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

[Jason Andryuk <jandryuk@gmail.com>]

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>