Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <phi...@linaro.org> writes: > Hi Markus, > > On 8/8/24 20:26, Markus Armbruster wrote: >> Since we neglect to document several members of ChardevBackendKind, >> their description in the QEMU QMP Reference manual is "Not >> documented". Fix that, and improve the existing member documentation. >> >> Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster <arm...@redhat.com> >> --- >> qapi/char.json | 44 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------- >> qapi/pragma.json | 1 - >> 2 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-) >> >> diff --git a/qapi/char.json b/qapi/char.json >> index ef58445cee..8a4a87c95c 100644 >> --- a/qapi/char.json >> +++ b/qapi/char.json >> @@ -434,37 +434,49 @@ >> ## >> # @ChardevBackendKind: >> # >> -# @pipe: Since 1.5 >> +# @file: regular files >> # >> -# @udp: Since 1.5 >> +# @serial: serial host device >> # >> -# @mux: Since 1.5 >> +# @parallel: parallel host device >> # >> -# @msmouse: Since 1.5 >> +# @pipe: pipes (since 1.5) >> # >> -# @wctablet: Since 2.9 >> +# @socket: stream socket >> # >> -# @braille: Since 1.5 >> +# @udp: datagram socket (since 1.5) >> # >> -# @testdev: Since 2.2 >> +# @pty: pseudo-terminal >> # >> -# @stdio: Since 1.5 >> +# @null: provides no input, throws away output >> # >> -# @console: Since 1.5 >> +# @mux: (since 1.5) >> # >> -# @spicevmc: Since 1.5 >> +# @msmouse: emulated Microsoft serial mouse (since 1.5) >> # >> -# @spiceport: Since 1.5 >> +# @wctablet: emulated Wacom Penpartner serial tablet (since 2.9) >> # >> -# @qemu-vdagent: Since 6.1 >> +# @braille: Baum Braille device (since 1.5) >> # >> -# @dbus: Since 7.0 >> +# @testdev: device for test-suite control (since 2.2) >> # >> -# @vc: v1.5 >> +# @stdio: standard I/O (since 1.5) >> # >> -# @ringbuf: Since 1.6 >> +# @console: Windows console (since 1.5) >> # >> -# @memory: Since 1.5 >> +# @spicevmc: spice vm channel (since 1.5) >> +# >> +# @spiceport: Spice port channel (since 1.5) >> +# >> +# @qemu-vdagent: Spice vdagent (since 6.1) >> +# >> +# @dbus: D-Bus channel (since 7.0) >> +# >> +# @vc: virtual console (since v1.5) >> +# >> +# @ringbuf: memory ring buffer (since 1.6) >> +# >> +# @memory: synonym for @ringbuf (since 1.5) > > What is the rule to sort the members?
I like to keep the member descriptions in the same order as their definitions in 'data'. As to the order in 'data': sometimes there's a "natural" order or grouping, and sometimes alphabetical is best. However, we too often add members without giving order a thought, commonly at the end. Hope this helps!
