Re: A set of "standard" virtual devices?

[Andi Kleen]

> 
> On s390, it would be more than strangeness. There's no implementation
> of PCI at all, someone would have to cook it up - and it wouldn't have
> any use beyond those special devices. Since there isn't any bus type
> that is available on *all* architectures, a generic "virtual" bus with
> very simple probing seems much saner...

You just have to change all the distribution installers then. 
Ok I suppose on s390 that's not that big issue because there are not
that many for s390. But for x86 there exist quite a lot. I suppose
it's easier to change it in the kernel.

-Andi
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