linux-kernel - Re: virtio-pci: add softlinks between virtio and pci

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Message-Id: <virtio-pci-whynotsimplify@mdm.bga.com>
Date:	Fri, 07 Jan 2011 02:54:31 -0600
From:	Milton Miller <miltonm@....com>
To:	"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	Anthony Liguori <aliguori@...ibm.com>,
	Jamie Lokier <jamie@...reable.org>,
	Thomas Weber <swirl@....li>, Gleb Natapov <gleb@...hat.com>,
	virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: virtio-pci: add softlinks between virtio and pci


On: Wed, 05 Jan 2011 at about 19:17:11 -0000, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> We sometimes need to map between the virtio device and
> the given pci device. One such use is OS installer that
> gets the boot pci device from BIOS and needs to
> find the relevant block device. Since it can't,
> installation fails.
> 

> Supply softlinks between these to make it possible.
> 
> Gleb, could you please ack that this patch below
> will be enough to fix the installer issue that
> you see?
> 

why not remove this device anchor and put the devices
under the pci device?   Proposed patch follows as a
reply.

milton
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