Peter Maydell <peter.mayd...@linaro.org> writes: > On 22 May 2015 at 12:12, Daniel P. Berrange <berra...@redhat.com> wrote: >> Yep, it is hard saying no - but I'd think as long as it was possible to add >> the extra features using -device, it ought to be practical to keep a "virt" >> machine types "-nodefaults -nodefconfig" base setup pretty minimal. > > Mmm, but -device only works for pluggable devices really. We don't > have a coherent mechanism for saying "put the PS/2 keyboard controller > into the system at its usual IO ports" on the command line.
... yet. The qdev long-term vision has always been to support starting with an empty board, then add device models and their wiring. Unfortunately, progress towards that goal has been slow.
