From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=50303 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OE4o5-0003g5-UV for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 17 May 2010 14:12:50 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OE4o4-0005u1-JH for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 17 May 2010 14:12:49 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:38409) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OE4o4-0005tw-C2 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 17 May 2010 14:12:48 -0400 Message-ID: <4BF18719.6090205@redhat.com> Date: Mon, 17 May 2010 21:12:41 +0300 From: Avi Kivity MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/2] QMP: Introduce commands doc References: <1273086712-29163-1-git-send-email-lcapitulino@redhat.com> <1273086712-29163-2-git-send-email-lcapitulino@redhat.com> <4BEC031D.6020506@redhat.com> <4BED6F85.50309@redhat.com> <20100514195428.64709257@redhat.com> <4BEE3CED.3070801@redhat.com> <4BF18680.2030501@codemonkey.ws> In-Reply-To: <4BF18680.2030501@codemonkey.ws> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Anthony Liguori Cc: qemu-devel@nongnu.org, bazulay@redhat.com, juzhang@redhat.com, Markus Armbruster , Luiz Capitulino On 05/17/2010 09:10 PM, Anthony Liguori wrote: >> >> The protocol must be forward looking, or we will need endless fixes >> for it. > > > But we can always add a domain property to extend the address (with a > default domain of 0). > That's what I meant by endless fixes. Each one is reasonable by itself, but if you do enough of them, people go blech when they see the documentation, or get it wrong if they don't. -- Do not meddle in the internals of kernels, for they are subtle and quick to panic.