Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Fix serial interface vmstate

[Andreas Färber]

Am 22.06.2011 um 10:58 schrieb Pavel Dovgaluk:

> > > > >  This patch fixes save/restore of serial interface's state.
> > > > >  It includes changing of fcr setter function (it now does not  
> > > > > invoke
> > > > > an interrupt while loading vmstate), and saving/restoring all
> > > > > fields that describe the state of serial interface (including  
> > > > > timers).
> > > > >
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Pavel Dovgalyuk <address@hidden>

>  If the port is disabled, the state will not be saved, isn't it?

See the ISA reconfigurability / PReP series for a counter-example [1].  
Whether the state is saved depends on whether the isa-serial qdev  
device is instantiated, not on whether the port is active. Therefore a  
subsection will be even more useful here.

Andreas

[1] http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/100274/