Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3] ui/cocoa.m: Add Mount image file menu item

[Programmingkid]

On Sep 23, 2015, at 4:35 PM, Peter Maydell wrote:

> On 17 September 2015 at 21:17, Programmingkid <address@hidden> wrote:
>> Add "Mount Image File..." and a "Eject Image File" menu items to
>> cocoa interface. This patch makes sharing files between the
>> host and the guest user-friendly.
>> 
>> The "Mount Image File..." menu item displays a dialog box having the
>> user pick an image file to use in QEMU. The image file is setup as
>> a USB flash drive. The user can do the equivalent of removing the
>> flash drive by selecting the file in the "Eject Image File" submenu.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: John Arbuckle <address@hidden>
> 
> I've thought a bit about this, and I really don't think this sort
> of feature should be part of QEMU itself. Our general design for
> how QEMU does this sort of thing is that an external program
> (virt-manager, for instance) is responsible for providing most
> of the UI conveniences the user wants, and QEMU's "ui" code is
> a fairly simple minimum-functionality affair. I agree with Markus
> that this separation of concerns has generally worked OK for us.
> 
> I don't think OSX should be an exception to this design model:
> (a) being an odd special case is never a good idea
> (b) as a practical matter, I'm the only person who really reviews
> OSX patches, and I don't have either the time nor the UI or OSX
> expertise to deal with maintaining what will effectively be a
> vm-manager grafted onto the side of QEMU
> 
> So I think your efforts would be better spent in either porting
> one of the Linux frontends like libvirt/virt-manager, or in
> writing a custom OSX specific frontend.

Given the overwhelming odds of this patch being committed, I have
decided to give up on it. 

I guess it is time for plan B - make the SD card reader actually work. 
Would you know what operating systems or targets can actually use
the SD card reader device in QEMU?