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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 3/3] hmp: dump-guest-memory: hardcode protocol a
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Eric Blake |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 3/3] hmp: dump-guest-memory: hardcode protocol argument to file: |
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Fri, 21 Sep 2012 12:13:39 -0600 |
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On 09/21/2012 11:07 AM, Luiz Capitulino wrote:
> Today, it's necessary to specify the protocol you want to use
> when dumping the guest memory, for example:
>
> (qemu) dump-guest-memory file:/tmp/guest-memory
>
> This has a few issues:
>
> 1. It's cumbersome to type
> 2. We loose file path autocompletion
> 3. Being able to specify fd:X in HMP makes little sense for humans
>
> Because of these reasons, hardcode the 'protocol' argument to
> 'file:' in HMP.
No impact to libvirt as a QMP client, and we've already declared that
HMP can change for better UI even if it is not back-compatible.
Reviewed-by: Eric Blake <address@hidden>
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Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org
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