Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 00/12] QOM'ify SuperH CPU and SH7750 SoC

[Peter Maydell]

On 14 March 2012 16:01, Andreas Färber <address@hidden> wrote:
> Based on qom-cpu v4 and object_class_get_list() v2, this series converts
> the SuperH CPU to QOM.
>
> The SH7750 SoC code invited to do some cleanups, making use of the SuperHCPU,
> so I've QOM'ified the SoC and added the CPU as a link<SuperHCPU> for now.
>
> I'm not so happy about the link construct, so it may need to be redone
> as a SysBus device with qdev properties

Shouldn't the CPU be a child of the SoC, not a link?

>- long-term I'd like to have a
> "system-on-chip" type derived from TYPE_DEVICE. Deriving it from
> TYPE_SYS_BUS_DEVICE might make for a better v2.

I think TYPE_SYS_BUS_DEVICE should go away in favour of everything
being a TYPE_DEVICE.

What do you think a "system-on-chip" type would be needed for?
I would have expected that SoCs would basically just be "containers"
of devices and directly be TYPE_DEVICEs...

-- PMM