Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 3/7] qapi: add query-machines command

[Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com>]

Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com> writes:

> On 07/27/2012 07:37 AM, Anthony Liguori wrote:
>> This provides the same output as -M ? but in a structured way.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com>
>> ---
>>  qapi-schema.json |   28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>  qmp-commands.hx  |    6 ++++++
>>  vl.c             |   31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>  3 files changed, 65 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>> 
>> diff --git a/qapi-schema.json b/qapi-schema.json
>> index 28e9914..5b47026 100644
>> --- a/qapi-schema.json
>> +++ b/qapi-schema.json
>> @@ -2200,3 +2200,31 @@
>>  # Since: 0.14.0
>>  ##
>>  { 'command': 'closefd', 'data': {'fdname': 'str'} }
>> +
>> +##
>> +# @MachineInfo:
>> +#
>> +# Information describing a machine.
>> +#
>> +# @name: the name of the machine
>> +#
>> +# @alias: #optional an alias for the machine name
>
> Can a machine have more than one alias?

No, it can't.  Really, alias is only used to map 'pc' -> 'pc-1.1'.  It's
never more complicated than that.

Regards,

Anthony Liguori

> In that case, it might be better to have:
>
> @name: the name of the machine
> @alias-of: #optional if present, name is an alias, and this lists the
> canonical form that it resolves to

>
> -- 
> Eric Blake   eblake@redhat.com    +1-919-301-3266
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