Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v6] docs: add cpu-hotplug.txt

[Dou Liyang]

Hi Bharata,

At 08/17/2016 09:47 PM, Bharata B Rao wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 17, 2016 at 03:01:06PM +0800, Dou Liyang wrote:
> > This document describes how to use cpu hotplug in QEMU.
> > +lists all hot-pluggable CPUs. Such as this:
>
> lists all CPUs including the present and possible hot-pluggable CPUs.
>
> > +
> > +  ...
> > +  type: "qemu64-x86_64-cpu"
> > +  vcpus_count: "1"
> > +  CPUInstance Properties:
> > +    socket-id: "1"
> > +    core-id: "0"
> > +    thread-id: "0"
> > +  ...
> > +
> > +Or
> > +
> > +  ...
> > +  type: "POWER7_v2.3-spapr-cpu-core"
> > +  vcpus_count: "1"
> > +  CPUInstance Properties:
> > +    core-id: "2"
>
> There is another property called "qom_path" which if present indicates
> that the listed CPU is already present or plugged-in. Hotpluggable CPUs
> are those which don't have "qom_path" set.
>
> May be useful to explicitly bring this out in the doc ?

Yes, it is. I will list it too.

Thanks,
Dou