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Diffstat (limited to 'qemu-options.hx')
| -rw-r--r-- | qemu-options.hx | 28 |
1 files changed, 22 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx index 30690d9c3f..e4566149ee 100644 --- a/qemu-options.hx +++ b/qemu-options.hx @@ -4170,26 +4170,42 @@ DEF("qmp", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_qmp, \ QEMU_ARCH_ALL) SRST ``-qmp dev`` - Like -monitor but opens in 'control' mode. + Like ``-monitor`` but opens in 'control' mode. For example, to make + QMP available on localhost port 4444:: + + -qmp tcp:localhost:4444,server=on,wait=off + + Not all options are configurable via this syntax; for maximum + flexibility use the ``-mon`` option and an accompanying ``-chardev``. + ERST DEF("qmp-pretty", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_qmp_pretty, \ "-qmp-pretty dev like -qmp but uses pretty JSON formatting\n", QEMU_ARCH_ALL) SRST ``-qmp-pretty dev`` - Like -qmp but uses pretty JSON formatting. + Like ``-qmp`` but uses pretty JSON formatting. ERST DEF("mon", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_mon, \ "-mon [chardev=]name[,mode=readline|control][,pretty[=on|off]]\n", QEMU_ARCH_ALL) SRST ``-mon [chardev=]name[,mode=readline|control][,pretty[=on|off]]`` - Setup monitor on chardev name. ``mode=control`` configures - a QMP monitor (a JSON RPC-style protocol) and it is not the - same as HMP, the human monitor that has a "(qemu)" prompt. - ``pretty`` is only valid when ``mode=control``, + Set up a monitor connected to the chardev ``name``. + QEMU supports two monitors: the Human Monitor Protocol + (HMP; for human interaction), and the QEMU Monitor Protocol + (QMP; a JSON RPC-style protocol). + The default is HMP; ``mode=control`` selects QMP instead. + ``pretty`` is only valid when ``mode=control``, turning on JSON pretty printing to ease human reading and debugging. + + For example:: + + -chardev socket,id=mon1,host=localhost,port=4444,server=on,wait=off \ + -mon chardev=mon1,mode=control,pretty=on + + enables the QMP monitor on localhost port 4444 with pretty-printing. ERST DEF("debugcon", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_debugcon, \ |