[Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH] qdev: Reset hotplugged devices

[Glauber Costa]

On Tue, Aug 03, 2010 at 10:19:47AM -0600, Alex Williamson wrote:
> Several devices rely on their reset() function being called to
> initialize device state, e1000 and rtl8139 in particular.  When
> the device is hot added, the reset doesn't occur, often leaving
> the device in an unusable state.  Adding a call to reset() after
> init() for hotplugged devices puts the device in the expected
> state for the guest.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alex Williamson <alex.william...@redhat.com>
I like this one better.