[libvirt] [Qemu-devel] Transitioning from HMP to QMP for QEMU

[Anthony Liguori]

On 12/15/2011 08:52 AM, Luiz Capitulino wrote:
> On Thu, 15 Dec 2011 08:06:41 -0600
> Anthony Liguori<anthony at codemonkey.ws>  wrote:
>
>> There are still a lot of HMP commands that don't have an QMP analog.  Luiz, it
>> might make sense to setup a wiki page which instructions on how to convert an
>> HMP command to a QMP command using QAPI.
>
> I wrote on how to write new QMP commands using the QAPI
> (docs/writing-qmp-commands.txt), going from there to a conversion shouldn't
> be difficult, but I can write a wiki page.
>
> Btw, counting with a series I haven't posted yet, we have less than 10 QMP
> commands left to be converted to the QAPI. I expect to start working on HMP
> conversions in January.

That is awesome!

Regards,

Anthony Liguori

>
>> If we did that, we could probably get more folks involved in the conversion process.
>
> That would be wonderful.
>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Anthony Liguori
>>
>>>
>>>> Does everyone agree on this?  I think this is an important discussion
>>>> if we want our management interface to get better and more consistent
>>>> in the future.
>>>>
>>>> Stefan
>>>>
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