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| author | Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com> | 2021-10-08 15:34:42 +0200 |
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| committer | Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com> | 2021-10-15 16:11:22 +0200 |
| commit | 5dacda5167560b3af8eadbce5814f60ba44b467e (patch) | |
| tree | e4e2c1b73c3751ecfe1d382a10eab5aef02d274c /qapi | |
| parent | f3558b1b763683bb877f7dd5b282469cdadc65c3 (diff) | |
vl: Enable JSON syntax for -device
Like we already do for -object, introduce support for JSON syntax in
-device, which can be kept stable in the long term and guarantees that a
single code path with identical behaviour is used for both QMP and the
command line. Compared to the QemuOpts based code, the parser contains
less surprises and has support for non-scalar options (lists and
structs). Switching management tools to JSON means that we can more
easily change the "human" CLI syntax from QemuOpts to the keyval parser
later.
In the QAPI schema, a feature flag is added to the device-add command to
allow management tools to detect support for this.
Signed-off-by: Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
Message-Id: <20211008133442.141332-16-kwolf@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
Tested-by: Peter Krempa <pkrempa@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'qapi')
| -rw-r--r-- | qapi/qdev.json | 15 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/qapi/qdev.json b/qapi/qdev.json index d75e68908b..69656b14df 100644 --- a/qapi/qdev.json +++ b/qapi/qdev.json @@ -32,17 +32,23 @@ ## # @device_add: # +# Add a device. +# # @driver: the name of the new device's driver # # @bus: the device's parent bus (device tree path) # # @id: the device's ID, must be unique # -# Additional arguments depend on the type. -# -# Add a device. +# Features: +# @json-cli: If present, the "-device" command line option supports JSON +# syntax with a structure identical to the arguments of this +# command. # # Notes: +# +# Additional arguments depend on the type. +# # 1. For detailed information about this command, please refer to the # 'docs/qdev-device-use.txt' file. # @@ -67,7 +73,8 @@ ## { 'command': 'device_add', 'data': {'driver': 'str', '*bus': 'str', '*id': 'str'}, - 'gen': false } # so we can get the additional arguments + 'gen': false, # so we can get the additional arguments + 'features': ['json-cli'] } ## # @device_del: |