Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH for-2.3 0/3] Contain drive_get() misuse

[Paolo Bonzini]

On 24/03/2015 21:03, Markus Armbruster wrote:
> * Of the sysbus devices only "xlnx.xps-uartlite" seems to be available
>   with the machines that support -device for sysbus devices (ppce500 and
>   pseries-*).  When I try to -device it there, I get "Device
>   xlnx.xps-uartlite is not supported by this machine yet."  I'll ask
>   Alex to confirm.  I'll prepare a patch that sets
>   cannot_instantiate_with_device_add_yet for the unavailable ones to
>   keep them unavailable, just like for the drive_get() abusers.

Right, only specific sysbus devices can be added with -device, because
there is board-specific code to describe the device in the device tree.

Paolo