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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 5/5] qmp: add pmemload command
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Markus Armbruster |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 5/5] qmp: add pmemload command |
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Thu, 16 Aug 2018 10:26:18 +0200 |
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Simon Ruderich <address@hidden> writes:
> On Thu, Aug 16, 2018 at 07:43:41AM +0200, Markus Armbruster wrote:
>>> On Fri, Aug 10, 2018 at 11:36:51AM +0100, Dr. David Alan Gilbert wrote:
>>>> Also, had you considered rearranging and making them optional,
>>>> for example if you do:
>>>>
>>>> val:l,filename:F,offset:i?,size:i?
>>>>
>>>> I think that would mean you can do the fairly obvious:
>>>> pmemload addr "myfile"
>>>>
>>>> with the assumption that loads the whole file.
>>>
>>> This would deviate from pmemsave/memsave, but feels more natural.
>>
>> The different order or arguments in HMP is somewhat ugly. Okay if it
>> makes the command more pleasant to use. Up to you and Dave to decide.
>>
>> If you decide to deviate, consider
>>
>> filename:F,address:l,size:i?,offset:i?
>
> From what I understand we can't have optional arguments in the
> middle. Would you prefer mandatory size/offset parameters in HMP
> or optional parameters but inconsistent with pmemsave/memsave?
If you guys decide you want consistency with memsave, that's fine with
me. If you decide you want to rearrange arguments for better usability,
that's also fine. I just wanted to throw in another rearrangement for
you to consider.
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 5/5] qmp: add pmemload command, (continued)
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 5/5] qmp: add pmemload command, Dr. David Alan Gilbert, 2018/08/10
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 5/5] qmp: add pmemload command, Simon Ruderich, 2018/08/14
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 5/5] qmp: add pmemload command, Markus Armbruster, 2018/08/14
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 5/5] qmp: add pmemload command, Simon Ruderich, 2018/08/14
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 5/5] qmp: add pmemload command, Markus Armbruster, 2018/08/15
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 5/5] qmp: add pmemload command, Simon Ruderich, 2018/08/15
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 5/5] qmp: add pmemload command, Markus Armbruster, 2018/08/15
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 5/5] qmp: add pmemload command, Simon Ruderich, 2018/08/15
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 5/5] qmp: add pmemload command, Markus Armbruster, 2018/08/16
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 5/5] qmp: add pmemload command, Simon Ruderich, 2018/08/16
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 5/5] qmp: add pmemload command,
Markus Armbruster <=
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 5/5] qmp: add pmemload command, Simon Ruderich, 2018/08/16
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 5/5] qmp: add pmemload command, Dr. David Alan Gilbert, 2018/08/14