Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] Sort the fw_cfg file list

[Gerd Hoffmann]

> Depends on how you code it up.  We have a list, we look each file
> there and sort accordingly.  Fine.
> New devices will not be on this list, I guess you can just ignore them
> and guests will not see them. OK but I think it is better to make old
> machine types see them.

Not a new fw_cfg file.

It's existing smbios file which gets new records added by a new device.
So when initializing it early (old order) it doesn't (yet) contain the
new records.  When initializing it late it has them, but also has a
different place in the fw_cfg directory.

So old machine types initialize smbios early (for compatibility).

New machine types initialize smbios late (so guests see the new
records).

While mucking with the file ordering anyway:  Good opportunity to make
new machine types also sort the fw_cfg directory entries, so they get a
fixed order independent from the order they are created, and we will not
face this problem again.

cheers,
  Gerd