Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] QMP: Introduce the documentation for query-netdev and info netdev

[Anthony Liguori <anthony@codemonkey.ws>]

On 06/18/2010 11:26 AM, Miguel Di Ciurcio Filho wrote:
> These commands show the information about active backend network devices.
>
> Signed-off-by: Miguel Di Ciurcio Filho<miguel.filho@gmail.com>
> ---
>   qemu-monitor.hx |  105 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>   1 files changed, 105 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/qemu-monitor.hx b/qemu-monitor.hx
> index 9f62b94..8fc5ed6 100644
> --- a/qemu-monitor.hx
> +++ b/qemu-monitor.hx
> @@ -1674,6 +1674,111 @@ show the various VLANs and the associated devices
>   ETEXI
>
>   STEXI
> +@item info netdev
> +show information about the current backend network devices
> +ETEXI
> +SQMP
> +query-netdev
> +------------
> +
> +Each device is represented by a json-object. The returned value is a json-array
> +of all devices.
> +
> +Each json-object contains the following:
> +
> +- "id": the device's ID, must be unique (json-string)
> +- "type": device type (json-string)
> +    - Possible values: "tap", "user", "vde", "socket"
> +- "vlan": QEMU's internal vlan identification. Only present if the device is
> +  attached to a VLAN (json-int, optional)
> +- "peer": ID of the frontend device when on a 1:1 relationship (json-string,
> +  optional)
>    

I think we should only return items with a valid peer property and drop 
anything attached to vlans.  The current info network already provides 
vlan information.

Regards,

Anthony Liguori