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authorMarkus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>2018-07-05 11:14:02 +0200
committerMarkus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>2018-07-16 15:38:19 +0200
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cli qmp: Mark --preconfig, exit-preconfig experimental
Committing to the current --preconfig / exit-preconfig interface before it has seen any use is premature. Mark both as experimental, the former in documentation, the latter by renaming it to x-exit-preconfig. See the previous commit for more detailed rationale. Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com> Message-Id: <20180705091402.26244-3-armbru@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com> Acked-by: Eduardo Habkost <ehabkost@redhat.com> Acked-by: Igor Mammedov <imammedo@redhat.com> [Straightforward conflict with commit 514337c142f resolved]
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@@ -336,9 +336,9 @@ additionally configure the machine (by hotplugging devices) in runtime before
allowing VM code to run.
However, at the -S pause point, it's impossible to configure options that affect
-initial VM creation (like: -smp/-m/-numa ...) or cold plug devices. That's
-when the --preconfig command line option should be used. It allows pausing QEMU
-before the initial VM creation, in a new preconfig state, where additional
+initial VM creation (like: -smp/-m/-numa ...) or cold plug devices. The
+experimental --preconfig command line option allows pausing QEMU
+before the initial VM creation, in a ``preconfig'' state, where additional
queries and configuration can be performed via QMP before moving on to
the resulting configuration startup. In the preconfig state, QEMU only allows
a limited set of commands over the QMP monitor, where the commands do not
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ depend on an initialized machine, including but not limited to:
@item query-qmp-schema
@item query-commands
@item query-status
-@item exit-preconfig
+@item x-exit-preconfig
@end table
@node Bibliography