Paolo Bonzini <pbonz...@redhat.com> writes: > On 20/09/2016 13:04, Markus Armbruster wrote: >> I'm not proposing to get rid of -serial. I'm proposing to use it as >> indicator of old code in need of modernization. A properly QOMified >> serial device should be "configurable with non-legacy means". Devices >> that aren't are probably not QOMified. [...] >> >> > The Raspberry Pi board is probably one of the best examples. Its only >> > snag is that one of the devices (hw/arm/bcm2835_peripherals.c) uses >> > serial_hds[]. >> >> Yes, but it uses it to configure QOMified devices, doesn't it? >> It should be possible to configure these with non-legacy means, at least >> in theory. > > The devices are QOMified, but because there is more than one you cannot > hack their configuration with -global.
Yes. It's a pity, and not trivial to fix. See also Andreas's reply. So let me rephrase: following the -serial etc. clues will lead us to some modern devices and some that need work. I believe it's a promising way to find devices that need work.
