* John Snow (js...@redhat.com) wrote: > > > On 1/24/20 1:30 PM, Dr. David Alan Gilbert wrote: > > However, I caution that too many people think that QMP has all the type > > of diagnostic stuff people want - it's just way too hard and beuracratic > > to add a simple diagnostic command to QMP, when you just want to add > > something to print some diagnostics out for your corner of qemu. > > I'm not sure I follow, do you mean bureaucratic in contrast to... HMP?
I mean, someone who adds a QMP command is expected to be a lot more careful about the long term stability and proper structures etc etc. Where for HMP, if someone wants to add a command that's useful to the diagnostics of their part of QEMU and doesn't break anything else, then fine. Dave > --js -- Dr. David Alan Gilbert / dgilb...@redhat.com / Manchester, UK