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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v4 4/7] qdev: add hotpluggable to DeviceState
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Alex Williamson |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v4 4/7] qdev: add hotpluggable to DeviceState |
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Thu, 22 Feb 2018 09:59:17 -0700 |
On Thu, 22 Feb 2018 15:46:17 +0000
Peter Maydell <address@hidden> wrote:
> On 22 February 2018 at 15:37, Gerd Hoffmann <address@hidden> wrote:
> > On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 12:14:55PM +0100, Gerd Hoffmann wrote:
> >> vfio display support wants disable hotplug for certain devices, because
> >> qemu doesn't support hotplugging display devices and qemu consoles.
> >>
> >> Add a hotpluggable bool to DeviceState, initialize it from
> >> DeviceClass->hotpluggable, update device_get_hotpluggable accordingly.
> >>
> >> Devices can flip the new variable from true to false if needed.
> >
> > Alex wants an ack for this one. Who maintains it these days?
> >
> > MAINTAINERS doesn't list qdev. For QOM which is closest probably
> > Andreas Färber is listed. Havn't seen him on the list for a while
> > though.
> >
> > Ok, lets try some usual suspects...
> > Markus? Eric? Paolo? Peter? Any comments on this one?
>
> What type of device is only sometimes hotpluggable ?
> The commit message says "display devices" and "consoles",
> but I would expect those to both be types of device which
> have a class which is never hotpluggable, so you can mark
> them non-hotpluggable with the existing class flag rather
> than needing a per-instance flag.
With this series, a vfio-pci device optionally supports a display. The
vfio-pci device is hotpluggable, but QEMU display support is not. So
the solution here is to make the vfio-pci device non-hotpluggable only
when it supports and enables a display.
Gerd, is there another solution that the display object is instantiated
separately from the vfio-pci object and the display support in the
vfio-pci device references the display object via an id. Possibly
vfio-pci could remain hotpluggable while the display class device is
not. Potentially one display could be switched between multiple
display capable devices, like an input control button on a monitor,
losing signal if none are connected. Possible? Clearly I have no idea
how display objects actually work in QEMU. Thanks,
Alex
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v4 0/7] vfio: add display support, Gerd Hoffmann, 2018/02/19
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v4 5/7] vfio/common: cleanup in vfio_region_finalize, Gerd Hoffmann, 2018/02/19
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v4 2/7] standard-headers: add drm/drm_fourcc.h, Gerd Hoffmann, 2018/02/19
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v4 3/7] ui/pixman: add qemu_drm_format_to_pixman(), Gerd Hoffmann, 2018/02/19
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v4 6/7] vfio/display: core & wireup, Gerd Hoffmann, 2018/02/19
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v4 7/7] vfio/display: adding region support, Gerd Hoffmann, 2018/02/19
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v4 1/7] linux-headers: update to 4.16-rc1, Gerd Hoffmann, 2018/02/19
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v4 4/7] qdev: add hotpluggable to DeviceState, Gerd Hoffmann, 2018/02/19
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v4 4/7] qdev: add hotpluggable to DeviceState, Gerd Hoffmann, 2018/02/22
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v4 4/7] qdev: add hotpluggable to DeviceState, Peter Maydell, 2018/02/22
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v4 4/7] qdev: add hotpluggable to DeviceState,
Alex Williamson <=
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v4 4/7] qdev: add hotpluggable to DeviceState, Peter Maydell, 2018/02/22
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v4 4/7] qdev: add hotpluggable to DeviceState, Zhenyu Wang, 2018/02/22
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v4 4/7] qdev: add hotpluggable to DeviceState, Gerd Hoffmann, 2018/02/23
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v4 4/7] qdev: add hotpluggable to DeviceState, Alex Williamson, 2018/02/23
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v4 4/7] qdev: add hotpluggable to DeviceState, Gerd Hoffmann, 2018/02/26
Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v4 0/7] vfio: add display support, Alex Williamson, 2018/02/19