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| author | Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com> | 2019-02-14 16:22:34 +0100 |
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| committer | Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com> | 2019-02-18 14:44:04 +0100 |
| commit | ce32bf8586851866aa5902c3fa32ebd35d0188bd (patch) | |
| tree | f5673731e02adec0364b415145e5a672a5c41ddb /docs/devel | |
| parent | 1e36232994c8ad01774501d2e299deba3a2469af (diff) | |
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qapi: Belatedly document modular code generation
We generate code for built-ins and sub-modules into separate files
since commit cdb6610ae42 and 252dc3105fc (v2.12.0). Both commits
neglected to update documentation. Do that now.
Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Marc-André Lureau <marcandre.lureau@redhat.com>
Message-Id: <20190214152251.2073-2-armbru@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'docs/devel')
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/devel/qapi-code-gen.txt | 38 |
1 files changed, 38 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/docs/devel/qapi-code-gen.txt b/docs/devel/qapi-code-gen.txt index 87183d3..b91bde6 100644 --- a/docs/devel/qapi-code-gen.txt +++ b/docs/devel/qapi-code-gen.txt @@ -1113,6 +1113,19 @@ Example: [Uninteresting stuff omitted...] +For a modular QAPI schema (see section Include directives), code for +each sub-module SUBDIR/SUBMODULE.json is actually generated into + +SUBDIR/$(prefix)qapi-types-SUBMODULE.h +SUBDIR/$(prefix)qapi-types-SUBMODULE.c + +If qapi-gen.py is run with option --builtins, additional files are +created: + +qapi-builtin-types.h - C types corresponding to built-in types + +qapi-builtin-types.c - Cleanup functions for the above C types + === Code generated for visiting QAPI types === These are the visitor functions used to walk through and convert @@ -1244,6 +1257,19 @@ Example: [Uninteresting stuff omitted...] +For a modular QAPI schema (see section Include directives), code for +each sub-module SUBDIR/SUBMODULE.json is actually generated into + +SUBDIR/$(prefix)qapi-visit-SUBMODULE.h +SUBDIR/$(prefix)qapi-visit-SUBMODULE.c + +If qapi-gen.py is run with option --builtins, additional files are +created: + +qapi-builtin-visit.h - Visitor functions for built-in types + +qapi-builtin-visit.c - Declarations for these visitor functions + === Code generated for commands === These are the marshaling/dispatch functions for the commands defined @@ -1342,6 +1368,12 @@ Example: [Uninteresting stuff omitted...] +For a modular QAPI schema (see section Include directives), code for +each sub-module SUBDIR/SUBMODULE.json is actually generated into + +SUBDIR/$(prefix)qapi-commands-SUBMODULE.h +SUBDIR/$(prefix)qapi-commands-SUBMODULE.c + === Code generated for events === This is the code related to events defined in the schema, providing @@ -1402,6 +1434,12 @@ Example: [Uninteresting stuff omitted...] +For a modular QAPI schema (see section Include directives), code for +each sub-module SUBDIR/SUBMODULE.json is actually generated into + +SUBDIR/$(prefix)qapi-events-SUBMODULE.h +SUBDIR/$(prefix)qapi-events-SUBMODULE.c + === Code generated for introspection === The following files are created: |