Am 09.07.2012 10:50, schrieb Markus Armbruster: > Alexander Graf <ag...@suse.de> writes: > >> We've had support for creating AHCI devices using -device for a while now, >> but it's cumbersome to users. We really should provide an easier way for >> them to leverage the power of AHCI! >> >> So let's introduce a new if= option to -drive, giving users the same >> command line experience as for scsi or ide. >> >> Signed-off-by: Alexander Graf <ag...@suse.de> >> >> --- >> >> v1 -> v2: >> >> - support more than a single drive per adapter >> - support index= option >> - treat IF_AHCI the same as IF_IDE > > Inhowfar? Not obvious to me from the patch, or the diff patch v1. > >> - add is_ata() helper to match AHCI || IDE > > Not addressed: > > Once we switch to q35, if=ahci will become a redundant wart: to add > drives to the board's AHCI controller, you'll have to use if=ide. > if=ahci will create new controllers, which is generally not what you > want. Ugh.
Can we even make it the default with q35 as long as our AHCI controller doesn't also expose a legacy interface for compatibility? Kevin
