Mouse <mo...@rodents-montreal.org> writes: > My answer is, error-checking. If I, say, typo "pci" as "cpi" in > > mydev* at cpi? > > I'd want an error rather than having the line silently ignored. (That > particular typo is not all that plausible. It's just an example.) > > Now, if virtio were specifically declared as "this name is valid but > may or may not be present"? I'm on the fence. > > If virtio were declared normally in the kernels that provide it and > declared as valid but specifically absent in XEN3_DOM* kernels? Then I > think that's what I'd want (to my limited understanding, this is close > to what "no virtio" does at present).
A fair point, but are you suggesting that every bus that could ever exist be declared and all other kernels have "no", as a general approach?
