>> This patchset is a cleanup of the PIIX4 PCI-ISA bridge. Lots of devices >> are moved from MIPS Malta board (which has a PIIX4) to PIIX4, where devices >> belong. This lets us reuse PIIX4 in other machines, while not loosing any >> functionality. >> >> Last patch allows adding a new PIIX4 device directly from command line. >> Note that this will work only as long no other ISA bus already exist on the >> machine. > > Thanks, I think this is the right place to draw the line. The more > "correct" one would be like pc87312, where the serial and parallel ports > are e.g. also included in the SuperI/O chip, but then you get
Yes, this is how I did in my "remove 'i386/pc.h' dependency" series ... > > /* FIXME use a qdev chardev prop instead of serial_hds[] */ > chr = serial_hds[i]; > > so you have to mark the bridge as not user-creatable. ... using qdev chardev and getting ride of this serial_hds[] limitation. I suggested Hervé we have an IRC meeting today at 7PM GMT+1 to talk about sharing common efforts.
