@@ -960,15 +960,6 @@ static void pci_ivshmem_realize(PCIDevice *dev, Error **errp)
memory_region_add_subregion(&s->bar, 0, mr);
pci_register_bar(PCI_DEVICE(s), 2, attr, &s->bar);
} else if (s->server_chr != NULL) {
- /* FIXME do not rely on what chr drivers put into filename */
- if (strncmp(s->server_chr->filename, "unix:", 5)) {
- error_setg(errp, "chardev is not a unix client socket");
- return;
- }
-
- /* if we get a UNIX socket as the parameter we will talk
- * to the ivshmem server to receive the memory region */
-
IVSHMEM_DPRINTF("using shared memory server (socket = %s)\n",
s->server_chr->filename);