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On 16/03/2015 16:58, Eric Blake wrote:
> On 03/16/2015 09:54 AM, Claudio Fontana wrote:
> 
>>>> Do you want to provide a QMP counterpart?  In general, we
>>>> are reluctant to add new HMP functionality that cannot also
>>>> be accessed via QMP.
>>> 
>>> I think this is okay for a debugging command.  x and xp do not
>>> have an QMP equivalent either.
>>> 
>>> Paolo
>>> 
>> 
>> Just let me know if necessary (personally I would not have a use
>> for a QMP counterpart).
> 
> Is this something you would ever want to drive via libvirt?  Or is
> it a low-level debugging command, only ever likely to be used by a
> qemu developer?  If the latter, then I'm okay if this is one of
> the exceptions to the rule where we don't need to bother with a QMP
> counterpart.

It's definitely the latter.

Paolo