Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH for-2.4] watchdog/diag288: correctly register for system reset requests

[Christian Borntraeger]

Am 08.07.2015 um 10:44 schrieb Paolo Bonzini:
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> On 08/07/2015 10:01, Christian Borntraeger wrote:
>>>> Doesn't seem right. Even if it is not a SBD it should still sit in the
>>>> QOM tree in a place where the reset is reached. Where is this device
>>>> in the QOM tree?
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>>> Reset doesn't follow the QOM tree.
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>>> In fact this is the main reason why I dislike TYPE_DEVICE as a superclass...
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>> Oh, thats why we were asked to use that instead of sysbus device? ;-)
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> Did I?  I've always liked sysbus... :)

Not you.
But its a pattern that I have seen 3 or 4 times: "Oh no, please do not
use xxx any more, we have fancy new stuff that nobody else is using in the tree,
but its the way to go..." But  most of the time the hickups can be handled. :-)

Christian