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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/8] Add virtio-mmio and use it in vexpress
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Alexander Graf |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/8] Add virtio-mmio and use it in vexpress |
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Mon, 8 Jul 2013 14:59:38 +0200 |
On 08.07.2013, at 14:57, Alexander Graf wrote:
>
> On 27.06.2013, at 15:04, Peter Maydell wrote:
>
>> This patch series adds an implementation of the virtio-mmio
>> transport, and uses it in the vexpress-a9 and vexpress-a15
>> board models.
>>
>> The basic idea is that the board instantiates some transports,
>
> I really dislike that idea. Couldn't you also create a new bus for your
> vexpress platform and add a virtio-mmio-vexpress device that automatically
> allocates an interrupt from the main PIC on instantiation? That way you could
> create transports using -device.
>
> Combine that with automatic fdt generation and you get fully command line
> scaling device creation.
Ah, you already have the fdt generation bit. So you're really only missing the
automatic irq allocation to make it actually user friendly and flexible.
Alex
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/8] Add virtio-mmio and use it in vexpress, Alexander Graf, 2013/07/08
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/8] Add virtio-mmio and use it in vexpress,
Alexander Graf <=
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/8] Add virtio-mmio and use it in vexpress, Peter Maydell, 2013/07/08
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/8] Add virtio-mmio and use it in vexpress, Alexander Graf, 2013/07/08
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/8] Add virtio-mmio and use it in vexpress, Peter Maydell, 2013/07/08
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/8] Add virtio-mmio and use it in vexpress, Alexander Graf, 2013/07/08
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/8] Add virtio-mmio and use it in vexpress, Peter Maydell, 2013/07/08
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/8] Add virtio-mmio and use it in vexpress, Anthony Liguori, 2013/07/08
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/8] Add virtio-mmio and use it in vexpress, Alexander Graf, 2013/07/08
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/8] Add virtio-mmio and use it in vexpress, Anthony Liguori, 2013/07/08
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/8] Add virtio-mmio and use it in vexpress, Andreas Färber, 2013/07/09
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/8] Add virtio-mmio and use it in vexpress, Alexander Graf, 2013/07/10