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diff --git a/docs/qapi-code-gen.txt b/docs/qapi-code-gen.txt index dea0d50..3a0c99e 100644 --- a/docs/qapi-code-gen.txt +++ b/docs/qapi-code-gen.txt @@ -215,6 +215,24 @@ An example command is: 'data': { 'arg1': 'str', '*arg2': 'str' }, 'returns': 'str' } +=== Events === + +Events are defined with the keyword 'event'. When 'data' is also specified, +additional info will be carried on. Finally there will be C API generated +in qapi-event.h; when called by QEMU code, a message with timestamp will +be emitted on the wire. If timestamp is -1, it means failure to retrieve host +time. + +An example event is: + +{ 'event': 'EVENT_C', + 'data': { '*a': 'int', 'b': 'str' } } + +Resulting in this JSON object: + +{ "event": "EVENT_C", + "data": { "b": "test string" }, + "timestamp": { "seconds": 1267020223, "microseconds": 435656 } } == Code generation == |
