On Thu, Feb 09, 2017 at 05:11:38PM +0100, Andrea Bolognani wrote: > On Thu, 2017-02-09 at 16:35 +0100, Andrew Jones wrote: > > > Please propose the alternative wording you'd like to see > > > so we can discuss it :) > > > > I guess I did above with "... -nodefaults ensures no non-builtin > > peripherals are automatically added, but builtin peripherals, > > such as the PL011, will remain..." > > Trying to work your proposal into my most recent stab at > this, I ended up with: > > Using -nodefaults is required to have full control over > the virtual hardware: when it's specified, QEMU will > populate the board with only the builtin peripherals, > such as the PL011 UART, plus a small selection of core > PCI devices and controllers; the user will then have to
Well, mach-virt doesn't currently add any pci devices with -nodefault; just the host bridge. Personally, I'd state it that way to avoid confusion, but I know you're trying to keep the paragraph similar to the q35 one, and you're not technically wrong... > esplicitly add further devices. explicitly > > More specifically, the PCI devices that will always be > present in the guest are: > > 00:00.0 Host bridge > > This configuration file adds a number of other... > > Does it look acceptable? I'm good with it. Thanks, drew
