[libvirt] [PATCHv3 1/2] qemu: enable using implicit sata controller in q35 machines

Gerd Hoffmann kraxel at redhat.com
Tue Aug 6 06:50:37 UTC 2013


On 08/06/13 03:13, Laine Stump wrote:
> q35 machines have an implicit ahci (sata) controller at 00:1F.2 which
> has no "id" associated with it. For this reason, we can't refer to it
> as "ahci0".

The busses get a name nevertheless, it is derived from the bus type
then, so it is "ide".  Resulting in bus names "ide.0" ... "ide.5" for
the 6 AHCI ports.  IMO you should use these.

> Instead, we don't give an id on the commandline, which
> qemu interprets as "use the first ahci controller".

Tested whenever that works as intended in case you add a second AHCI
controller to the VM?

cheers,
  Gerd





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