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[Qemu-devel] QAPI design mistake: RockerPort member @speed shoud bi


From: Markus Armbruster
Subject: [Qemu-devel] QAPI design mistake: RockerPort member @speed shoud bi
Date: Fri, 04 Aug 2017 17:03:11 +0200
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RockerPort member @speed is documented to be "in Mbps" (presumably
Megabits/second).  It uses QAPI type 'uint32'.

This is inappropriate for QAPI/QMP.  It should have been made plain
bits/second (no multiple), and maybe 'uint64'.  As far as I can tell,
the QAPI part didn't get review from QAPI experts.  Probably because it
wasn't cc'ed to them.

Too late to fix now, but let's not repeat the mistake.



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