"info chardev" not showing the real port in use With Qemu 2.1.2 ============== pharidos@uks2:~/work/tplaf/☸ qemu-system-x86_64 -hda /space/pharidos/Disks/Blank_disk.qcow2 -serial telnet::0,server,nowait -nographic QEMU 2.1.2 monitor - type 'help' for more information (qemu) info chardev parallel0: filename=null serial0: filename=telnet:0.0.0.0:44189,server <====<<< serial console is using port 44189 compat_monitor0: filename=stdio (qemu) With Qemu 2.5.0 ============== pharidos@kvm:~/$ qemu-system-x86_64 -hda /space/pharidos/Disks/Blank_disk.qcow2 -serial telnet::0,server,nowait -nographic QEMU 2.5.0 monitor - type 'help' for more information (qemu) info chardev parallel0: filename=null serial0: filename=disconnected:telnet::0,server <====<<< serial console port not shown compat_monitor0: filename=stdio (qemu)