From e95b135f88f6e3a29387cd4aabb410b8f966fc81 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Gerd Hoffmann Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2021 12:38:24 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] modules: add module_obj() note to QOM docs Signed-off-by: Gerd Hoffmann Reviewed-by: Paolo Bonzini Reviewed-by: Jose R. Ziviani Message-Id: <20210624103836.2382472-23-kraxel@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini --- docs/devel/qom.rst | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/devel/qom.rst b/docs/devel/qom.rst index 42d0dc4f4d..e5fe3597cd 100644 --- a/docs/devel/qom.rst +++ b/docs/devel/qom.rst @@ -87,6 +87,14 @@ specific type: #define MY_DEVICE(obj) \ OBJECT_CHECK(MyDevice, obj, TYPE_MY_DEVICE) +In case the ObjectClass implementation can be built as module a +module_obj() line must be added to make sure qemu loads the module +when the object is needed. + +.. code-block:: c + + module_obj(TYPE_MY_DEVICE); + Class Initialization ====================