On 21/09/2016 17:46, Alistair Francis wrote: >> > I know it's way too late for design questions, but the thought just >> > occured to me: -device gives you what you need without defining yet >> > another command line option (good!), but is it appropriate? It's not >> > exactly a device... Would -object be a better fit? I honestly don't >> > know. Paolo? > I see your point, but I kind of think it makes sense that everything > uses the same command line argument. > > I image it would be very confusing if we have -device and -object. > Then when you want to add something you will need to figure out if it > is a device or an object? How do you know which one is which? > > I agree that technically it isn't a device but I think this is still > clear what you are trying to do.
I think -device is okay for something that isn't a "backend" but is directly guest-visible. Paolo
