Re: Configuration vs. compat hints [was Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCHv3 03/13] qemu: add routines to manage PCI capabilities]

Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:

If we want to remove a device from under a running guest, you need
hotplug. So we can't just remove several lines from the config and hope
that it'll work simply because the PCI address is stable.
  

Why not?

OTOH, if you reboot the guest, it's ok for addresses to change.
  

No, it's not.  Some guests depend on addressing for their configuration 
(for example older Linux guests will swap eth0/eth1 if you swap their 
slots).

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