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Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/6] Device state visualization reloaded
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To: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>
Cc: Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>, Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com>, qemu-devel <qemu-devel@nongnu.org>, Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>, Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>, Luiz Capitulino <lcapitulino@redhat.com>

On 09/07/2011 08:17 AM, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 07, 2011 at 03:13:00PM +0200, Jan Kiszka wrote:
>> On 2011-09-07 15:06, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
>>> But if the command is not for users at all, if it's
>>> for qemu debugging, then exposing internals is a very
>>> logical thing.  Only problem is - we must make it very very clear
>>> which commands are for qemu debugging.
>>
>> This command it also for users, to debug guests.
>>
>> Jan
>
> Hmm, guest visible state must be stable by definition.
> So why can't we make the interfaces stable then?

Because right now how you reference devices cannot be stable.

Going back to a previous thread, what if the command took a qdev class 
type as a filter?

That would be a stable name, not require anonymous IDs, and would have 
the property of usually being a single device.

Regards,

Anthony Liguori

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