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From: Anthony Liguori <anthony@codemonkey.ws>
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: KVM call agenda for May 18
Date: Tue, 18 May 2010 16:50:15 -0500
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On 05/18/2010 12:31 PM, Avi Kivity wrote:
> On 05/18/2010 05:34 PM, Anthony Liguori wrote:
>>
>> No.  I don't think our goal is to ever fully convert monitor commands 
>> to QMP.  Some commands simply don't make sense as QMP commands (like 
>> x and xp).
>
> Examining memory does make sense for QMP, although it is already 
> available through the gdb protocol, so it's kind of redundant.

The x and xp commands are meant to be used with all sorts of 
expressions.  I agree examining memory makes sense but we certainly want 
a very different interface for it.

Regards,

Anthony Liguori