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authorGerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com>2021-06-24 12:38:24 +0200
committerPaolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>2021-07-09 18:20:27 +0200
commite95b135f88f6e3a29387cd4aabb410b8f966fc81 (patch)
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parent964711c44c9a45bbda0553a456e581fa9c1a3749 (diff)
modules: add module_obj() note to QOM docs
Signed-off-by: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Jose R. Ziviani <jziviani@suse.de> Message-Id: <20210624103836.2382472-23-kraxel@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
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@@ -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
====================