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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PULL 2/7] well-defined listing order for machine types


From: Michael S. Tsirkin
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PULL 2/7] well-defined listing order for machine types
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2014 11:03:40 +0300

On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 10:39:16AM +0300, Marcel Apfelbaum wrote:
> On Wed, 2014-10-22 at 10:26 +0300, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> > From: Laszlo Ersek <address@hidden>
> > 
> > Commit 261747f1 ("vl: Use MachineClass instead of global QEMUMachine
> > list") broke the ordering of the machine types in the user-visible output
> > of
> > 
> >   qemu-system-XXXX -M \?
> > 
> > This occurred because registration was rebased from a manually maintained
> > linked list to GLib hash tables:
> > 
> >   qemu_register_machine()
> >     type_register()
> >       type_register_internal()
> >         type_table_add()
> >           g_hash_table_insert()
> > 
> > and because the listing was rebased accordingly, from the traversal of the
> > list to the traversal of the hash table (rendered as an ad-hoc list):
> > 
> >   machine_parse()
> >     object_class_get_list(TYPE_MACHINE)
> >       object_class_foreach()
> >         g_hash_table_foreach()
> > 
> > The current order is a "random" one, for practical purposes, which is
> > annoying for users.
> > 
> > Introduce new members QEMUMachine.family and MachineClass.family, allowing
> > machine types to be "clustered". Introduce a comparator function that
> > establishes a total ordering between machine types, ordering machine types
> > in the same family next to each other. In machine_parse(), list the
> > supported machine types sorted with the comparator function.
> > 
> > The comparator function:
> > - sorts whole families before standalone machine types,
> > - sorts whole families between each other in alphabetically increasing
> >   order,
> > - sorts machine types inside the same family in alphabetically decreasing
> >   order,
> > - sorts standalone machine types between each other in alphabetically
> >   increasing order.
> > 
> > After this patch, all machine types are considered standalone, and
> > accordingly, the output is alphabetically ascending. This will be refined
> > in the following patches.
> > 
> > Effects on the x86_64 output:
> > 
> > Before:
> > 
> > > Supported machines are:
> > > pc-0.13              Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
> > > pc-i440fx-2.0        Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
> > > pc-1.0               Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
> > > pc-i440fx-2.1        Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
> > > pc-q35-1.7           Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009)
> > > pc-1.1               Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
> > > pc-0.14              Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
> > > pc-q35-2.0           Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009)
> > > pc-i440fx-1.4        Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
> > > pc-i440fx-1.5        Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
> > > pc-0.15              Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
> > > pc-q35-1.4           Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009)
> > > isapc                ISA-only PC
> > > pc                   Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996) (alias of 
> > > pc-i440fx-2.2)
> > > pc-i440fx-2.2        Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996) (default)
> > > pc-1.2               Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
> > > pc-0.10              Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
> > > pc-0.11              Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
> > > pc-q35-2.1           Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009)
> > > q35                  Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009) (alias of pc-q35-2.2)
> > > pc-q35-2.2           Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009)
> > > pc-i440fx-1.6        Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
> > > pc-i440fx-1.7        Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
> > > none                 empty machine
> > > pc-q35-1.5           Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009)
> > > pc-q35-1.6           Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009)
> > > pc-0.12              Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
> > > pc-1.3               Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
> > 
> > After:
> > 
> > > Supported machines are:
> > > isapc                ISA-only PC
> > > none                 empty machine
> > > pc-0.10              Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
> > > pc-0.11              Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
> > > pc-0.12              Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
> > > pc-0.13              Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
> > > pc-0.14              Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
> > > pc-0.15              Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
> > > pc-1.0               Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
> > > pc-1.1               Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
> > > pc-1.2               Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
> > > pc-1.3               Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
> > > pc-i440fx-1.4        Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
> > > pc-i440fx-1.5        Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
> > > pc-i440fx-1.6        Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
> > > pc-i440fx-1.7        Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
> > > pc-i440fx-2.0        Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
> > > pc-i440fx-2.1        Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
> > > pc                   Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996) (alias of 
> > > pc-i440fx-2.2)
> > > pc-i440fx-2.2        Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996) (default)
> > > pc-q35-1.4           Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009)
> > > pc-q35-1.5           Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009)
> > > pc-q35-1.6           Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009)
> > > pc-q35-1.7           Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009)
> > > pc-q35-2.0           Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009)
> > > pc-q35-2.1           Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009)
> > > q35                  Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009) (alias of pc-q35-2.2)
> > > pc-q35-2.2           Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009)
> > 
> > Effects on the aarch64 output:
> > 
> > Before:
> > 
> > > Supported machines are:
> > > lm3s811evb           Stellaris LM3S811EVB
> > > canon-a1100          Canon PowerShot A1100 IS
> > > vexpress-a15         ARM Versatile Express for Cortex-A15
> > > vexpress-a9          ARM Versatile Express for Cortex-A9
> > > xilinx-zynq-a9       Xilinx Zynq Platform Baseboard for Cortex-A9
> > > connex               Gumstix Connex (PXA255)
> > > n800                 Nokia N800 tablet aka. RX-34 (OMAP2420)
> > > lm3s6965evb          Stellaris LM3S6965EVB
> > > versatileab          ARM Versatile/AB (ARM926EJ-S)
> > > borzoi               Borzoi PDA (PXA270)
> > > tosa                 Tosa PDA (PXA255)
> > > cheetah              Palm Tungsten|E aka. Cheetah PDA (OMAP310)
> > > midway               Calxeda Midway (ECX-2000)
> > > mainstone            Mainstone II (PXA27x)
> > > n810                 Nokia N810 tablet aka. RX-44 (OMAP2420)
> > > terrier              Terrier PDA (PXA270)
> > > highbank             Calxeda Highbank (ECX-1000)
> > > cubieboard           cubietech cubieboard
> > > sx1-v1               Siemens SX1 (OMAP310) V1
> > > sx1                  Siemens SX1 (OMAP310) V2
> > > realview-eb-mpcore   ARM RealView Emulation Baseboard (ARM11MPCore)
> > > kzm                  ARM KZM Emulation Baseboard (ARM1136)
> > > akita                Akita PDA (PXA270)
> > > z2                   Zipit Z2 (PXA27x)
> > > musicpal             Marvell 88w8618 / MusicPal (ARM926EJ-S)
> > > realview-pb-a8       ARM RealView Platform Baseboard for Cortex-A8
> > > versatilepb          ARM Versatile/PB (ARM926EJ-S)
> > > realview-eb          ARM RealView Emulation Baseboard (ARM926EJ-S)
> > > realview-pbx-a9      ARM RealView Platform Baseboard Explore for Cortex-A9
> > > spitz                Spitz PDA (PXA270)
> > > none                 empty machine
> > > virt                 ARM Virtual Machine
> > > collie               Collie PDA (SA-1110)
> > > smdkc210             Samsung SMDKC210 board (Exynos4210)
> > > verdex               Gumstix Verdex (PXA270)
> > > nuri                 Samsung NURI board (Exynos4210)
> > > integratorcp         ARM Integrator/CP (ARM926EJ-S)
> > 
> > After:
> > 
> > > Supported machines are:
> > > akita                Akita PDA (PXA270)
> > > borzoi               Borzoi PDA (PXA270)
> > > canon-a1100          Canon PowerShot A1100 IS
> > > cheetah              Palm Tungsten|E aka. Cheetah PDA (OMAP310)
> > > collie               Collie PDA (SA-1110)
> > > connex               Gumstix Connex (PXA255)
> > > cubieboard           cubietech cubieboard
> > > highbank             Calxeda Highbank (ECX-1000)
> > > integratorcp         ARM Integrator/CP (ARM926EJ-S)
> > > kzm                  ARM KZM Emulation Baseboard (ARM1136)
> > > lm3s6965evb          Stellaris LM3S6965EVB
> > > lm3s811evb           Stellaris LM3S811EVB
> > > mainstone            Mainstone II (PXA27x)
> > > midway               Calxeda Midway (ECX-2000)
> > > musicpal             Marvell 88w8618 / MusicPal (ARM926EJ-S)
> > > n800                 Nokia N800 tablet aka. RX-34 (OMAP2420)
> > > n810                 Nokia N810 tablet aka. RX-44 (OMAP2420)
> > > none                 empty machine
> > > nuri                 Samsung NURI board (Exynos4210)
> > > realview-eb          ARM RealView Emulation Baseboard (ARM926EJ-S)
> > > realview-eb-mpcore   ARM RealView Emulation Baseboard (ARM11MPCore)
> > > realview-pb-a8       ARM RealView Platform Baseboard for Cortex-A8
> > > realview-pbx-a9      ARM RealView Platform Baseboard Explore for Cortex-A9
> > > smdkc210             Samsung SMDKC210 board (Exynos4210)
> > > spitz                Spitz PDA (PXA270)
> > > sx1                  Siemens SX1 (OMAP310) V2
> > > sx1-v1               Siemens SX1 (OMAP310) V1
> > > terrier              Terrier PDA (PXA270)
> > > tosa                 Tosa PDA (PXA255)
> > > verdex               Gumstix Verdex (PXA270)
> > > versatileab          ARM Versatile/AB (ARM926EJ-S)
> > > versatilepb          ARM Versatile/PB (ARM926EJ-S)
> > > vexpress-a15         ARM Versatile Express for Cortex-A15
> > > vexpress-a9          ARM Versatile Express for Cortex-A9
> > > virt                 ARM Virtual Machine
> > > xilinx-zynq-a9       Xilinx Zynq Platform Baseboard for Cortex-A9
> > > z2                   Zipit Z2 (PXA27x)
> > 
> > RHBZ: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1145042
> > Signed-off-by: Laszlo Ersek <address@hidden>
> > Reviewed-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <address@hidden>
> > Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <address@hidden>
> 
> 
> This misses my and Paolo's "Reviewed-by" tag :(
> 
> Thanks,
> Marcel
> 
> [...]


Oops, lost the acks.
That's not nice, I'll do v2 just for this.

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MST



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