Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Fix legacy device aliases for s390

[Paolo Bonzini]

> > Uhm, Christian fix would have the same problem actually if
> > virtio-*-pci were to be moved in libhw.  IIRC I proposed the
> > same change on review and Anthony nacked it on these grounds.
> > You could move the alias list to target-dependent code, though.
> 
> Can't we just make the virtio-*-pci variants fail instantiation and
> based on that search the list on?

The alias list is used in other places than just instantiation
(e.g. -device ?).  If it were me I'd just go with Christian's patch;
it is conceptually broken, but in the same way as QEMU 1.0 (i.e.
relies on virtio-*-pci not being compiled into s390 binaries).  A
comment will do.

Paolo