On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 02:03:55PM +0200, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 08:36:40PM +0900, Isaku Yamahata wrote:
> > On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 01:04:43PM +0200, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> > > On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 07:54:49PM +0900, Isaku Yamahata wrote:
> > > > Introduce a function to parse fw device path to pci device.
> > > > the format is
> > > > /p...@{<ioport>,
> > > > <mmio>}/[<fw_name>]@<slot>,<func>/.../[<fw_name>]@<slot>,<func>
> > > >
> > > > <ioport> = "i"<ioport addr in hex>
> > > > <mmio> = <mmio addr in hex>
> > > > <slot> = slot number in hex
> > > > <func> = func number in hex
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Isaku Yamahata <yamah...@valinux.co.jp>
> > >
> > > What concerns me the most here is the use of io addresses,
> > > not sure it's the right thing for the command interface.
> > >
> > > Why do we need to support full path at all? Can we use the id of the
> > > parent bus for this? Supplying a bus id for the device seems like a
> > > natural way to describe a tree, with minimal need for parsing.
> >
> > The ids of most devices are set NULL currently. So the id is useless
> > right now unfortunately.
>
> It's up to the user to assign ids. If one doesn't one won't be able
> to activate hotplug/aer, which does not seem like a serious limitation.
>
> > Maybe how to assign ids to all of qdevs
> > systematically would be difficult.
>
> I don't think it's urgent. No id -> can't use some of the
> functionality. No big deal IMO.
Hmm, it's big deal for me.
How about trying id first, if failed, then trying fw device path
as fall back?
>
> > To be honest, I don't have strong opinion for format of pci topology.
> > So far we discussed the following candidates.
> > what format do you prefer?
> >
> > - domain:<bus>:<slot>.<func>
> > guest assigns bus number, so this can't be used for qemu internal use.
> > - domain:00:<slot>.<func>:...:<slot>.<func>
> > - fw device path
> > - id
> > Unfortunately id is NULL for most devices right now. So id doesn't work.
> > - any other?
> >
> > thanks,
> > --
> > yamahata
>
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