Re: [XEN PATCH] libxl: Fix device_add QMP calls with QEMU 9.2 and newer

[Anthony PERARD <anthony@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Dec 15, 2025 at 03:11:53PM +0100, Jan Beulich wrote:
> On 15.12.2025 14:51, Anthony PERARD wrote:
> > From: Anthony PERARD <anthony.perard@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > 
> > QEMU used to ignore JSON types and do conversion string <-> integer
> > automatically for the command "device_add", but that was removed in
> > QEMU 9.2 (428d1789df91 ("docs/about: Belatedly document tightening of
> > QMP device_add checking")).
> 
> And older qemu accepts integers as well?

As the QEMU document explains about the removed feature is that they
should. We already have two users of `device_add` which use integers for
some arguments. And just to be sure, I've just tested with QEMU 8.0, the
patch works fine.

Cheers,

-- 
Anthony PERARD