Re: [libvirt] [PATCH] Clarify lack of generated IDE -device string in QEMU driver

The QEMU driver contained code to generate a -device string for piix4-ide, but wasn't using it. This was intentional. This change removes the string generation and adds a comment explaining why no -device is necessary. * src/qemu/qemu_conf.c: Remove VIR_DOMAIN_CONTROLLER_TYPE_IDE handler in qemuBuildControllerDevStr(). Add comments. --- src/qemu/qemu_conf.c | 16 ++++++++-------- 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_conf.c b/src/qemu/qemu_conf.c index f4a6c08..1c4f326 100644 --- a/src/qemu/qemu_conf.c +++ b/src/qemu/qemu_conf.c @@ -2121,11 +2121,8 @@ qemuBuildControllerDevStr(virDomainControllerDefPtr def) virBufferVSprintf(&buf, ",id=scsi%d", def->idx); break; + /* We always get an IDE controller, whether we want it or not. */ case VIR_DOMAIN_CONTROLLER_TYPE_IDE: - virBufferAddLit(&buf, "piix4-ide"); - virBufferVSprintf(&buf, ",id=ide%d", def->idx); - break; - default: goto error; } @@ -3141,16 +3138,19 @@ int qemudBuildCommandLine(virConnectPtr conn, if (qemuCmdFlags & QEMUD_CMD_FLAG_DEVICE) { for (i = 0 ; i < def->ncontrollers ; i++) { - char *scsi; - if (def->controllers[i]->type != VIR_DOMAIN_CONTROLLER_TYPE_SCSI) + /* We don't add an explicit IDE controller because the provided + * PIIX4 device already includes one. It isn't possible to remove + * the PIIX4. */ + if (def->controllers[i]->type == VIR_DOMAIN_CONTROLLER_TYPE_IDE) continue;

ADD_ARG_LIT("-device"); - if (!(scsi = qemuBuildControllerDevStr(def->controllers[i]))) + char *devstr; + if (!(devstr = qemuBuildControllerDevStr(def->controllers[i]))) goto no_memory; - ADD_ARG(scsi); + ADD_ARG(devstr); } }