From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:48894) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YT9tj-0001Om-CM for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 04 Mar 2015 09:03:43 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YT9td-0001In-K1 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 04 Mar 2015 09:03:39 -0500 Received: from cantor2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15]:42623 helo=mx2.suse.de) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YT9td-0001IL-Eh for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 04 Mar 2015 09:03:33 -0500 Message-ID: <54F710B1.7040101@suse.de> Date: Wed, 04 Mar 2015 15:03:29 +0100 From: =?windows-1252?Q?Andreas_F=E4rber?= MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <1425399495-13664-1-git-send-email-imammedo@redhat.com> <1425399495-13664-3-git-send-email-imammedo@redhat.com> <20150303173539.GA21824@redhat.com> <20150303213351.43e8333e@igors-macbook-pro.local> <20150304121148.GA27667@redhat.com> <20150304141232.0ab69867@nial.brq.redhat.com> <20150304134900.GA29478@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <20150304134900.GA29478@redhat.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH V14 2/3] pc: add a Virtual Machine Generation ID device List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: "Michael S. Tsirkin" Cc: ghammer@redhat.com, Igor Mammedov , qemu-devel@nongnu.org, David Gibson Am 04.03.2015 um 14:49 schrieb Michael S. Tsirkin: > On Wed, Mar 04, 2015 at 02:12:32PM +0100, Igor Mammedov wrote: >> On Wed, 4 Mar 2015 13:11:48 +0100 >> "Michael S. Tsirkin" wrote: >>> On Tue, Mar 03, 2015 at 09:33:51PM +0100, Igor Mammedov wrote: >>>> On Tue, 3 Mar 2015 18:35:39 +0100 >>>> "Michael S. Tsirkin" wrote: >>>>> On Tue, Mar 03, 2015 at 05:18:14PM +0100, Igor Mammedov wrote: >>>>>> To change uuid in runtime use: >>>>>> qom-set "/machine/peripheral/FOO.uuid" >>>>>> "124e6eaf-d1d1-4bf6-bf41-b9bb6c91fb87" >>>>> >>>>> Looking just at this, how does user discover this functionality? >>>> what do you mean? >>>> >>>> [...] >>> >>> Just this. You are a user. You want to change the vm gen id. >>> Adding devices is partially documented >>> in -help and -device help. commands are documented in hmp help. >>> But how do you find out that qom-set should be used to >>> update vm gen id, and how do you find out how to do this? >> I don't really know, it's approach used in original patches. >> Any suggestions? >> Do QOM properties have some 'help' connected to them? If yes we >> could stick explanation there so that -device vmgenid,help >> would show it at least. >=20 > Eric, Andreas, any comments on this part? Since recently there is some function to add a description to either qdev or QOM properties, I don't quite remember where exactly... Regards, Andreas --=20 SUSE Linux GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 N=FCrnberg, Germany GF: Felix Imend=F6rffer, Jane Smithard, Jennifer Guild, Dilip Upmanyu, Graham Norton; HRB 21284 (AG N=FCrnberg)