From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:50000) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UUAf4-0005aB-El for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 22 Apr 2013 02:55:40 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UUAf3-0000DQ-KJ for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 22 Apr 2013 02:55:38 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:23110) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UUAf3-0000DE-C9 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 22 Apr 2013 02:55:37 -0400 Received: from int-mx09.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx09.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.22]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id r3M6tZLf018870 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Mon, 22 Apr 2013 02:55:35 -0400 Message-ID: <5174DEE5.20406@redhat.com> Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2013 08:55:33 +0200 From: Gerd Hoffmann MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <1366275680-15416-1-git-send-email-kraxel@redhat.com> <87ppxq6hmn.fsf@blackfin.pond.sub.org> In-Reply-To: <87ppxq6hmn.fsf@blackfin.pond.sub.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [RfC PATCH 0/5] console: qom-ify & extent screendump monitor command List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Markus Armbruster Cc: qemu-devel@nongnu.org, lcapitulino@redhat.com On 04/19/13 10:37, Markus Armbruster wrote: > Gerd Hoffmann writes: > >> Question for the libvirt guys: Is it ok for libvirt to just extend the >> existing screendump command? Can libvirt figure there is a new >> (optional) parameter? See patch #5. > > Nope, QMP can't do that. I argued for such capabilities, but the > "create a new command" philosophy prevailed. > > Go forth and multiply commands! And have fun picking command names that > aren't fugly. Oh joy. Lets just enumerate things & use "screendump2" ... cheers, Gerd