On 20/03/2017 18:01, Markus Armbruster wrote:
> Peter Maydell <peter.mayd...@linaro.org> writes:
> 
>> On 20 March 2017 at 16:29, Markus Armbruster <arm...@redhat.com> wrote:
>>> Peter Maydell <peter.mayd...@linaro.org> writes:
>>>> I have some comments which feel kind of nit-picky, but since this
>>>> is a public-facing HMP API I think they need attention since we only
>>>> get one chance to get it right.
>>>
>>> HMP is not a stable interface.  If we get it wrong, we change it.  If
>>> our change breaks your usage, you get to keep the pieces.
>>
>> Oh yes, I had my HMP and QMP the wrong way round.
>>
>> ...which reminds me that I thought we preferred all HMP commands
>> to be implemented in terms of their QMP equivalent ?
> 
> Yes.  We make exceptions for commands we believe have no QMP use, such
> as "print".  I figure the rationale for these is "just for testing".
> Paolo, can you confirm?

Yes.  If somebody comes up with a non-testing use, I suppose we can
always add a QMP variant.  I'll send v3 which uses the current monitor
CPU's address space according to Peter's review.

Paolo

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