Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/4] Machine config files

[Kevin Wolf]

Anthony Liguori schrieb:
> Kevin Wolf wrote:
>> Markus Armbruster schrieb:
>>   
>> Don't get me wrong, I'm not against configuration files. Having them is
>> great and probably I'd even find some uses for them occasionally. I just
>> don't want to be _forced_ to use them which I fear is what Paul is
>> talking about.
>>   
> 
> What we need is a command line option that can be used to manipulate a 
> device tree.  All of the existing options could then be implemented in 
> terms of the former option.

I like this idea of a generic device tree manipulation option. Could
come in handy for small ad-hoc modifications to the default config.

> There will probably be a lot of things in the future that you can only 
> do via device tree manipulation.  I don't see any reason why not to add 
> convenient syntax though for the most common things.

Having to use the generic option or a config file for the more obscure
things is absolutely fine with me as long as I can still change the
memory size, network cards and so on using the existing (more or less
obvious) options.

Kevin