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

[Daniel P. Berrange]

On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 10:03:22AM -0500, Anthony Liguori wrote:
> Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> >>I'm not at all arguing against pci_addr.  I'm arguing about how libvirt  
> >>should use it with respect to the "genesis" use-case where libvirt has  
> >>no specific reason to choose one PCI slot over another.  In that case,  
> >>I'm merely advocating that we want to let QEMU make the decision.
> >>    
> >
> >The allocation code could be moved out into a library, and libvirt could
> >link with it (ducks).
> >  
> 
> Why does libvirt want to do allocation?

It doesn't want to. As Mark said, libvirt just wants to be able to ensure
a stable guest ABI, of which stable PCI addresses is one aspect. This does
not imply libvirt wants to allocate the PCI addresses, just that it wants
a way to keep them stable. All else being equal I'd rather libvirt wasn't
in the PCI address allocation business.


Regards,
Daniel
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