Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/6] blockdev: Orphaned drive search

2014-09-24 Thread John Snow
On 09/24/2014 10:06 AM, Markus Armbruster wrote: John Snow writes: When users use command line options like -hda, -cdrom, or even -drive if=ide, it is up to the board initialization routines to pick up these drives and create backing devices for them. Some boards, like Q35, have not been do

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/6] blockdev: Orphaned drive search

2014-09-24 Thread Markus Armbruster
John Snow writes: > When users use command line options like -hda, -cdrom, > or even -drive if=ide, it is up to the board initialization > routines to pick up these drives and create backing > devices for them. > > Some boards, like Q35, have not been doing this. > However, there is no warning ex

[Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/6] blockdev: Orphaned drive search

2014-09-23 Thread John Snow
When users use command line options like -hda, -cdrom, or even -drive if=ide, it is up to the board initialization routines to pick up these drives and create backing devices for them. Some boards, like Q35, have not been doing this. However, there is no warning explaining why certain drive specif