On Tue, 19 May 2020 at 06:09, Markus Armbruster <arm...@redhat.com> wrote: > I figure the "device becomes real only on realize" thing is actually > more myth than thing.
It's not a myth, it's an API guarantee thing. If you don't realize the device you create before you use it then you're in the world of unspecified behaviour, and anything could happen: maybe it works, maybe it doesn't, maybe it works today and breaks tomorrow. thanks -- PMM