Re: [XEN PATCH 0/8] Fix libxl with QEMU 6.0 + remove some more deprecated usages.

From: Anthony PERARD <anthony.perard@citrix.com>
To: Jason Andryuk <jandryuk@gmail.com>
Cc: xen-devel <xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org>,
	Ian Jackson <iwj@xenproject.org>, Wei Liu <wl@xen.org>
Subject: Re: [XEN PATCH 0/8] Fix libxl with QEMU 6.0 + remove some more deprecated usages.
Date: Mon, 10 May 2021 15:17:15 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <YJlAa4fqcUCotlhM@perard> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAKf6xpt_xkpnNwcq2-WS3SN+Qj8gcz33MaGdfCW=30HzfqrWng@mail.gmail.com>

On Mon, May 03, 2021 at 10:13:57AM -0400, Jason Andryuk wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 23, 2021 at 12:16 PM Anthony PERARD
> <anthony.perard@citrix.com> wrote:
> >
> > Patch series available in this git branch:
> > https://xenbits.xen.org/git-http/people/aperard/xen-unstable.git br.deprecated-qemu-qmp-and-cmd-v1
> >
> > The Xen 4.15 release that went out just before QEMU 6.0 won't be compaptible
> > with the latter. This patch series fixes libxl to replace use of QMP commands
> > that have been removed from QEMU and to fix usage of deprecated command and
> > parameters that well be remove from QEMU in the future.
> >
> > All of the series should be backported to at least Xen 4.15 or it won't be
> > possible to migrate, hotplug cpu or change cdrom on HVM guest when QEMU 6.0 and
> > newer is used. QEMU 6.0 is about to be release, within a week.
> >
> > Backport: 4.15
> >
> > Anthony PERARD (8):
> >   libxl: Replace deprecated QMP command by "query-cpus-fast"
> >   libxl: Replace QEMU's command line short-form boolean option
> >   libxl: Replace deprecated "cpu-add" QMP command by "device_add"
> >   libxl: Use -device for cd-rom drives
> >   libxl: Assert qmp_ev's state in qmp_ev_qemu_compare_version
> >   libxl: Export libxl__qmp_ev_qemu_compare_version
> >   libxl: Use `id` with the "eject" QMP command
> >   libxl: Replace QMP command "change" by "blockdev-change-media"
> 
> For the rest of the series besides
> libxl: Replace deprecated QMP command by "query-cpus-fast"
> and
> libxl: Replace deprecated "cpu-add" QMP command by "device_add"
> 
> Reviewed-by: Jason Andryuk <jandryuk@gmail.com>

Thanks for the review!

Cheers,

-- 
Anthony PERARD