[libvirt] Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/6] Allow multiple monitor devices (v2)
Hollis Blanchard wrote:
On Wed, 2009-04-08 at 13:34 -0500, Anthony Liguori wrote:
> Right now only one monitor device can be enabled at a time. In order to support
> asynchronous notification of events, I would like to introduce a 'wait'
command
> that waits for an event to occur. This implies that we need an additional
> monitor session to allow commands to still be executed while waiting for an
> asynchronous notification.
>
Was there any consensus reached in this thread? I'm once again looking
for ways to communicate qemu watchdog events to libvirt.
We can do multiple monitors as a debugging tool, but to support events,
a proper machine monitor mode is a prerequisite.
The real requirement is that events are obtainable via a single
communication channel instead of requiring two separate communication
channels. Internal implementation will look at lot like these patches.
The reasoning for requiring a single channel is that coordinating
between the two channels is expected to be prohibitively difficult. To
have a single channel, we need a machine mode. It cannot be done in a
human readable fashion.
I think this summarizes the consensus we reached. I don't agree fully
with the above but I'm okay with it. Would you agree Avi?
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Regards,
Anthony Liguori