We have HW_COMPAT_*, however that's only bound to machines, not other things (like accelerators). Behind it, it was register_compat_prop() that played the trick. Let's export the function for further use outside HW_COMPAT_* magic.
Meanwhile, move it to qdev-properties.c where seems more proper (since it'll be used not only in machine codes). Signed-off-by: Peter Xu <pet...@redhat.com> --- hw/core/machine.c | 13 ------------- hw/core/qdev-properties.c | 13 +++++++++++++ include/hw/qdev-properties.h | 3 +++ 3 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) diff --git a/hw/core/machine.c b/hw/core/machine.c index 2e7e977..ecb5552 100644 --- a/hw/core/machine.c +++ b/hw/core/machine.c @@ -770,19 +770,6 @@ static void machine_class_finalize(ObjectClass *klass, void *data) g_free(mc->name); } -static void register_compat_prop(const char *driver, - const char *property, - const char *value) -{ - GlobalProperty *p = g_new0(GlobalProperty, 1); - /* Machine compat_props must never cause errors: */ - p->errp = &error_abort; - p->driver = driver; - p->property = property; - p->value = value; - qdev_prop_register_global(p); -} - static void machine_register_compat_for_subclass(ObjectClass *oc, void *opaque) { GlobalProperty *p = opaque; diff --git a/hw/core/qdev-properties.c b/hw/core/qdev-properties.c index 9f1a497..6ff1ac3 100644 --- a/hw/core/qdev-properties.c +++ b/hw/core/qdev-properties.c @@ -1047,6 +1047,19 @@ void qdev_prop_register_global(GlobalProperty *prop) global_props = g_list_append(global_props, prop); } +void register_compat_prop(const char *driver, + const char *property, + const char *value) +{ + GlobalProperty *p = g_new0(GlobalProperty, 1); + /* Machine compat_props must never cause errors: */ + p->errp = &error_abort; + p->driver = driver; + p->property = property; + p->value = value; + qdev_prop_register_global(p); +} + void qdev_prop_register_global_list(GlobalProperty *props) { int i; diff --git a/include/hw/qdev-properties.h b/include/hw/qdev-properties.h index d206fc9..1722ca4 100644 --- a/include/hw/qdev-properties.h +++ b/include/hw/qdev-properties.h @@ -201,6 +201,9 @@ void qdev_prop_set_globals(DeviceState *dev); void error_set_from_qdev_prop_error(Error **errp, int ret, DeviceState *dev, Property *prop, const char *value); +void register_compat_prop(const char *driver, const char *property, + const char *value); + /** * qdev_property_add_static: * @dev: Device to add the property to. -- 2.7.4