Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] hw/usb/bus.c: print device ID when 'info usb' used

[Peter Maydell]

On 28 August 2015 at 14:55, Programmingkid <address@hidden> wrote:
> On Aug 28, 2015, at 9:50 AM, Gerd Hoffmann wrote:
>> Even better: Don't print "ID: ..." in the first place in case it is not
>> present.
>
> The ID is printed so if the user needs to remove the device, device_del <id> 
> can be used.
>
> If the ID isn't printed here, where do you want it to be printed? "info 
> device-id"?

Gerd means, "print nothing at all, rather than ', ID null'".
There's no point in printing something which isn't actually
an ID you can use to delete the device.

thanks
-- PMM