Re: [libvirt] attach-device error: XML error: unknown device type

On Wed, Jul 03, 2013 at 04:19:01PM +0200, Michal Privoznik wrote: > On 03.07.2013 15:59, Daniel P. Berrange wrote: >> On Wed, Jul 03, 2013 at 07:54:51AM -0600, Eric Blake wrote: >>> On 07/03/2013 07:46 AM, Daniel P. Berrange wrote: >>>>> What am I doing wrong with the virsh attach-device command or XML? >>>> >>>> There is no support for hotplug of any character device (that >>>> covers serial, parallel, console, channnel elements in the XML) >>> >>> Although that's about to change in libvirt 1.1.1: >>> https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2013-July/msg00125.html >> >> Yes & no. Yes, libvirt will support hotplug, but that's only actually >> going to work for devices which are PCI based. eg virtio-serial and >> virtio-console. You can't hotplug <serial> or <paralle> devices which >> use the ISA bus, which is what Chris was trying todo here. > > But that's just a QEMU limitation. If QEMU learns to hotplug a device > onto ISA bus, libvirt will allow it. Did real ISA buses ever support hotplug ? I thought hotplug only came along when PCI buses arrived. I'm rather doubting anyone is going to do work for ISA device hotplug in QEMU Daniel