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Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] qmp: extend QMP to provide read/write
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To: "Bryan D. Payne" <bdpayne@acm.org>
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On Thu, 12/04 08:43, Bryan D. Payne wrote:
> >
> > This doesn't stop the client from using a different alignment than we
> > expect.
> > It's necessary to be explicit as a binary protocol.
> >
> 
> Ok, I'll move ahead with packing the data and sort out the backwards compat
> issues on the client side.

Or use a backwards compatible packed structure. :)

Fam