@@ -75,10 +75,6 @@ static int ide_qdev_init(DeviceState *qdev)
IDEDeviceClass *dc = IDE_DEVICE_GET_CLASS(dev);
IDEBus *bus = DO_UPCAST(IDEBus, qbus, qdev->parent_bus);
- if (!dev->conf.blk) {
- error_report("No drive specified");
- goto err;
- }
if (dev->unit == -1) {
dev->unit = bus->master ? 1 : 0;
}
@@ -158,6 +154,16 @@ static int ide_dev_initfn(IDEDevice *dev, IDEDriveKind kind)
IDEState *s = bus->ifs + dev->unit;
Error *err = NULL;
+ if (!dev->conf.blk) {
+ if (kind != IDE_CD) {
+ error_report("No drive specified");
+ return -1;
+ } else {
+ /* Anonymous BlockBackend for an empty drive */
+ dev->conf.blk = blk_new();
+ }
+ }
+
if (dev->conf.discard_granularity == -1) {
dev->conf.discard_granularity = 512;
} else if (dev->conf.discard_granularity &&
@@ -257,7 +263,11 @@ static int ide_cd_initfn(IDEDevice *dev)
static int ide_drive_initfn(IDEDevice *dev)
{
- DriveInfo *dinfo = blk_legacy_dinfo(dev->conf.blk);
+ DriveInfo *dinfo = NULL;
+
+ if (dev->conf.blk) {
+ dinfo = blk_legacy_dinfo(dev->conf.blk);
+ }
return ide_dev_initfn(dev, dinfo && dinfo->media_cd ? IDE_CD : IDE_HD);
}