Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH qom-cpu 00/16 v10] target-i386: convert CPU features into properties

[Andreas Färber]

Am 05.02.2014 15:40, schrieb Igor Mammedov:
> On Sun, 15 Dec 2013 23:50:47 +0100
> Andreas Färber <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
>> Am 27.11.2013 23:28, schrieb Igor Mammedov:
>>> Igor Mammedov (16):
>>>   target-i386: cleanup 'foo' feature handling'
>>>   target-i386: cleanup 'foo=val' feature handling
>>
>> Thanks, I've queued these on qom-cpu-next:
>> https://github.com/afaerber/qemu-cpu/commits/qom-cpu-next
>>
>>>   target-i386: cpu: convert 'level' to static property
>>>   target-i386: cpu: convert 'xlevel' to static property
>>>   target-i386: cpu: convert 'family' to static property
>>>   target-i386: cpu: convert 'model' to static property
>>>   target-i386: cpu: convert 'stepping' to static property
>>>   target-i386: cpu: convert 'vendor' to static property
>>>   target-i386: cpu: convert 'model-id' to static property
>>>   target-i386: cpu: convert 'tsc-frequency' to static property
>>
>> But I still don't see the utility of this conversion after all the
>> discussions we've had... :(
> It seems there is movement to make DEVICE self describing for purpose
> of QAPI schema introspection, where static properties would be used
> (dynamic ones are not suitable for this purpose)

Do you have a pointer to such a discussion? Sounds like I was not
involved and Anthony probably not either...

Andreas

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