Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/3] Fix confused output for alias properties

[Paolo Bonzini]

Il 22/09/2014 13:22, Gonglei (Arei) ha scritto:
> > This doesn't change the fact that ObjectProperty is a generic struct,
> > and adding alias-specific fields there is wrong.
> 
> OK, Maybe I should find other ways to attach this purpose and
> avoid layering violation. Thanks!

Unfortunately I cannot think of any.

We could add a description field to ObjectProperty, and replace
legacy_name with a description.  The output then would be

virtio-blk.drive=str (drive)

That's a bit hackish, but perhaps it would be good enough for mst and
Markus?

Paolo