when specifying hotplug devices that already have existing configured devices, set the external flag

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/device.c b/device.c
index 80881d2..f0361d9 100644
--- a/device.c
+++ b/device.c
@@ -318,8 +318,13 @@ device_get(const char *name, int create)
 		return device_alias_get(name + 1);
 
 	dev = avl_find_element(&devices, name, dev, avl);
-	if (dev)
+	if (dev) {
+		if (create > 1 && !dev->external) {
+			dev->external = true;
+			device_set_present(dev, true);
+		}
 		return dev;
+	}
 
 	if (!create)
 		return NULL;