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Re: [Qemu-devel] Monitor brain dump
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Paolo Bonzini |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] Monitor brain dump |
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Thu, 6 Oct 2016 13:07:03 +0200 |
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On 05/10/2016 19:43, Dr. David Alan Gilbert wrote:
> > Speaking of the pocket calculator: my recommendation would be "nuke from
> > orbit". It adds surprising corner cases to the HMP language, and
> > provides next to no value.
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> Huh, didn't realise that existed - I assume you mean get_expr and friends?
> yep sounds nukable
We've been suggesting commands like "x/10i $pc-20" to people who
reported emulation failures in KVM, so there is some benefit in that.
My hunch is that it would be a drop in the sea if monitor.c were
refactored properly. Now that QMP middle mode is gone it should be much
easier.
Paolo