From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:49098) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WDDPt-0007ma-2q for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 11 Feb 2014 08:30:30 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WDDPo-0008FD-3K for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 11 Feb 2014 08:30:25 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:47910) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WDDPn-0008F5-P4 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 11 Feb 2014 08:30:20 -0500 Received: from int-mx11.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx11.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.24]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id s1BDUIrK001890 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Tue, 11 Feb 2014 08:30:18 -0500 Message-ID: <52FA25D9.9080906@redhat.com> Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2014 06:30:01 -0700 From: Eric Blake MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <1391077232-14649-1-git-send-email-dgilbert@redhat.com> <1391077232-14649-2-git-send-email-dgilbert@redhat.com> <52F73F98.6070601@redhat.com> <20140210100329.GE3545@work-vm> <52F8FA5D.5090801@redhat.com> <52F9E861.9020504@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <52F9E861.9020504@redhat.com> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="UXUQPpkr3S1u0r52Agl96IaNttBXTnC5X" Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 1/3] Rework --name to use QemuOpts List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Paolo Bonzini , Laszlo Ersek , "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" Cc: qemu-devel@nongnu.org, mst@redhat.com This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --UXUQPpkr3S1u0r52Agl96IaNttBXTnC5X Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 02/11/2014 02:07 AM, Paolo Bonzini wrote: > Il 10/02/2014 17:12, Laszlo Ersek ha scritto: >>> > I'd checked every piece of output I'd found, but hadn't found >>> > the query-command-line-options; I think you're right there >>> > are no other \n's in there - but also all the other .help texts >>> > are much briefer and less chatty; maybe I need to just chop >>> > them down to a minimum, I wonder if there is anywhere they're >>> > ever displayed to a human? >> I share your wondering :) >=20 > I do too, but I'd wager the answer is no. Libvirt logs the result of query-command-line-options, including the human portion associated with the details. And libvirt also exposes the 'virsh qemu-monitor-command' backdoor which can be used by developers to get at the human-readable information in this query. I _have_ called query-command-line-options to see what it output, and did appreciate the human text available there. But you are correct that in the day-to-day operation of libvirtd, the human text is ignored - it's there mainly for developers. --=20 Eric Blake eblake redhat com +1-919-301-3266 Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org --UXUQPpkr3S1u0r52Agl96IaNttBXTnC5X Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 Comment: Public key at http://people.redhat.com/eblake/eblake.gpg Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJS+iXZAAoJEKeha0olJ0NqDZwH/3RmsCPUb+5bulYWEbwNi08O HtQANVPQivN5eXPzdwkloBgbIZSDRagHqpTz2m/RfNq/pgINMsy/HFMvn+2v+tHe DnYK2v81br1P3qyUA8QS+w9tTTkq49fVFhdz4GbBgmah0eGB8kvGgjZ6c3PFxAkn WzcAuhniv5erq4c3IP2mzbml9+1JWdB4nv7eus6LM3HPJr9j2JuGpxwpTZqPs5Dt l7VsdB9HzVBTRwlBrGZpvIdoXdnwhMzxz2G048GMzD1u/2PEqI3eCSwPgBLkwop7 l7+GQi0H2NYa3/nLgylx+VOaam8Zr5LUvkatghRsaz+f4jOkfz1lwWQIxb9dytE= =UxmU -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --UXUQPpkr3S1u0r52Agl96IaNttBXTnC5X--