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Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC PATCH] arm boot: added QOM device definition


From: Paul Brook
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC PATCH] arm boot: added QOM device definition
Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2012 14:56:07 +0000
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> Its the other problem I am more worried about, i.e. when I -device
> instantiate my bootloader with an existing machine how do I get my ram_size
> and board_ID? The no machine opts for devices policy makes this impossible
> such that I would have to pass in board_id and ram_size to
> the boot-loader on the command line. Is there any acceptable way where the
> machine model can make something globally available to devices for the
> purpose of instantiating them with -device?

I'm not convinved this is a problem worth solving. i.e. is it really worth 
consirering the bootloader a user-replaceable part of the machine (without 
actually changing the machine description)?  Making our bootloader not suck 
seems a better option.

Paul



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