Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC, PATCH 10/11] qdev: Add do_info_qbus and friends.

[Markus Armbruster]

Gerd Hoffmann <address@hidden> writes:

>> However, because there are both device properties and bus properties
>> (really: device properties common to all devices on this bus), their
>> names can clash.  Device properties take precedence (see
>> qdev_prop_find()).  Hmm, qdev_printf() prints even overridden bus
>> properties, not sure that's appropriate.  Gerd?
>
> IMHO they must not clash.  This isn't enforced in any way though.

If they must not clash, then it makes no sense to invent a fancy prefix
to cope with clashes, I think.

Alternatively, we could declare devices overriding properties inherited
from the bus a feature.  Does it make any sense to show the shadowed
properties then?