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Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC v2 1/6] hw/arm/virt: add a xgmac device
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On 10.04.14 15:26, Peter Crosthwaite wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 1:33 AM, Eric Auger <eric.auger@linaro.org> wrote:
>> From: Kim Phillips <kim.phillips@linaro.org>
>>
>> This is a hack and only serves as an example of what needs to be
>> done to make the next RFC - add vfio-platform support - work
>> for development purposes on a Calxeda Midway system.  We don't want
>> mach-virt to always create this ethernet device - DO NOT APPLY, etc.
>>
>> Initial attempts to convince QEMU to create a memory mapped device
>> on the command line (e.g., -device vfio-platform,name=fff51000.ethernet)
>> would fail with "Parameter 'driver' expects pluggable device type".
> Alistair is working on this. cc.

Alaistair, I've had patches tackle this on the mailing list a few months 
ago and received good comments from Anthony on what to change. How far 
in are you already? I'd like to make sure we're on the same page here 
(and don't duplicate work).


Alex