On Mon, 05 Mar 2012 19:29:14 +0200 Avi Kivity <a...@redhat.com> wrote:
> On 03/05/2012 07:27 PM, Anthony Liguori wrote: > > On 03/05/2012 11:20 AM, Avi Kivity wrote: > >> On 03/05/2012 04:33 PM, Anthony Liguori wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> async in QEMU doesn't mean "generate a QMP event when you're done". > >>> It should mean execute this closure when you finish (function pointer > >>> + opaque). > >>> > >>> The QMP event should be dispatched from the closure such that the > >>> screendump code doesn't have to have a direct dependency on QMP. > >>> > >> > >> What about using the parallel execution facility of qmp? It's silly to > >> duplicate every command X with X-async and X-COMPLETED. > > > > We need to switch over to QAPI to get there. > > Just an implementation detail, yes? No spec/protocol changes? We haven't discussed it yet how to do async commands in detail, so it may or may not have protocol changes. I have a simple proposal in mind, but haven't submitted it yet. > > We're pretty close to being there. Luiz, about how long do you > > think before we get there? > > It's a pity to add new commands along the way. We decided not to block useful features because of the long time that's taking to do async support properly.
