Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH for-1.4 08/12] qemu-char: Drop undocumented chardev "memory" compatibility syntax

[Eric Blake]

On 02/05/2013 09:22 AM, Markus Armbruster wrote:
> This is a new device, so there's no compatibility to maintain, and its
> use case isn't common enough to justify shorthand syntax.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster <address@hidden>
> ---
>  qemu-char.c | 5 -----
>  1 file changed, 5 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: Eric Blake <address@hidden>

We can always add shorthand later, if it turns out to be popular; but we
can't take shorthand away once it is added, so I agree with being
conservative on the first release by having no shorthand.

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