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auth=pass smtp.auth=CUSA124A263 smtp.mailfrom=cohuck@redhat.com X-Mimecast-Spam-Score: 0 X-Mimecast-Originator: redhat.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Received-SPF: pass client-ip=63.128.21.124; envelope-from=cohuck@redhat.com; helo=us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: First seen = 2020/11/11 01:42:46 X-ACL-Warn: Detected OS = Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIMWL_WL_HIGH=-0.001, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H5=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=0.001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: John G Johnson , "Tian, Kevin" , mtsirkin@redhat.com, "Daniel P. =?UTF-8?B?QmVycmFuZ8Op?=" , quintela@redhat.com, Jason Wang , Felipe Franciosi , "Zeng, Xin" , qemu-devel@nongnu.org, "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" , Kirti Wankhede , Thanos Makatos , Alex Williamson , Gerd Hoffmann , Paolo Bonzini , Christophe de Dinechin , Yan Zhao Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Sender: "Qemu-devel" On Tue, 10 Nov 2020 09:53:49 +0000 Stefan Hajnoczi wrote: (...) > The meaning of the migration parameter and its possible values are specific to > the device, but values are based on one of the following types: > * bool - booleans (on/off) > * int - integers (0, 1, 2, ...) > * str - character strings > > Migration parameters are represented as = in this document. > Examples include my-feature=on and num-queues=4. > > When a new migration parameter is introduced, its absence must have the same > effect as before the migration parameter was introduced. For example, if > my-feature=on|off is added to control the availability of a new device feature, > then my-feature=off is equivalent to omitting the migration parameter. Maybe this could be made more clear by using a non-bool parameter as an example? For the num-queues parameter used as an example above, if num-queues=2 would lead to the same effect as before, omitting the num-queues parameter must be treated as if num-queues had been specified as 2.