From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:58204) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cQdSi-0007Og-Sz for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 09 Jan 2017 12:10:28 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cQdSh-0000NI-Tc for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 09 Jan 2017 12:10:24 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:51786) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cQdSh-0000Mv-OF for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 09 Jan 2017 12:10:23 -0500 References: <1483628868-10496-1-git-send-email-nutarojj@ornl.gov> <0f3d6652-e633-c02e-7234-0d5b885d31ea@redhat.com> <283fd6b709734ccdbeb6d217f8b32043@EXCHCS32.ornl.gov> From: Paolo Bonzini Message-ID: <33a6f57d-4563-ec4a-f77f-1a15ca57c19d@redhat.com> Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2017 18:10:20 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <283fd6b709734ccdbeb6d217f8b32043@EXCHCS32.ornl.gov> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v6] qqq: module for synchronizing with a simulation List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: "Nutaro, James J." , "qemu-devel@nongnu.org" On 09/01/2017 18:04, Nutaro, James J. wrote: > Thanks again Paolo. When I change the command line switches, is it best to submit a whole new version of the patch? Or is there another method for managing patch revisions? Yes, submit a new version, then put v6->v7: did this and that [Paolo] at the end of the commit message, where the square brackets mean "suggested by...". Thanks, Paolo > > -----Original Message----- > From: Paolo Bonzini [mailto:pbonzini@redhat.com] > Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2017 10:27 AM > To: Nutaro, James J.; qemu-devel@nongnu.org > Subject: Re: [PATCH v6] qqq: module for synchronizing with a simulation > > > > On 05/01/2017 16:07, James J. Nutaro wrote: >> This patch adds an interface for pacing the execution of QEMU to match an external >> simulation clock. Its aim is to permit QEMU to be used as a module within a >> larger simulation system. >> >> Signed-off-by: James J. Nutaro > > What's the difference between v5 and v6? > >> +(2) Fork QEMU with the appropriate command line arguments. >> + The -qqq part of the argument will look something like >> + >> + -qqq sock=socks[1] > > No need for -qqq, just make it "-icount extclock=FD". > > Paolo >