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From: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
To: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com>
Cc: qemu-devel@nongnu.org
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 3/3] chardev: add hotplug support.
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2012 20:44:49 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <50804E21.6080401@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <507FD407.5020506@redhat.com>

Il 18/10/2012 12:03, Gerd Hoffmann ha scritto:
> Trying another approach, see attached patch.  This adds backend-specific
> qemu commands to add chardevs, with just the parameters needed for the
> specific backend.  Starting with file and tty, both accepting a path.
> 'file' is nice for testing, 'tty' very useful when hotplugging serial
> devices on the host.  Others can be added as needed.  We probably don't
> need all of them.  For example hotplugging the 'stdio' chardev doesn't
> make much sense.
> 
> Advantage #1: Cleaner API.
> Advantage #2: No legacy syntax headache when qomifying chardevs.

Disadvantage #1: Harder to extend, more code
Disadvantage #2: Different from all other kinds of host devices.

I still prefer the other one.

Paolo

  reply	other threads:[~2012-10-18 18:45 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-10-17 10:09 [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/3] chardev hotplug patch series Gerd Hoffmann
2012-10-17 10:09 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/3] chardev: add error reporting for qemu_chr_new_from_opts Gerd Hoffmann
2012-10-17 16:22   ` Luiz Capitulino
2012-10-17 10:09 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/3] chardev: fix QemuOpts lifecycle Gerd Hoffmann
2012-10-17 16:40   ` Luiz Capitulino
2012-10-18  9:26     ` Gerd Hoffmann
2012-10-18 13:30       ` Luiz Capitulino
2012-10-17 10:09 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 3/3] chardev: add hotplug support Gerd Hoffmann
2012-10-17 15:26   ` Eric Blake
2012-10-17 16:28     ` Paolo Bonzini
2012-10-18 10:03   ` Gerd Hoffmann
2012-10-18 18:44     ` Paolo Bonzini [this message]
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2012-12-14  9:38 [Qemu-devel] [PATCH RESENT 0/3] chardev hotplug patch series Gerd Hoffmann
2012-12-14  9:38 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 3/3] chardev: add hotplug support Gerd Hoffmann
2012-12-14 12:17   ` Paolo Bonzini
2012-12-14 13:05     ` Eric Blake
2012-12-14 13:18     ` Gerd Hoffmann
2012-12-14 13:45       ` Paolo Bonzini
2012-12-14 14:05         ` Gerd Hoffmann
2012-12-14 14:19           ` Gerd Hoffmann
2012-12-14 15:07             ` Paolo Bonzini

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