From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:50444) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TtHWZ-0000An-Ha for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 10 Jan 2013 07:46:25 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TtHWX-0006pa-Gm for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 10 Jan 2013 07:46:23 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:4369) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TtHWX-0006pJ-4K for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 10 Jan 2013 07:46:21 -0500 Received: from int-mx12.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx12.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.25]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id r0ACkK0b013562 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Thu, 10 Jan 2013 07:46:20 -0500 Message-ID: <50EEB81A.1070306@redhat.com> Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2013 13:46:18 +0100 From: Paolo Bonzini MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <1357566928-25361-1-git-send-email-kraxel@redhat.com> <1357566928-25361-9-git-send-email-kraxel@redhat.com> <50EE9A35.3080501@redhat.com> <50EEA06B.9070200@redhat.com> <50EEB623.2070609@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <50EEB623.2070609@redhat.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 08/11] chardev: add serial chardev support to chardev-add (qmp) List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Gerd Hoffmann Cc: qemu-devel@nongnu.org Il 10/01/2013 13:37, Gerd Hoffmann ha scritto: >>> >> Can we just use one name, either tty or serial? > Ah, after reading the parport patch comment I think I understand what > you suggest: > > (1) Standardize on 'serial' + 'parallel' on the new qmp interface. Or tty + parallel, as you see more fit. > (2) Support these names on -chardev too. > (3) Alias the old names to the new ones for -chardev for backward > compatibility. Yes, exactly. Paolo