Configuration commands for qemu such as L</guestfs_add_drive> can only
be issued when in the CONFIG state.
-The high-level API offers two calls that go from CONFIG through
-LAUNCHING to READY. L</guestfs_launch> blocks until the child process
-is READY to accept commands (or until some failure or timeout).
+The API offers one call that goes from CONFIG through LAUNCHING to
+READY. L</guestfs_launch> blocks until the child process is READY to
+accept commands (or until some failure or timeout).
L</guestfs_launch> internally moves the state from CONFIG to LAUNCHING
while it is running.
-High-level API actions such as L</guestfs_mount> can only be issued
-when in the READY state. These high-level API calls block waiting for
-the command to be carried out (ie. the state to transition to BUSY and
-then back to READY). But using the low-level event API, you get
-non-blocking versions. (But you can still only carry out one
-operation per handle at a time - that is a limitation of the
-communications protocol we use).
+API actions such as L</guestfs_mount> can only be issued when in the
+READY state. These API calls block waiting for the command to be
+carried out (ie. the state to transition to BUSY and then back to
+READY). There are no non-blocking versions, and no way to issue more
+than one command per handle at the same time.
Finally, the child process sends asynchronous messages back to the
-main program, such as kernel log messages. Mostly these are ignored
-by the high-level API, but using the low-level event API you can
-register to receive these messages.
+main program, such as kernel log messages. You can register a
+callback to receive these messages.
=head2 SETTING CALLBACKS TO HANDLE EVENTS