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authorDr. David Alan Gilbert <dgilbert@redhat.com>2019-02-27 13:24:11 +0000
committerJason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com>2019-03-05 11:27:41 +0800
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qmp: Add announce-self command
Add a qmp command that can trigger guest announcements. It uses its own announce-timer instance, and parameters passed to it explicitly in the command. Like most qmp commands, it's in the main thread/bql, so there's no racing with any outstanding timer. Based on work of Germano Veit Michel <germano@redhat.com> and Vladislav Yasevich <vyasevic@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Dr. David Alan Gilbert <dgilbert@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com>
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'max': 'int',
'rounds': 'int',
'step': 'int' } }
+
+##
+# @announce-self:
+#
+# Trigger generation of broadcast RARP frames to update network switches.
+# This can be useful when network bonds fail-over the active slave.
+#
+# @params: AnnounceParameters giving timing and repetition count of announce
+#
+# Example:
+#
+# -> { "execute": "announce-self"
+# "arguments": {
+# "initial": 50, "max": 550, "rounds": 10, "step": 50 } }
+# <- { "return": {} }
+#
+# Since: 4.0
+##
+{ 'command': 'announce-self', 'boxed': true,
+ 'data' : 'AnnounceParameters'}