Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC PATCH 3/6] RAMBlock: Add a name field

[Gerd Hoffmann]

On 06/10/10 17:21, Alex Williamson wrote:
> On Thu, 2010-06-10 at 15:49 +0100, Paul Brook wrote:
> > > Ok, we can certainly do<vmsd->name>.<vmsd->instance>\<driver string>.
> > > It seems like this highlights a deficiency in the vmstate matching
> >
> > Why are you forcing this to be a string?
>
> It seemed like a good way to send an identifier.  What do you suggest?

Do it the same way savevm handles device state?  I think it simply puts 
a u32 for the instance id.

cheers,
  Gerd