Re: [Qemu-devel] KVM call minutes for Mar 8
Am 08.03.2011 16:50, schrieb Chris Wright: QAPI merge plans - should be 100% back compat - qmp moved over - hmp moved over - 1st pass, core infrastructure (includes test framework) - 2nd pass, command conversion - 3rd pass, more controversial bits - adds dependencies: glib and python - some testing based on kvm-unit-test micro-os instance (e.g. added a balloon and run commands against it to test) - add more functionality here? (kvm autotest is slow, above is quick) - will hit some point where full functionality is needed - have a mini linux to do this (lags where driver updates are part of test) Depending on what we want to include in such tests, we might want to have tests with a badly behaving kernel, which Linux hopefully isn't. Kevin -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe kvm in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Re: [Qemu-devel] KVM call minutes for Mar 8
On 03/09/2011 03:25 AM, Kevin Wolf wrote: Am 08.03.2011 16:50, schrieb Chris Wright: QAPI merge plans - should be 100% back compat - qmp moved over - hmp moved over - 1st pass, core infrastructure (includes test framework) - 2nd pass, command conversion - 3rd pass, more controversial bits - adds dependencies: glib and python - some testing based on kvm-unit-test micro-os instance (e.g. added a balloon and run commands against it to test) - add more functionality here? (kvm autotest is slow, above is quick) - will hit some point where full functionality is needed - have a mini linux to do this (lags where driver updates are part of test) Depending on what we want to include in such tests, we might want to have tests with a badly behaving kernel, which Linux hopefully isn't. Yeah, that's a big advantage of kvm-unit-test is that you can't really hack the upstream version of virtio-balloon to do evil things. Regards, Anthony Liguori Kevin -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe kvm in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Re: [Qemu-devel] KVM call minutes for Mar 8
On 03/08/2011 09:50 AM, Chris Wright wrote: QAPI merge plans - should be 100% back compat - qmp moved over - hmp moved over - 1st pass, core infrastructure (includes test framework) - 2nd pass, command conversion - 3rd pass, more controversial bits - adds dependencies: glib and python - some testing based on kvm-unit-test micro-os instance (e.g. added a balloon and run commands against it to test) - add more functionality here? (kvm autotest is slow, above is quick) - will hit some point where full functionality is needed - have a mini linux to do this (lags where driver updates are part of test) - generated code can obfuscate the debugging process - code generator has some ugly corners (python writing C...) - but generated code should be debuggable, readable, etc. - some grumbling regarding glib dependency - reducing NIH and relying on external functionality is solid way to grow qemu as a project Read wiki here and review closely: http://wiki.qemu.org/Features/QAPI virt-agent - json string converted to command (and vice versa) - add to qmp schema - allows generated marshalling code to sanity check in/out - problem with qmp not being bi-directional (rpc - in, events - out) - posted events allow migration to save and send unposted events - any issues with guest agent interface extensibility - will add command to return schema - can add (optional) parameters to commands - make libqmp a shared object for 0.16 (too much going on for 0.15) - can terminate in qemu (e.g. vnc server internally qmp client to interact with guest cut 'n paste) or externally proxying to/from endpoint - possibly revisit dynamic schema in future http://wiki.qemu.org/Features/QAPI/VirtAgent BTW, would it make sense to start using etherpad to take notes for this call? Regards, Anthony Liguori glib, main loop, events - (context was setfd changes from amit) - iothread work is more critical to do first and get merged - glib work starting just in qapi iothread merge? - progressing slowly, marcelo working on it - have found regressions (signal handling code) (ifdef'd away for now) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe kvm in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Re: [Qemu-devel] KVM call minutes for Mar 8
On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 4:00 PM, Anthony Liguori anth...@codemonkey.ws wrote: http://wiki.qemu.org/Features/QAPI/VirtAgent That page does not exist. I think you meant this one: http://wiki.qemu.org/Features/QAPI/GuestAgent Stefan -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe kvm in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
