Re: [PULL 5/5] m68k: add Virtual M68k Machine

[Paolo Bonzini]

On 19/03/21 11:51, Laurent Vivier wrote:
> > It would also make the patches that Laurent sent this morning unnecessary, and 
> > avoid the use of
> > aliases in the tests (so that it's clear what is tested).
>
> We don't test the virtio frontend, but the blockdev backend, so we don't care 
> what we use here.

Sort of, see for example the iothreads which, with your patch, would not 
be covered anymore on s390.

> Aliases simplify the code...

Aliases are not deprecated but... let's say despised, because of the 
special casing they add.  But yes, the code simplification from your 
patch is hard to brush away.

So I agree, since you have already mostly written the patches let's just 
complete them.

Paolo