Re: [Qemu-devel] What's the next QEMU version after 2.9 ? (or: when is a good point in time to get rid of old interfaces)

[Gerd Hoffmann]

  Hi,

> > There is -global, which is actually used by libvirt to configure
> > built-in floppy devices.  But as the name suggests it sets properties
> > globally, i.e. for all instances.  Which works in this specific use
> > case, as there can be only one floppy controller per machine, but I
> 
> Spec-wise, Can't you have two?

You can have two floppy drives, but they are hooked to the same
controller.  isa-fdc has two properties (driveA and driveB) for that
reason, so -global works even for two floppy drives.

cheers,
  Gerd