Re: [libvirt] Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/6] Allow multiple monitor devices (v2)
Avi Kivity wrote:
Gerd Hoffmann wrote:
> On 04/09/09 16:03, Avi Kivity wrote:
>> I don't want multiplexed monitor sessions, at all.
>
> I'm very happy to finally see them. Finally one can run vms with
> libvirt and *still* access the monitor for debugging and development
> purposes.
>
Right, I like them for that purpose as well. But not for ordinary control.
How do you want to differentiate? What further complications would this
bring us?
>> I want async
>> notifications added to a single monitor session. That too could be
>> implemented today (as simple as a term_printf("notification: ...\n");
>
> No. It is simple on the qemu side only. Parsing notifications poping
> up at random places in the stream is more complex.
I don't understand why, if there's a common prefix.
Everywhere you expect (qemu), also expect notification:.
Please no more async notifications to the monitors. They are just ugly
to parse, at least for us humans. I don't want to see any notification
in the middle of my half-typed command e.g.
Jan
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