Am 14.09.2016 um 22:57 hat Eric Blake geschrieben: > On 08/19/2016 11:50 AM, Kevin Wolf wrote: > > In order to remove the necessity to use BlockBackend names in the > > external API, we want to allow qdev device names in all device related > > commands. > > > > This converts x-blockdev-insert-medium to accept a qdev device name. > > Since this command is experimental... > > > Signed-off-by: Kevin Wolf <kw...@redhat.com> > > --- > > > +++ b/qapi/block-core.json > > @@ -2380,14 +2380,17 @@ > > # This command is still a work in progress and is considered experimental. > > # Stay away from it unless you want to help with its development. > > # > > -# @device: block device name > > +# @device: block device name (deprecated, use @id instead) > > +# > > +# @id: the name or QOM path of the guest device (since: 2.8) > > ...why even bother to deprecate 'device'? Can't we just do a whole-sale > switch to a required 'id' only? Or should such a wholesale switch be > reserved for the day that we remove the x- prefix when promoting the > command to stable?
I tried this for the experimental commands, but I think it required some more test case rewrites, so I decided to leave it for later. Not necessarily "when promoting to stable" later, but a separate series anyway. Kevin
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