Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] net: Drop the legacy "name" parameter from the -net option

[Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>]

On 5/12/20 7:31 AM, Thomas Huth wrote:
> It's been deprecated since QEMU v3.1, so it's time to finally
> remove it. The "id" parameter can simply be used instead.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>
> ---
>   docs/system/deprecated.rst | 15 +++++++++------
>   net/net.c                  | 10 +---------
>   qapi/net.json              |  3 ---
>   3 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
> 

> +++ b/qapi/net.json
> @@ -474,8 +474,6 @@
>   #
>   # @id: identifier for monitor commands
>   #
> -# @name: identifier for monitor commands, ignored if @id is present
> -#
>   # @opts: device type specific properties (legacy)
>   #
>   # Since: 1.2
> @@ -483,7 +481,6 @@
>   { 'struct': 'NetLegacy',
>     'data': {
>       '*id':   'str',
> -    '*name': 'str',
>       'opts':  'NetLegacyOptions' } }

Why is 'id' left optional? I'd expect it to be mandatory, now.

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