Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] monitor: Add force option support to pci_del command

[Gerd Hoffmann]

On 06/09/10 07:37, Marcos Oviedo wrote:
> This adds a way to force the removal/unplug of previously added pci
> devices when ACPI-based hotplug mechanism is not present.

Point being?

If your guest can't handle pci hotplug it is pretty useless to plug in 
hardware in the first place.

If your guest supports pci hotplug it will be quite upset if you zap the 
hardware without asking via ACPI.

cheers,
  Gerd