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From: Laszlo Ersek <lersek@redhat.com>
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Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [qemu PATCH] docs/interop: add "firmware.json"
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Cc: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>, Kashyap Chamarthy <kchamart@redhat.com>, Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>, Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com>, Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>, David Gibson <dgibson@redhat.com>

On 05/09/18 17:04, Laszlo Ersek wrote:
> Add a schema that describes the different uses and properties of virtual
> machine firmware.
> 
> Each firmware executable installed on a host system should come with at
> least one JSON file that conforms to this schema. Each file informs the
> management applications about
> - the firmware's properties and one possible use case / feature set,
> - configuration bits that are required to run the firmware binary.
> 
> In addition, define rules for management apps for picking the highest
> priority firmware JSON file when multiple such files match the search
> criteria.
> 
> Cc: "Daniel P. Berrange" <berrange@redhat.com>
> Cc: David Gibson <dgibson@redhat.com>
> Cc: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
> Cc: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com>
> Cc: Kashyap Chamarthy <kchamart@redhat.com>
> Cc: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>
> Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
> Cc: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Laszlo Ersek <lersek@redhat.com>
> ---
> 
> Notes:
>     PATCH:
>     
>     - previous version (RFCv3) was posted at:
>       <http://mid.mail-archive.com/20180420231246.23130-4-lersek@redhat.com>
>     
>     - move "firmware.json" under docs/interop/; drop earlier development
>       artifacts
>     
>     - no changes to the schema (received no comments on RFCv3)

oops:

> +##
> +# @x-check-firmware:
> +#
> +# Accept a @Firmware object and do nothing, successfully. This command
> +# can be used in the QMP shell to validate @Firmware JSON against the
> +# schema.
> +#
> +# @fw: ignored
> +#
> +# Since: 2.13
> +##
> +{ 'command' : 'x-check-firmware',
> +  'data'    : { 'fw' : 'Firmware' } }
> 

missed this part (I should have removed it), I will post v2 soon.

Laszlo