Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] migration: update docs

2018-04-27 Thread Dr. David Alan Gilbert
* Balamuruhan S (bal...@linux.vnet.ibm.com) wrote: > On Fri, Apr 20, 2018 at 06:57:21PM +0100, Dr. David Alan Gilbert (git) wrote: > > +- Busses and devices should be able to explicitly specify addresses when > > + instantiated, and management tools should use those. For example, > > + when

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] migration: update docs

2018-04-27 Thread Dr. David Alan Gilbert
* Peter Xu (pet...@redhat.com) wrote: > On Fri, Apr 20, 2018 at 06:57:21PM +0100, Dr. David Alan Gilbert (git) wrote: > > [...] > > > Saving the state of one device > > == > > > > -The state of a device is saved using intermediate buffers. There are > > -some

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] migration: update docs

2018-04-25 Thread Peter Xu
On Fri, Apr 20, 2018 at 06:57:21PM +0100, Dr. David Alan Gilbert (git) wrote: [...] > Saving the state of one device > == > > -The state of a device is saved using intermediate buffers. There are > -some helper functions to assist this saving. > - > -There is a

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] migration: update docs

2018-04-25 Thread Balamuruhan S
On Fri, Apr 20, 2018 at 06:57:21PM +0100, Dr. David Alan Gilbert (git) wrote: > From: "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" > > Update the migration docs: > > Among other changes: > * Added a general list of advice for device authors > * Reordered the section on conditional state

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] migration: update docs

2018-04-23 Thread Dr. David Alan Gilbert
* Eric Blake (ebl...@redhat.com) wrote: > On 04/20/2018 12:57 PM, Dr. David Alan Gilbert (git) wrote: > > From: "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" > > > > Update the migration docs: > > > > Among other changes: > > * Added a general list of advice for device authors > > *

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] migration: update docs

2018-04-20 Thread Eric Blake
On 04/20/2018 12:57 PM, Dr. David Alan Gilbert (git) wrote: > From: "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" > > Update the migration docs: > > Among other changes: > * Added a general list of advice for device authors > * Reordered the section on conditional state (subsections etc) >

[Qemu-devel] [PATCH] migration: update docs

2018-04-20 Thread Dr. David Alan Gilbert (git)
From: "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" Update the migration docs: Among other changes: * Added a general list of advice for device authors * Reordered the section on conditional state (subsections etc) into the order we prefer. * Add a note about firmware Signed-off-by:

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] migration: Update docs to discourage version bumps

2017-02-10 Thread Dr. David Alan Gilbert
* Markus Armbruster (arm...@redhat.com) wrote: > "Dr. David Alan Gilbert (git)" writes: > > > From: "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" > > > > Version bumps break backwards migration; update the docs > > to explain to people that's bad and how to avoid it. > > >

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] migration: Update docs to discourage version bumps

2017-02-10 Thread Markus Armbruster
"Dr. David Alan Gilbert (git)" writes: > From: "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" > > Version bumps break backwards migration; update the docs > to explain to people that's bad and how to avoid it. > > Signed-off-by: Dr. David Alan Gilbert >

[Qemu-devel] [PATCH] migration: Update docs to discourage version bumps

2017-02-09 Thread Dr. David Alan Gilbert (git)
From: "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" Version bumps break backwards migration; update the docs to explain to people that's bad and how to avoid it. Signed-off-by: Dr. David Alan Gilbert --- docs/migration.txt | 42 ++