Eduardo Habkost mentioned on IRC that the intended functionality of QMP 'cpu-add' is replaced with a combination of 'query-hotpluggable-cpus' and 'device_add'. And 'cpu-add' is likely to be deprecated in the future.
Add a note in the QAPI schema to reflect that. Suggested-by: Eduardo Habkost <ehabk...@redhat.com Signed-off-by: Kashyap Chamarthy <kcham...@redhat.com> --- qapi/misc.json | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/qapi/misc.json b/qapi/misc.json index d450cfef21..178a94b904 100644 --- a/qapi/misc.json +++ b/qapi/misc.json @@ -1104,7 +1104,13 @@ ## # @cpu-add: # -# Adds CPU with specified ID +# Adds CPU with specified ID. +# +# Notes: This command is likely to be deprecated in the future. The +# way to achieve the intended functionality of 'cpu-add', which +# is to allow CPU hot-plug, is possible with the combination of +# QMP 'query-hotpluggable-cpus' and 'device_add'. (And +# hot-unplug via 'device_del'.) # # @id: ID of CPU to be created, valid values [0..max_cpus) # -- 2.17.1
