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Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2017 09:57:04 +0200
In-Reply-To: <c1e66477-31ff-92cf-1f7c-9101408b5b98@redhat.com> (Paolo
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Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/2] ramblock: add new hmp command "info
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To: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Cc: Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>, qemu-devel@nongnu.org, "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <dgilbert@redhat.com>

Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> writes:

> On 27/04/2017 09:07, Markus Armbruster wrote:
>> Example for "makes no sense in QMP": setting the current CPU[1], because
>> a QMP monitor doesn't have a current CPU.
>> 
>> Examples for "is of use only for human users": HMP command "help", the
>> integrated pocket calculator[2].
>
> This example is more or less like "info mtree".
>
> In addition, it exposes ram_addr_t which is an internal interface to
> QEMU.  Therefore it shouldn't be exposed through QMP.

Makes sense.  Peter, please explain it in your commit message.