Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] migration: remove subsections in fdc and rtl8139 and bump versions (v2)

[Anthony Liguori <anthony@codemonkey.ws>]

On 08/03/2011 03:34 AM, Kevin Wolf wrote:
> Am 03.08.2011 02:18, schrieb Anthony Liguori:
>> As Paolo points out, the migration protocol is ambiguous when using subsections
>> today.  That means that even if we preserve subsections and change the protocol
>> accordingly, the old protocol w/subsections is still ambiguous.
>>
>> Remove subsection usage and bump any device using subsections.  This effectively
>> eliminates the amiguouity and allows for a clean transition to a new protocol
>> with unambiguous subsections.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Anthony Liguori<aliguori@us.ibm.com>
>> --
>> v1 ->  v2
>>   - Also remove IDE subsections (spotted by Juan Quintela)
>
> Please remove migration_compat_status from BMDMAState and the respective
> VMState, there's no reason for it any more when you increase the version
> number.

Thanks for the confirmation.  I suspected that but I figured that a more 
conservative approach was safer.

Regards,

Anthony Liguori

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> Kevin
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