From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:50106) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1d0yib-0006x3-Ud for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 19 Apr 2017 19:09:02 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1d0yiX-0005T6-05 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 19 Apr 2017 19:09:01 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:59534) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1d0yiW-0005Sx-Pf for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 19 Apr 2017 19:08:56 -0400 References: <3d1c16a1-ec05-0367-e569-64a63b34f2e3@redhat.com> <4a56f716-3528-ddd4-f8c4-f3f6b23c469a@redhat.com> <20170327120148.GC26900@stefanha-x1.localdomain> <20170403141912.GA3539@stefanha-x1.localdomain> <87fuhf9kcz.fsf@dusky.pond.sub.org> <20170418095103.GF21261@stefanha-x1.localdomain> <1492516675.27392.45.camel@redhat.com> <7ae1e13f-b6a0-a735-3952-4e3833e34ad8@redhat.com> <1492596922.6853.5.camel@redhat.com> From: John Snow Message-ID: Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2017 19:08:52 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <1492596922.6853.5.camel@redhat.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] What's the next QEMU version after 2.9 ? (or: when is a good point in time to get rid of old interfaces) List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Gerd Hoffmann Cc: Stefan Hajnoczi , Markus Armbruster , Peter Maydell , Thomas Huth , Jason Wang , QEMU Developers On 04/19/2017 06:15 AM, Gerd Hoffmann wrote: > Hi, > >>> There is -global, which is actually used by libvirt to configure >>> built-in floppy devices. But as the name suggests it sets properties >>> globally, i.e. for all instances. Which works in this specific use >>> case, as there can be only one floppy controller per machine, but I >> >> Spec-wise, Can't you have two? > > You can have two floppy drives, but they are hooked to the same Yes, I'm aware. I'm just saying here "Spec-wise" because you can have two controllers, one at 0x3F0 and one at 0x370. I realize this isn't particularly relevant for discussions relating to CLI design, but... you *can* have two controllers if your heart truly desired it. --js > controller. isa-fdc has two properties (driveA and driveB) for that > reason, so -global works even for two floppy drives. > > cheers, > Gerd >