
>> match their expectations from legacy concepts.
[...]
>> I have stated at two KVM Forums already that qdev is dead.
> 
> Define "qdev", please.

See my slides. :)

qdev is a framework from Paul Brook with a bus-tree-oriented graph.
QOM by comparison uses an arbitrary composition tree of child<> nodes.

qdev as such no longer exists since late 2011 / early 2012.

Andreas

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