On Tue, Feb 4, 2020 at 3:54 PM Markus Armbruster <arm...@redhat.com> wrote: > = Ways to provide machine-friendly initial configuration = > > Two ways to provide machine-friendly initial configuration on par with > QMP have been proposed: > > 1. Extend QMP > > Machines use the CLI only to configure a QMP socket. The remainder > of the CLI becomes human-only, with much relaxed compatibility rules. > > 2. QAPIfy the CLI > > Provide a machine-friendly CLI based on QAPI and JSON. The current > CLI becomes human-only, with much relaxed compatibility rules.
Do we keep the existing CLI around in both cases? I'm concerned that we're still following the HMP/QMP approach, which has left QEMU with the legacy HMP monitor that we still haven't removed. I'm in favor of simplifying QEMU at the expense of an incompatible CLI change in QEMU 6.0. A project like this could prototype incompatible CLI changes in a separate git tree. If it achieves the desired unification (CLI, QMP, configuration file) and simplification (less code, legacy removal) then it can be merged for an upcoming QEMU major release. Stefan
