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Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 08/11] chardev: add serial chardev support
 to chardev-add (qmp)
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To: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
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  Hi,

>> Can we just use one name, either tty or serial?

Ah, after reading the parport patch comment I think I understand what
you suggest:

 (1) Standardize on 'serial' + 'parallel' on the new qmp interface.
 (2) Support these names on -chardev too.
 (3) Alias the old names to the new ones for -chardev for backward
     compatibility.

correct?

cheers,
  Gerd