Re: Configuration vs. compat hints [was Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCHv3 03/13] qemu: add routines to manage PCI capabilities]

[Gerd Hoffmann]

  Hi,

> > Yes, the user build the machine using the command line and monitor
> > (or, in 2017, the machine configuration file),
>
> Considering pbrook just posted a machine config for arm, I think it
> would be rather sad if pc wasn't converted to it by 2017...

It shouldn't last until 2017, but the process isn't that trivial.
Some qemu code / control flow needs serious restruction until it is in a
state that creating the devices from a fdt can actually work.

> Drivers don't have indexes and buses but we specify it on the -drive
> line. -drive is convenient syntax. It stops being convenient when you
> force it to be two options.

One more issue:  -drive also mixes host and guest configuration.  These 
must be separated too.

cheers,
  Gerd