Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] qdev: Assign a default device ID when none is provided.

[Markus Armbruster]

Andreas Färber <address@hidden> writes:

> Am 10.01.2014 10:09, schrieb Markus Armbruster:
>> Commands taking a device ID could be extended to take a path in the QOM
>> graph instead of an ID.
>> 
>> In the human monitor, it could perhaps work like this:
>> 
>>     IDs consist of letters, digits, '-', '.', '_', starting with a
>>     letter (see id_wellformed())
>>     
>>     If the argument doesn't contain '/', interpret it as ID.
>>     Else, if it starts with '/', interpret it as QOM path anchored at
>>     "the root" (which needs to be defined).
>>     Else, split it at the first '/', and interpret the prefix as ID, and
>>     the suffix as as QOM path anchored at whatever has that ID.
>> 
>> Requires means to inspect the QOM graph to be usable.
>
> qom-list is available for that purpose today.

We'd need something in the human monitor, too.