Re: [Qemu-devel] monitor: enable OOB by default

[Markus Armbruster]

Markus Armbruster <address@hidden> writes:

> I fooled around a bit, and I think there are a few lose ends.
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> Talking to a QMP monitor that supports OOB:
>
>     $ socat UNIX:test-qmp READLINE,history=$HOME/.qmp_history,prompt='QMP> '
>     {"QMP": {"version": {"qemu": {"micro": 50, "minor": 12, "major": 2}, 
> "package": "v2.12.0-1703-gb909799463"}, "capabilities": ["oob"]}}
>     QMP> { "execute": "qmp_capabilities", "arguments": { "oob": true } }
>     {"error": {"class": "GenericError", "desc": "Parameter 'oob' is 
> unexpected"}}
>     QMP> { "execute": "qmp_capabilities", "arguments": { "enable": ["oob"] } }
>     {"return": {}}
>     QMP> { "execute": "query-qmp-schema" }
>     {"error": {"class": "GenericError", "desc": "Out-Of-Band capability 
> requires that every command contains an 'id' field"}}
>
> Why does every command require 'id'?

I found one reason: event COMMAND_DROPPED wants it.  Any other reason?

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