Description of problem: QAPI lacks the definition of the return object type for the device_add command, thus making it impossible for libvirt to traverse the schema and use appropriate device feature flags. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual results: Expected results: Additional info:
Known gap in QMP introspection, see slide 39 of http://www.linux-kvm.org/images/7/7a/02x05-Aspen-Markus_Armbruster-QEMU_interface_introspection.pdf Related gaps: netdev_add (slide 38), and QAPI type 'any' used for qom-get, qom-set, object-add, query-cpu-model-expansion & friends (type CpuModelInfo member 'props')
QEMU has been recently split into sub-components and as a one-time operation to avoid breakage of tools, we are setting the QEMU sub-component of this BZ to "General". Please review and change the sub-component if necessary the next time you review this BZ. Thanks
After evaluating this issue, there are no plans to address it further or fix it in an upcoming release. Therefore, it is being closed. If plans change such that this issue will be fixed in an upcoming release, then the bug can be reopened.