Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH RfC 0/9] chardev hotplug

[Michal Privoznik]

On 19.12.2012 16:58, Gerd Hoffmann wrote:
>   Hi,
> 
> Chardev hotplug patch series reloaded.  Not finished yet, commit
> messages not finalized yet, totally untested other than building on
> linux+windows.
> 
> I doubt I manage to finish (and test!) it before xmas.  Nevertheless I
> wanna get the bits out of the door for you to see what is coming and for
> early reviews.  It goes largely the route suggested by Paolo.
> 
> cheers,
>   Gerd
> 
> Gerd Hoffmann (9):
>   chardev: add error reporting for qemu_chr_new_from_opts
>   chardev: fix QemuOpts lifecycle
>   chardev: reduce chardev ifdef mess a bit
>   chardev: hotplug, qmp, null
>   chardev: hotplug, hmp
>   chardev: hotplug, qmp, file
>   chardev: hotplug, qmp, tty
>   chardev: hotplug, qmp, serial
>   chardev: hotplug, qmp, parallel
> 
>  hmp-commands.hx  |   32 ++++++
>  hmp.c            |   23 +++++
>  hmp.h            |    2 +
>  qapi-schema.json |   47 +++++++++
>  qemu-char.c      |  280 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
>  qemu-char.h      |    4 +-
>  qmp-commands.hx  |   50 ++++++++++
>  vl.c             |    9 +-
>  8 files changed, 395 insertions(+), 52 deletions(-)
> 

Okay, the QMP interface seems sane to me (from libvirt POV). However,
what about other chardev types like pipe and vc? And I guess pty can be
covered by tty, right?

Michal