Management software will be expected to resolve CPU model name
aliases using the new field.
Signed-off-by: Eduardo Habkost <ehabk...@redhat.com>
Message-Id: <20190628002844.24894-2-ehabk...@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berra...@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Eduardo Habkost <ehabk...@redhat.com>
---
qapi/machine-target.json | 9 ++++++++-
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/qapi/machine-target.json b/qapi/machine-target.json
index 5d7480f6ab..55310a6aa2 100644
--- a/qapi/machine-target.json
+++ b/qapi/machine-target.json
@@ -279,6 +279,12 @@
# to introspect properties configurable using -cpu or -global.
# (since 2.9)
#
+# @alias-of: Name of CPU model this model is an alias for. The target of the
+# CPU model alias may change depending on the machine type.
+# Management software is supposed to translate CPU model aliases
+# in the VM configuration, because aliases may stop being
+# migration-safe in the future (since 4.1)
+#
# @unavailable-features is a list of QOM property names that
# represent CPU model attributes that prevent the CPU from running.
# If the QOM property is read-only, that means there's no known
@@ -302,7 +308,8 @@
'*migration-safe': 'bool',
'static': 'bool',
'*unavailable-features': [ 'str' ],
- 'typename': 'str' },
+ 'typename': 'str',
+ '*alias-of' : 'str' },
'if': 'defined(TARGET_PPC) || defined(TARGET_ARM) || defined(TARGET_I386) ||
defined(TARGET_S390X) || defined(TARGET_MIPS)' }
##
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2.18.0.rc1.1.g3f1ff2140
