Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC 00/10]: QMP/HMP: Introduce tray handling commands

[Luiz Capitulino <lcapitulino@redhat.com>]

On Tue, 20 Dec 2011 14:49:47 +0800
Osier Yang <jyang@redhat.com> wrote:

> On 2011年06月04日 03:03, Luiz Capitulino wrote:
> > In a recent discussion on the mailing list regarding the introduction of
> > the BLOCK_TRAY_OPEN and BLOCK_TRAY_CLOSE events[1], it was mentioned that
> > we need to fix the eject command and maybe introduce new commands first.
> >
> > Here's a my proposal.
> >
> > This series introduces three new commands:
> >
> >   o blockdev-tray-open: opens the drive tray. Also Supports removing the inserted
> >     media. The BLOCK_TRAY_OPEN event is emitted if this command succeeds.
> >   o blockdev-tray-close: closes a drive tray. The BLOCK_TRAY_CLOSE event is
> >     emitted.
> >   o blockdev-media-insert: Inserts a media in the tray. The tray must empty
> >     and already opened. No event is emitted.
> >
> > The existing 'eject' and 'change' commands are completely rewriten in terms
> > of the new commands. Besides fixing some bad behaviors, this also makes it
> > possible for the events to be automtically emitted.
> >
> > Ejecting a device inside the guest (or closing its tray) also causes the
> > events to be emitted.
> >
> > Everything which applies for the virtual tray seems to work as expected for
> > the host's tray. But more testing is needed.
> >
> 
> Hi, Luiz
> 
> Does it still plan to introduce new commands for tray & media
> management?

Yes, but I'm not exactly sure when. Do you need it?

> and by the way, I'd agree with Markus more for
> seperating the commands for tray and media management. It
> makes thing simpler and more clear from a user's point of
> view.
> 
> Regards,
> Osier
>