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Re: [Qemu-devel] [RfC PATCH 0/5] console: qom-ify & extent screendump mo
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Luiz Capitulino |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [RfC PATCH 0/5] console: qom-ify & extent screendump monitor command |
Date: |
Mon, 22 Apr 2013 08:50:43 -0400 |
On Mon, 22 Apr 2013 11:37:15 +0200
Paolo Bonzini <address@hidden> wrote:
> Il 22/04/2013 08:55, Gerd Hoffmann ha scritto:
> >>> >> Question for the libvirt guys: Is it ok for libvirt to just extend the
> >>> >> existing screendump command? Can libvirt figure there is a new
> >>> >> (optional) parameter? See patch #5.
> >> >
> >> > Nope, QMP can't do that. I argued for such capabilities, but the
> >> > "create a new command" philosophy prevailed.
> >> >
> >> > Go forth and multiply commands! And have fun picking command names that
> >> > aren't fugly.
> > Oh joy. Lets just enumerate things & use "screendump2" ...
>
> QMP can't do that _yet_.
>
> Let's fix it instead...
The point is that we have chosen not to do so a while ago. In a nutshell,
Anthony thinks that we should have the same compatibility contract of
a C API.
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 5/5] console: extend screendump monitor cmd, (continued)
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [RfC PATCH 0/5] console: qom-ify & extent screendump monitor command, Markus Armbruster, 2013/04/19
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [RfC PATCH 0/5] console: qom-ify & extent screendump monitor command, Eric Blake, 2013/04/19
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [RfC PATCH 0/5] console: qom-ify & extent screendump monitor command, Gerd Hoffmann, 2013/04/22
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [RfC PATCH 0/5] console: qom-ify & extent screendump monitor command, Paolo Bonzini, 2013/04/22
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [RfC PATCH 0/5] console: qom-ify & extent screendump monitor command,
Luiz Capitulino <=
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [RfC PATCH 0/5] console: qom-ify & extent screendump monitor command, Paolo Bonzini, 2013/04/22
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [RfC PATCH 0/5] console: qom-ify & extent screendump monitor command, Anthony Liguori, 2013/04/22
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [RfC PATCH 0/5] console: qom-ify & extent screendump monitor command, Paolo Bonzini, 2013/04/22
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [RfC PATCH 0/5] console: qom-ify & extent screendump monitor command, Eric Blake, 2013/04/22
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [RfC PATCH 0/5] console: qom-ify & extent screendump monitor command, Gerd Hoffmann, 2013/04/23
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [RfC PATCH 0/5] console: qom-ify & extent screendump monitor command, Anthony Liguori, 2013/04/22
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [RfC PATCH 0/5] console: qom-ify & extent screendump monitor command, Gerd Hoffmann, 2013/04/23
Re: [Qemu-devel] [RfC PATCH 0/5] console: qom-ify & extent screendump monitor command, Anthony Liguori, 2013/04/25