Re: [PATCH v2] Loading new machines and devices from external modules

[Peter Maydell]

On Tue, 19 Jul 2022 at 14:57, Drap Anton <drapas86@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> From: "Drap, Anton" <anton.drap@auriga.com>
>
> There is no mechanism to load external machines and classes from modules
> at the moment. This patch is to add two parameters `add_machine` and
> `add_modinfo` for it.
> `add_machine` is to add machines from external modules.
> `add_modinfo` is to add devices from external modules, needed for a new
> machine, for example.
> Main aim is to have possibility to develop independent models and be able
> to use it with mainline QEMU.

This is deliberate, as a policy decision. We don't really
want to encourage people to develop device and machine
models externally -- we'd rather they contributed them
upstream. Code to support out-of-tree devices and boards
is pure burden for upstream, with no benefit to us.

thanks
-- PMM