Messages in this thread | | | From | Arnd Bergmann <> | Subject | Re: Adding VIRTIO to the multi_v7_defconfig | Date | Sun, 29 Nov 2015 23:31:47 +0100 |
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On Sunday 29 November 2015 14:18:24 Peter Crosthwaite wrote: > > I started a small project to test as many QEMU emulated ARM boards > using the multi_v7 defconfig: > > https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-10/msg00755.html > > One thing that came up was we cannot use the virt board as it relies > on virtio hotplug and drivers to get block and network support. The > defconfig is missing the drivers. Should we add the VIRTIO drivers to > the defconfig to bring this into play?
Yes, please send a patch, this is definitely useful. We normally ask everyone to use loadable modules for newly enabled device drivers in multi_v7_defconfig, but we might actually use built-in drivers here if that would otherwise be the only module needed for booting.
Arnd
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