On 12/20/2011 02:41 PM, Anthony Liguori wrote:
On 12/20/2011 03:56 AM, Avi Kivity wrote:
On 12/20/2011 02:38 AM, Anthony Liguori wrote:
That was v1 of my patches. Avi didn't like it, I tried it like this,
and
in the end I had to agree. So, no, I don't think we want such a model.
Yes, we do :-)
The in-kernel APIC is a different implementation of the APIC device.
It's not an "accelerator" for the userspace APIC.
A different implementation but not a different device. Device == spec.
If it was hardware, it'd be a fully compatible clone. The way we would
model this is via inheritance.
I see your fully compatible clone, and I raise my bridge with a
different implementation underneath. It's the same old debate on is-a
vs has-a.
In QOM parlance Jan implemented this:
abstract class Object
abstract class Device
class APIC: { backend: link<APICBackend> }
abstract class APICBackend
class QEMU_APICBackend
class KVM_APICBackend
and you're proposing this:
abstract class Object
abstract class Device
abstract class APIC
class QEMU_APIC
class KVM_APIC
Both can be right, both can be wrong.
Paolo
