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| author | Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com> | 2018-07-05 11:14:02 +0200 |
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| committer | Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com> | 2018-07-16 15:38:19 +0200 |
| commit | 361ac948a5c960ce7a093cec1744bff0d5af3dec (patch) | |
| tree | 9d7c747583d81b0df87dcfd9a2ac22d1926d9768 /qemu-tech.texi | |
| parent | 1f214ee1b83afd10fd5e1b63f4ecc03f9a8115c4 (diff) | |
cli qmp: Mark --preconfig, exit-preconfig experimental
Committing to the current --preconfig / exit-preconfig interface
before it has seen any use is premature. Mark both as experimental,
the former in documentation, the latter by renaming it to
x-exit-preconfig.
See the previous commit for more detailed rationale.
Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>
Message-Id: <20180705091402.26244-3-armbru@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Eduardo Habkost <ehabkost@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Igor Mammedov <imammedo@redhat.com>
[Straightforward conflict with commit 514337c142f resolved]
Diffstat (limited to 'qemu-tech.texi')
| -rw-r--r-- | qemu-tech.texi | 8 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/qemu-tech.texi b/qemu-tech.texi index f843341ffa..7c3d1f05e1 100644 --- a/qemu-tech.texi +++ b/qemu-tech.texi @@ -336,9 +336,9 @@ additionally configure the machine (by hotplugging devices) in runtime before allowing VM code to run. However, at the -S pause point, it's impossible to configure options that affect -initial VM creation (like: -smp/-m/-numa ...) or cold plug devices. That's -when the --preconfig command line option should be used. It allows pausing QEMU -before the initial VM creation, in a new preconfig state, where additional +initial VM creation (like: -smp/-m/-numa ...) or cold plug devices. The +experimental --preconfig command line option allows pausing QEMU +before the initial VM creation, in a ``preconfig'' state, where additional queries and configuration can be performed via QMP before moving on to the resulting configuration startup. In the preconfig state, QEMU only allows a limited set of commands over the QMP monitor, where the commands do not @@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ depend on an initialized machine, including but not limited to: @item query-qmp-schema @item query-commands @item query-status -@item exit-preconfig +@item x-exit-preconfig @end table @node Bibliography |