Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC 00/14] More patches to disable stuff

[Paolo Bonzini]

On 17/07/2018 14:04, Juan Quintela wrote:
> Hi
> 
> Notice that this is an RFC because they don't work.  As said on my
> previous submmision, we need <foo>-softmmu/config-devices.h to make
> this work.  This series just allow us to disable the devices, but not
> to enable it back O:-)
> 
> Notice:
> 
> - scsi stuff: we are testing they in cdrom-test.c, so we need to be
>   able to config them out.  Notice also that #ifdefs only go in tests/<...>
> 
> - virtio stuff: see how we need to also change hw/virtio/virtio-pci.c
>   to disable it.  The problem appears in the device-instropect-test.c.
>   As they are defined in the binary, but not complied in.  We can
>   change for a registration appreach, but that is more work that what
>   I intended for this series.

Emanuele's GSoC project will be able to do this automatically; tests are
defined to "consume" some devices, and are not enabled unless the device
is present.

Thanks,

Paolo