[Top][All Lists]
[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
[Qemu-devel] Re: QAPI Merge Plans
From: |
Luiz Capitulino |
Subject: |
[Qemu-devel] Re: QAPI Merge Plans |
Date: |
Tue, 8 Mar 2011 20:18:42 -0300 |
On Sun, 06 Mar 2011 14:54:53 -0600
Anthony Liguori <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've gotten my QAPI branch now functionally complete so I'm ready to
> start working on merging. I thought I'd send a note about my plans as
> both a heads up and to see if anyone had any suggestions.
>
> My plan is to split everything up into three rounds. The first round
> will just be core infrastructure--the code generator, the new QMP
> server, the signal infrastructure, etc. This round will introduce a new
> command line option to expose the new QMP server (still chardev based).
This means current-to-be-replaced infrastructure is still available? I'd
like to avoid having two (public) QMPs if possible, even temporary.
Btw, I've been maintaining a QMP tree but as this is a whole new thing,
I think that this can be directly merged on master as soon as you get the
(whatever needed) ACKs.
>
> Round two will consist of all of the 0.14 commands. Some new commands
> are also needed because some of the 0.14 commands are untestable without
> new QMP commands :-/
>
> Finally, round three will include some of the new and potentially
> controversial bits like the new non-chardev based QMP server, default
> session and discovery, qsh tool, etc.
>
> After these three rounds are merged, I'll then work on adding all of the
> new QMP commands to support a full HMP session.
>
> I've tried to put a ton of information on the wiki that hopefully will
> give a good amount of background along with current status.
>
> I expect the first round of patches to be on list this week.
>
> http://wiki.qemu.org/Features/QAPI
>
> Regards,
>
> Anthony Liguori
>