diff options
| author | Prasanna Kumar Kalever <prasanna.kalever@redhat.com> | 2016-08-20 23:28:44 +0530 |
|---|---|---|
| committer | Jeff Cody <jcody@redhat.com> | 2016-09-13 01:34:55 -0400 |
| commit | c76d7aab81c264e3452e778f030fb3760e5edbb9 (patch) | |
| tree | 88f935842ae57ee71e6b49da516ae19d4e3a4a60 /qapi | |
| parent | e9db8ff38e539260a2cb5a7918d1155b7d92a264 (diff) | |
qapi/block-core: add doc describing GlusterServer vs. SocketAddress
Added documentation describing relation between GlusterServer and
SocketAddress qapi schemas.
Thanks to Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Jeff Cody <jcody@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Prasanna Kumar Kalever <prasanna.kalever@redhat.com>
Message-id: 1471715924-3642-1-git-send-email-prasanna.kalever@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Jeff Cody <jcody@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'qapi')
| -rw-r--r-- | qapi/block-core.json | 12 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/qapi/block-core.json b/qapi/block-core.json index 59128f7f89..173fb08ea3 100644 --- a/qapi/block-core.json +++ b/qapi/block-core.json @@ -2133,6 +2133,18 @@ # # @tcp: host address and port number # +# This is similar to SocketAddress, only distinction: +# +# 1. GlusterServer is a flat union, SocketAddress is a simple union. +# A flat union is nicer than simple because it avoids nesting +# (i.e. more {}) on the wire. +# +# 2. GlusterServer lacks case 'fd', since gluster doesn't let you +# pass in a file descriptor. +# +# GlusterServer is actually not Gluster-specific, its a +# compatibility evolved into an alternate for SocketAddress. +# # Since: 2.7 ## { 'union': 'GlusterServer', |