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[2/3] QMP: Introduce commands documentation

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Luiz Capitulino May 31, 2010, 5:43 p.m. UTC
From: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>

One of the most important missing feature in QMP today is its
supported commands documentation.

The plan is to make it part of self-description support, however
self-description is a big task we have been postponing for a
long time now and still don't know when it's going to be done.

In order not to compromise QMP adoption and make users' life easier,
this commit adds a simple text documentation which fully describes
all QMP supported commands.

This is not ideal for a number of reasons (harder to maintain,
text-only, etc) but does improve the current situation. To avoid at
least divering from the user monitor help and texi snippets, QMP bits
are also maintained inside qemu-monitor.hx, and hxtool is extended to
generate a single text file from them.

Signed-off-by: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>
Signed-off-by: Luiz Capitulino <lcapitulino@redhat.com>
---
 Makefile        |    5 +-
 QMP/README      |    5 +-
 configure       |    4 +
 hxtool          |   44 ++-
 qemu-monitor.hx | 1322 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 5 files changed, 1376 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

Comments

Stefan Hajnoczi May 31, 2010, 8:22 p.m. UTC | #1
On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 6:43 PM, Luiz Capitulino <lcapitulino@redhat.com> wrote:
Hi Luiz,

I'm interested in QMP, have left some feedback.  As I get up to speed
with QMP my questions and suggestions will hopefully be useful.
Apologies in advance if any of my thoughts here are old news and have
been discussed elsewhere :).

I didn't see documentation on the errors that a command can encounter.
 Error documentation would be useful for commands where the client
needs to react by trying an alternative command.  If errors are opaque
or undocumented, then the client can't perform error recovery, they
can only log the error or prompt the user for help.

> @@ -113,6 +184,35 @@ Password: ********
>
>  @end table
>  ETEXI
> +SQMP
> +change
> +------
> +
> +Change a removable medium or VNC configuration.
> +
> +Arguments:
> +
> +- "device": device name (json-string)
> +- "target": filename or item (json-string)
> +- "arg": additional argument (json-string, optional)
> +
> +Examples:
> +
> +1. Change a removable medium
> +
> +-> { "execute": "change",
> +             "arguments": { "device": "ide1-cd0",
> +                            "target": "/srv/images/Fedora-12-x86_64-DVD.iso" } }
> +<- { "return": {} }
> +
> +2. Change VNC password
> +
> +-> { "execute": "change",
> +             "arguments": { "device": "vnc", "target": "password",
> +                            "arg": "foobar1" } }
> +<- { "return": {} }
> +
> +EQMP
>
>     {
>         .name       = "screendump",

For removable media is there a way to use, for instance, sheepdog, or
is the target strictly a file name?

Can the VNC password be removed when arg is the empty string or arg is
not present?

> @@ -532,6 +747,24 @@ STEXI
>  @findex cpu
>  Set the default CPU.
>  ETEXI
> +SQMP
> +cpu
> +---
> +
> +Set the default CPU.
> +
> +Arguments:
> +
> +- "index": the CPU's index (json-int)
> +
> +Example:
> +
> +-> { "execute": "cpu", "arguments": { "index": 0 } }
> +<- { "return": {} }
> +
> +Note: CPUs' indexes are obtained with the 'query-cpus' command.
> +
> +EQMP
>
>     {
>         .name       = "mouse_move",

I believe this is the per-monitor default cpu for memory dumping and
other per-cpu commands.  The concept of the default cpu makes sense
for an interactive monitor, humans don't want to type the cpu index
for each cpu-specific command.  For QMP it feels cleaner to have a cpu
argument for commands that are per-cpu.  As a newcomer I'm not sure of
the philosophy for QMP commands, 1:1 with monitor commands or as
appropriate for a JSON interface?

If the QMP cpu command is supported in a QEMU release, can it be
phased out later?

Will look more later.

Stefan
Jan Kiszka June 1, 2010, 7:40 a.m. UTC | #2
Stefan Hajnoczi wrote:
> On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 6:43 PM, Luiz Capitulino <lcapitulino@redhat.com> wrote:
> Hi Luiz,
> 
> I'm interested in QMP, have left some feedback.  As I get up to speed
> with QMP my questions and suggestions will hopefully be useful.
> Apologies in advance if any of my thoughts here are old news and have
> been discussed elsewhere :).
> 
> I didn't see documentation on the errors that a command can encounter.
>  Error documentation would be useful for commands where the client
> needs to react by trying an alternative command.  If errors are opaque
> or undocumented, then the client can't perform error recovery, they
> can only log the error or prompt the user for help.
> 
>> @@ -113,6 +184,35 @@ Password: ********
>>
>>  @end table
>>  ETEXI
>> +SQMP
>> +change
>> +------
>> +
>> +Change a removable medium or VNC configuration.
>> +
>> +Arguments:
>> +
>> +- "device": device name (json-string)
>> +- "target": filename or item (json-string)
>> +- "arg": additional argument (json-string, optional)
>> +
>> +Examples:
>> +
>> +1. Change a removable medium
>> +
>> +-> { "execute": "change",
>> +             "arguments": { "device": "ide1-cd0",
>> +                            "target": "/srv/images/Fedora-12-x86_64-DVD.iso" } }
>> +<- { "return": {} }
>> +
>> +2. Change VNC password
>> +
>> +-> { "execute": "change",
>> +             "arguments": { "device": "vnc", "target": "password",
>> +                            "arg": "foobar1" } }
>> +<- { "return": {} }
>> +
>> +EQMP
>>
>>     {
>>         .name       = "screendump",
> 
> For removable media is there a way to use, for instance, sheepdog, or
> is the target strictly a file name?
> 
> Can the VNC password be removed when arg is the empty string or arg is
> not present?
> 
>> @@ -532,6 +747,24 @@ STEXI
>>  @findex cpu
>>  Set the default CPU.
>>  ETEXI
>> +SQMP
>> +cpu
>> +---
>> +
>> +Set the default CPU.
>> +
>> +Arguments:
>> +
>> +- "index": the CPU's index (json-int)
>> +
>> +Example:
>> +
>> +-> { "execute": "cpu", "arguments": { "index": 0 } }
>> +<- { "return": {} }
>> +
>> +Note: CPUs' indexes are obtained with the 'query-cpus' command.
>> +
>> +EQMP
>>
>>     {
>>         .name       = "mouse_move",
> 
> I believe this is the per-monitor default cpu for memory dumping and
> other per-cpu commands.  The concept of the default cpu makes sense
> for an interactive monitor, humans don't want to type the cpu index
> for each cpu-specific command.  For QMP it feels cleaner to have a cpu
> argument for commands that are per-cpu.  As a newcomer I'm not sure of
> the philosophy for QMP commands, 1:1 with monitor commands or as
> appropriate for a JSON interface?

Makes some sense.

I've a simple patch in my queue that can be used to assign different
arguments for QMP and HMP use. So we could add a 'cpu' argument to all
those QMP commands that so far rely on the above mechanism.

> 
> If the QMP cpu command is supported in a QEMU release, can it be
> phased out later?

Better avoid it being rolled out.

That said, first let us merge this documentation as baseline, then fix
such things (including error documentation) on top of it.

Jan
Luiz Capitulino June 1, 2010, 1:46 p.m. UTC | #3
On Mon, 31 May 2010 21:22:22 +0100
Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 6:43 PM, Luiz Capitulino <lcapitulino@redhat.com> wrote:
> Hi Luiz,
> 
> I'm interested in QMP, have left some feedback.  As I get up to speed
> with QMP my questions and suggestions will hopefully be useful.
> Apologies in advance if any of my thoughts here are old news and have
> been discussed elsewhere :).

 No problem.

> I didn't see documentation on the errors that a command can encounter.
>  Error documentation would be useful for commands where the client
> needs to react by trying an alternative command.  If errors are opaque
> or undocumented, then the client can't perform error recovery, they
> can only log the error or prompt the user for help.

 The immediate need is to have something which is minimally useful,
we're going to describe errors later.

 Actually, ultimate goal is to have self-description support, which should
describe everything (commands, arguments, errors, async messages, etc). But
I'm wondering whether we're going to have this on time for 0.13.

> > @@ -113,6 +184,35 @@ Password: ********
> >
> >  @end table
> >  ETEXI
> > +SQMP
> > +change
> > +------
> > +
> > +Change a removable medium or VNC configuration.
> > +
> > +Arguments:
> > +
> > +- "device": device name (json-string)
> > +- "target": filename or item (json-string)
> > +- "arg": additional argument (json-string, optional)
> > +
> > +Examples:
> > +
> > +1. Change a removable medium
> > +
> > +-> { "execute": "change",
> > +             "arguments": { "device": "ide1-cd0",
> > +                            "target": "/srv/images/Fedora-12-x86_64-DVD.iso" } }
> > +<- { "return": {} }
> > +
> > +2. Change VNC password
> > +
> > +-> { "execute": "change",
> > +             "arguments": { "device": "vnc", "target": "password",
> > +                            "arg": "foobar1" } }
> > +<- { "return": {} }
> > +
> > +EQMP
> >
> >     {
> >         .name       = "screendump",
> 
> For removable media is there a way to use, for instance, sheepdog, or
> is the target strictly a file name?

 Good question, hey, aren't you a block layer guy? :)

 Anyway, this command has the same behavior of HMP's change command.

> Can the VNC password be removed when arg is the empty string or arg is
> not present?

 Yes, when arg is the empty string the password seems to be removed, which
is an ill behavior.

 Anyway, the plan is to drop this command from QMP and introduce
change_blockdev & change_password.

> > @@ -532,6 +747,24 @@ STEXI
> >  @findex cpu
> >  Set the default CPU.
> >  ETEXI
> > +SQMP
> > +cpu
> > +---
> > +
> > +Set the default CPU.
> > +
> > +Arguments:
> > +
> > +- "index": the CPU's index (json-int)
> > +
> > +Example:
> > +
> > +-> { "execute": "cpu", "arguments": { "index": 0 } }
> > +<- { "return": {} }
> > +
> > +Note: CPUs' indexes are obtained with the 'query-cpus' command.
> > +
> > +EQMP
> >
> >     {
> >         .name       = "mouse_move",
> 
> I believe this is the per-monitor default cpu for memory dumping and
> other per-cpu commands.  The concept of the default cpu makes sense
> for an interactive monitor, humans don't want to type the cpu index
> for each cpu-specific command.  For QMP it feels cleaner to have a cpu
> argument for commands that are per-cpu.  As a newcomer I'm not sure of
> the philosophy for QMP commands, 1:1 with monitor commands or as
> appropriate for a JSON interface?

 The latter and you're right about the cpu command, Avi has also
pointed this out.

> If the QMP cpu command is supported in a QEMU release, can it be
> phased out later?

 No, we have to fix all this stuff before 0.13 is out, otherwise we'll
have to support them forever. Actually, we'll probably have some kind of
deprecation process, even then we'll have to support bad commands for
long time.
Luiz Capitulino June 1, 2010, 1:49 p.m. UTC | #4
On Tue, 01 Jun 2010 09:40:44 +0200
Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com> wrote:

> Stefan Hajnoczi wrote:
> > On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 6:43 PM, Luiz Capitulino <lcapitulino@redhat.com> wrote:
> > Hi Luiz,
> > 
> > I'm interested in QMP, have left some feedback.  As I get up to speed
> > with QMP my questions and suggestions will hopefully be useful.
> > Apologies in advance if any of my thoughts here are old news and have
> > been discussed elsewhere :).
> > 
> > I didn't see documentation on the errors that a command can encounter.
> >  Error documentation would be useful for commands where the client
> > needs to react by trying an alternative command.  If errors are opaque
> > or undocumented, then the client can't perform error recovery, they
> > can only log the error or prompt the user for help.
> > 
> >> @@ -113,6 +184,35 @@ Password: ********
> >>
> >>  @end table
> >>  ETEXI
> >> +SQMP
> >> +change
> >> +------
> >> +
> >> +Change a removable medium or VNC configuration.
> >> +
> >> +Arguments:
> >> +
> >> +- "device": device name (json-string)
> >> +- "target": filename or item (json-string)
> >> +- "arg": additional argument (json-string, optional)
> >> +
> >> +Examples:
> >> +
> >> +1. Change a removable medium
> >> +
> >> +-> { "execute": "change",
> >> +             "arguments": { "device": "ide1-cd0",
> >> +                            "target": "/srv/images/Fedora-12-x86_64-DVD.iso" } }
> >> +<- { "return": {} }
> >> +
> >> +2. Change VNC password
> >> +
> >> +-> { "execute": "change",
> >> +             "arguments": { "device": "vnc", "target": "password",
> >> +                            "arg": "foobar1" } }
> >> +<- { "return": {} }
> >> +
> >> +EQMP
> >>
> >>     {
> >>         .name       = "screendump",
> > 
> > For removable media is there a way to use, for instance, sheepdog, or
> > is the target strictly a file name?
> > 
> > Can the VNC password be removed when arg is the empty string or arg is
> > not present?
> > 
> >> @@ -532,6 +747,24 @@ STEXI
> >>  @findex cpu
> >>  Set the default CPU.
> >>  ETEXI
> >> +SQMP
> >> +cpu
> >> +---
> >> +
> >> +Set the default CPU.
> >> +
> >> +Arguments:
> >> +
> >> +- "index": the CPU's index (json-int)
> >> +
> >> +Example:
> >> +
> >> +-> { "execute": "cpu", "arguments": { "index": 0 } }
> >> +<- { "return": {} }
> >> +
> >> +Note: CPUs' indexes are obtained with the 'query-cpus' command.
> >> +
> >> +EQMP
> >>
> >>     {
> >>         .name       = "mouse_move",
> > 
> > I believe this is the per-monitor default cpu for memory dumping and
> > other per-cpu commands.  The concept of the default cpu makes sense
> > for an interactive monitor, humans don't want to type the cpu index
> > for each cpu-specific command.  For QMP it feels cleaner to have a cpu
> > argument for commands that are per-cpu.  As a newcomer I'm not sure of
> > the philosophy for QMP commands, 1:1 with monitor commands or as
> > appropriate for a JSON interface?
> 
> Makes some sense.
> 
> I've a simple patch in my queue that can be used to assign different
> arguments for QMP and HMP use. So we could add a 'cpu' argument to all
> those QMP commands that so far rely on the above mechanism.

 Nice.

> > If the QMP cpu command is supported in a QEMU release, can it be
> > phased out later?
> 
> Better avoid it being rolled out.

 After 0.13 no incompatible protocol change will be allowed.

> That said, first let us merge this documentation as baseline, then fix
> such things (including error documentation) on top of it.

 Exactly, the goal now is to describe the current protocol state.
Stefan Hajnoczi June 1, 2010, 2:09 p.m. UTC | #5
On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 2:49 PM, Luiz Capitulino <lcapitulino@redhat.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 01 Jun 2010 09:40:44 +0200
> Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com> wrote:
>> That said, first let us merge this documentation as baseline, then fix
>> such things (including error documentation) on top of it.
>
>  Exactly, the goal now is to describe the current protocol state.

I understand.  Hope to help out soon.

Stefan
Anthony Liguori June 1, 2010, 3:13 p.m. UTC | #6
On 06/01/2010 02:40 AM, Jan Kiszka wrote:
>
>> If the QMP cpu command is supported in a QEMU release, can it be
>> phased out later?
>>      
> Better avoid it being rolled out.
>    


I agree.  All of the per-monitor CPU stuff needs to be eliminated before 
0.13 in QMP.

Regards,

Anthony Liguori

> That said, first let us merge this documentation as baseline, then fix
> such things (including error documentation) on top of it.
>
> Jan
>
>
diff mbox

Patch

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7986bf6..3a8a311 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@  $(call set-vpath, $(SRC_PATH):$(SRC_PATH)/hw)
 LIBS+=-lz $(LIBS_TOOLS)
 
 ifdef BUILD_DOCS
-DOCS=qemu-doc.html qemu-tech.html qemu.1 qemu-img.1 qemu-nbd.8
+DOCS=qemu-doc.html qemu-tech.html qemu.1 qemu-img.1 qemu-nbd.8 QMP/qmp-commands.txt
 else
 DOCS=
 endif
@@ -259,6 +259,9 @@  qemu-options.texi: $(SRC_PATH)/qemu-options.hx
 qemu-monitor.texi: $(SRC_PATH)/qemu-monitor.hx
 	$(call quiet-command,sh $(SRC_PATH)/hxtool -t < $< > $@,"  GEN   $@")
 
+QMP/qmp-commands.txt: $(SRC_PATH)/qemu-monitor.hx
+	$(call quiet-command,sh $(SRC_PATH)/hxtool -q < $< > $@,"  GEN   $@")
+
 qemu-img-cmds.texi: $(SRC_PATH)/qemu-img-cmds.hx
 	$(call quiet-command,sh $(SRC_PATH)/hxtool -t < $< > $@,"  GEN   $@")
 
diff --git a/QMP/README b/QMP/README
index 9334c25..35a80c7 100644
--- a/QMP/README
+++ b/QMP/README
@@ -15,8 +15,9 @@  QMP is JSON[1] based and has the following features:
 
 For more information, please, refer to the following files:
 
-o qmp-spec.txt    QEMU Monitor Protocol current specification
-o qmp-events.txt  List of available asynchronous events
+o qmp-spec.txt      QEMU Monitor Protocol current specification
+o qmp-commands.txt  QMP supported commands
+o qmp-events.txt    List of available asynchronous events
 
 There are also two simple Python scripts available:
 
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 3cd2c5f..653c8d2 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -2817,3 +2817,7 @@  ln -s $source_path/Makefile.user $d/Makefile
 if test "$static" = "no" -a "$user_pie" = "yes" ; then
   echo "QEMU_CFLAGS+=-fpie" > $d/config.mak
 fi
+
+if test "$docs" = "yes" ; then
+  mkdir -p QMP
+fi
diff --git a/hxtool b/hxtool
index 8f65532..d499dc0 100644
--- a/hxtool
+++ b/hxtool
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@  hxtoh()
         case $str in
             HXCOMM*)
             ;;
-            STEXI*|ETEXI*) flag=$(($flag^1))
+            STEXI*|ETEXI*|SQMP*|EQMP*) flag=$(($flag^1))
             ;;
             *)
             test $flag -eq 1 && printf "%s\n" "$str"
@@ -38,6 +38,12 @@  hxtotexi()
             fi
             flag=0
             ;;
+            SQMP*|EQMP*)
+            if test $flag -eq 1 ; then
+                echo "line $line: syntax error: expected ETEXI, found $str" >&2
+                exit 1
+            fi
+            ;;
             DEFHEADING*)
             echo "$(expr "$str" : "DEFHEADING(\(.*\))")"
             ;;
@@ -49,9 +55,45 @@  hxtotexi()
     done
 }
 
+hxtoqmp()
+{
+    IFS=
+    flag=0
+    while read -r str; do
+        case "$str" in
+            HXCOMM*)
+            ;;
+            SQMP*)
+            if test $flag -eq 1 ; then
+                echo "line $line: syntax error: expected EQMP, found $str" >&2
+                exit 1
+            fi
+            flag=1
+            ;;
+            EQMP*)
+            if test $flag -ne 1 ; then
+                echo "line $line: syntax error: expected SQMP, found $str" >&2
+                exit 1
+            fi
+            flag=0
+            ;;
+            STEXI*|ETEXI*)
+            if test $flag -eq 1 ; then
+                echo "line $line: syntax error: expected EQMP, found $str" >&2
+                exit 1
+            fi
+            ;;
+            *)
+            test $flag -eq 1 && echo "$str"
+            ;;
+        esac
+    done
+}
+
 case "$1" in
 "-h") hxtoh ;;
 "-t") hxtotexi ;;
+"-q") hxtoqmp ;;
 *) exit 1 ;;
 esac
 
diff --git a/qemu-monitor.hx b/qemu-monitor.hx
index b8c765b..f6a94f2 100644
--- a/qemu-monitor.hx
+++ b/qemu-monitor.hx
@@ -1,10 +1,48 @@ 
 HXCOMM Use DEFHEADING() to define headings in both help text and texi
 HXCOMM Text between STEXI and ETEXI are copied to texi version and
 HXCOMM discarded from C version
+HXCOMM Text between SQMP and EQMP is copied to the QMP documention file and
+HXCOMM does not show up in the other formats.
 HXCOMM DEF(command, args, callback, arg_string, help) is used to construct
 HXCOMM monitor commands
 HXCOMM HXCOMM can be used for comments, discarded from both texi and C
 
+SQMP
+                        QMP Supported Commands
+                        ----------------------
+
+This document describes all commands currently supported by QMP.
+
+Most of the time their usage is exactly the same as in the user Monitor, this
+means that any other document which also describe commands (the manpage,
+QEMU's manual, etc) can and should be consulted.
+
+QMP has two types of commands: regular and query commands. Regular commands
+usually change the Virtual Machine's state someway, while query commands just
+return information. The sections below are divided accordingly.
+
+It's important to observe that all communication examples are formatted in
+a reader-friendly way, so that they're easier to understand. However, in real
+protocol usage, they're emitted as a single line.
+
+Also, the following notation is used to denote data flow:
+
+-> data issued by the Client
+<- Server data response
+
+Please, refer to the QMP specification (QMP/qmp-spec.txt) for detailed
+information on the Server command and response formats.
+
+NOTE: This document is temporary and will be replaced soon.
+
+1. Regular Commands
+===================
+
+Server's responses in the examples below are always a success response, please
+refer to the QMP specification for more details on error responses.
+
+EQMP
+
 STEXI
 @table @option
 ETEXI
@@ -51,6 +89,20 @@  STEXI
 @findex quit
 Quit the emulator.
 ETEXI
+SQMP
+quit
+----
+
+Quit the emulator.
+
+Arguments: None.
+
+Example:
+
+-> { "execute": "quit" }
+<- { "return": {} }
+
+EQMP
 
     {
         .name       = "eject",
@@ -66,6 +118,25 @@  STEXI
 @findex eject
 Eject a removable medium (use -f to force it).
 ETEXI
+SQMP
+eject
+-----
+
+Eject a removable medium.
+
+Arguments: 
+
+- force: force ejection (json-bool, optional)
+- device: device name (json-string)
+
+Example:
+
+-> { "execute": "eject", "arguments": { "device": "ide1-cd0" } }
+<- { "return": {} }
+
+Note: The "force" argument defaults to false.
+
+EQMP
 
     {
         .name       = "change",
@@ -113,6 +184,35 @@  Password: ********
 
 @end table
 ETEXI
+SQMP
+change
+------
+
+Change a removable medium or VNC configuration.
+
+Arguments:
+
+- "device": device name (json-string)
+- "target": filename or item (json-string)
+- "arg": additional argument (json-string, optional)
+
+Examples:
+
+1. Change a removable medium
+
+-> { "execute": "change",
+             "arguments": { "device": "ide1-cd0",
+                            "target": "/srv/images/Fedora-12-x86_64-DVD.iso" } }
+<- { "return": {} }
+
+2. Change VNC password
+
+-> { "execute": "change",
+             "arguments": { "device": "vnc", "target": "password",
+                            "arg": "foobar1" } }
+<- { "return": {} }
+
+EQMP
 
     {
         .name       = "screendump",
@@ -128,6 +228,22 @@  STEXI
 @findex screendump
 Save screen into PPM image @var{filename}.
 ETEXI
+SQMP
+screendump
+----------
+
+Save screen into PPM image.
+
+Arguments:
+
+- "filename": file path (json-string)
+
+Example:
+
+-> { "execute": "screendump", "arguments": { "filename": "/tmp/image" } }
+<- { "return": {} }
+
+EQMP
 
     {
         .name       = "logfile",
@@ -232,6 +348,20 @@  STEXI
 @findex stop
 Stop emulation.
 ETEXI
+SQMP
+stop
+----
+
+Stop the emulator.
+
+Arguments: None.
+
+Example:
+
+-> { "execute": "stop" }
+<- { "return": {} }
+
+EQMP
 
     {
         .name       = "c|cont",
@@ -247,6 +377,20 @@  STEXI
 @findex cont
 Resume emulation.
 ETEXI
+SQMP
+cont
+----
+
+Resume emulation.
+
+Arguments: None.
+
+Example:
+
+-> { "execute": "cont" }
+<- { "return": {} }
+
+EQMP
 
     {
         .name       = "gdbserver",
@@ -421,6 +565,20 @@  STEXI
 
 Reset the system.
 ETEXI
+SQMP
+system_reset
+------------
+
+Reset the system.
+
+Arguments: None.
+
+Example:
+
+-> { "execute": "system_reset" }
+<- { "return": {} }
+
+EQMP
 
     {
         .name       = "system_powerdown",
@@ -437,6 +595,20 @@  STEXI
 
 Power down the system (if supported).
 ETEXI
+SQMP
+system_powerdown
+----------------
+
+Send system power down event.
+
+Arguments: None.
+
+Example:
+
+-> { "execute": "system_powerdown" }
+<- { "return": {} }
+
+EQMP
 
     {
         .name       = "sum",
@@ -501,6 +673,33 @@  STEXI
 
 Add device.
 ETEXI
+SQMP
+device_add
+----------
+
+Add a device.
+
+Arguments:
+
+- "driver": the name of the new device's driver (json-string)
+- "bus": the device's parent bus (device tree path, json-string, optional)
+- "id": the device's ID, must be unique (json-string)
+- device properties
+
+Example:
+
+-> { "execute": "device_add", "arguments": { "driver": "e1000", "id": "net1" } }
+<- { "return": {} }
+
+Notes:
+
+(1) For detailed information about this command, please refer to the
+    'docs/qdev-device-use.txt' file.
+
+(2) It's possible to list device properties by running QEMU with the
+    "-device DEVICE,\?" command-line argument, where DEVICE is the device's name
+
+EQMP
 
     {
         .name       = "device_del",
@@ -517,6 +716,22 @@  STEXI
 
 Remove device @var{id}.
 ETEXI
+SQMP
+device_del
+----------
+
+Remove a device.
+
+Arguments:
+
+- "id": the device's ID (json-string)
+
+Example:
+
+-> { "execute": "device_del", "arguments": { "id": "net1" } }
+<- { "return": {} }
+
+EQMP
 
     {
         .name       = "cpu",
@@ -532,6 +747,24 @@  STEXI
 @findex cpu
 Set the default CPU.
 ETEXI
+SQMP
+cpu
+---
+
+Set the default CPU.
+
+Arguments:
+
+- "index": the CPU's index (json-int)
+
+Example:
+
+-> { "execute": "cpu", "arguments": { "index": 0 } }
+<- { "return": {} }
+
+Note: CPUs' indexes are obtained with the 'query-cpus' command.
+
+EQMP
 
     {
         .name       = "mouse_move",
@@ -635,6 +868,29 @@  STEXI
 @findex memsave
 save to disk virtual memory dump starting at @var{addr} of size @var{size}.
 ETEXI
+SQMP
+memsave
+-------
+
+Save to disk virtual memory dump starting at 'val' of size 'size'.
+
+Arguments:
+
+- "val": the starting address (json-int)
+- "size": the memory size, in bytes (json-int)
+- "filename": file path (json-string)
+
+Example:
+
+-> { "execute": "memsave",
+             "arguments": { "val": 10,
+                            "size": 100,
+                            "filename": "/tmp/virtual-mem-dump" } }
+<- { "return": {} }
+
+Note: Depends on the current CPU.
+
+EQMP
 
     {
         .name       = "pmemsave",
@@ -650,6 +906,27 @@  STEXI
 @findex pmemsave
 save to disk physical memory dump starting at @var{addr} of size @var{size}.
 ETEXI
+SQMP
+pmemsave
+--------
+
+Save to disk physical memory dump starting at 'val' of size 'size'.
+
+Arguments:
+
+- "val": the starting address (json-int)
+- "size": the memory size, in bytes (json-int)
+- "filename": file path (json-string)
+
+Example:
+
+-> { "execute": "pmemsave",
+             "arguments": { "val": 10,
+                            "size": 100,
+                            "filename": "/tmp/physical-mem-dump" } }
+<- { "return": {} }
+
+EQMP
 
     {
         .name       = "boot_set",
@@ -706,6 +983,32 @@  Migrate to @var{uri} (using -d to not wait for completion).
 	-b for migration with full copy of disk
 	-i for migration with incremental copy of disk (base image is shared)
 ETEXI
+SQMP
+migrate
+-------
+
+Migrate to URI.
+
+Arguments:
+
+- "blk": block migration, full disk copy (json-bool, optional)
+- "inc": incremental disk copy (json-bool, optional)
+- "uri": Destination URI (json-string)
+
+Example:
+
+-> { "execute": "migrate", "arguments": { "uri": "tcp:0:4446" } }
+<- { "return": {} }
+
+Notes:
+
+(1) The 'query-migrate' command should be used to check migration's progress
+    and final result (this information is provided by the 'status' member)
+(2) All boolean arguments default to false
+(3) The user Monitor's "detach" argument is invalid in QMP and should not
+    be used
+
+EQMP
 
     {
         .name       = "migrate_cancel",
@@ -721,6 +1024,20 @@  STEXI
 @findex migrate_cancel
 Cancel the current VM migration.
 ETEXI
+SQMP
+migrate_cancel
+--------------
+
+Cancel the current migration.
+
+Arguments: None.
+
+Example:
+
+-> { "execute": "migrate_cancel" }
+<- { "return": {} }
+
+EQMP
 
     {
         .name       = "migrate_set_speed",
@@ -736,6 +1053,22 @@  STEXI
 @findex migrate_set_speed
 Set maximum speed to @var{value} (in bytes) for migrations.
 ETEXI
+SQMP
+migrate_set_speed
+-----------------
+
+Set maximum speed for migrations.
+
+Arguments:
+
+- "value": maximum speed, in bytes per second (json-number)
+
+Example:
+
+-> { "execute": "migrate_set_speed", "arguments": { "value": 1024 } }
+<- { "return": {} }
+
+EQMP
 
     {
         .name       = "migrate_set_downtime",
@@ -751,6 +1084,22 @@  STEXI
 @findex migrate_set_downtime
 Set maximum tolerated downtime (in seconds) for migration.
 ETEXI
+SQMP
+migrate_set_downtime
+--------------------
+
+Set maximum tolerated downtime (in seconds) for migrations.
+
+Arguments:
+
+- "value": maximum downtime (json-number)
+
+Example:
+
+-> { "execute": "migrate_set_downtime", "arguments": { "value": 0.1 } }
+<- { "return": {} }
+
+EQMP
 
 #if defined(TARGET_I386)
     {
@@ -846,6 +1195,28 @@  STEXI
 @findex netdev_add
 Add host network device.
 ETEXI
+SQMP
+netdev_add
+----------
+
+Add host network device.
+
+Arguments:
+
+- "type": the device type, "tap", "user", ... (json-string)
+- "id": the device's ID, must be unique (json-string)
+- device options
+
+Example:
+
+-> { "execute": "netdev_add", "arguments": { "type": "user", "id": "netdev1" } }
+<- { "return": {} }
+
+Note: The supported device options are the same ones supported by the '-net'
+      command-line argument, which are listed in the '-help' output or QEMU's
+      manual
+
+EQMP
 
     {
         .name       = "netdev_del",
@@ -861,6 +1232,22 @@  STEXI
 @findex netdev_del
 Remove host network device.
 ETEXI
+SQMP
+netdev_del
+----------
+
+Remove host network device.
+
+Arguments:
+
+- "id": the device's ID, must be unique (json-string)
+
+Example:
+
+-> { "execute": "netdev_del", "arguments": { "id": "netdev1" } }
+<- { "return": {} }
+
+EQMP
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SLIRP
     {
@@ -908,6 +1295,22 @@  STEXI
 @findex balloon
 Request VM to change its memory allocation to @var{value} (in MB).
 ETEXI
+SQMP
+balloon
+-------
+
+Request VM to change its memory allocation (in bytes).
+
+Arguments:
+
+- "value": New memory allocation (json-int)
+
+Example:
+
+-> { "execute": "balloon", "arguments": { "value": 536870912 } }
+<- { "return": {} }
+
+EQMP
 
     {
         .name       = "set_link",
@@ -923,6 +1326,23 @@  STEXI
 @findex set_link
 Switch link @var{name} on (i.e. up) or off (i.e. down).
 ETEXI
+SQMP
+set_link
+--------
+
+Change the link status of a network adapter.
+
+Arguments:
+
+- "name": network device name (json-string)
+- "up": status is up (json-bool)
+
+Example:
+
+-> { "execute": "set_link", "arguments": { "name": "e1000.0", "up": false } }
+<- { "return": {} }
+
+EQMP
 
     {
         .name       = "watchdog_action",
@@ -1052,6 +1472,22 @@  If a file descriptor is passed alongside this command using the SCM_RIGHTS
 mechanism on unix sockets, it is stored using the name @var{fdname} for
 later use by other monitor commands.
 ETEXI
+SQMP
+getfd
+-----
+
+Receive a file descriptor via SCM rights and assign it a name.
+
+Arguments:
+
+- "fdname": file descriptor name (json-string)
+
+Example:
+
+-> { "execute": "getfd", "arguments": { "fdname": "fd1" } }
+<- { "return": {} }
+
+EQMP
 
     {
         .name       = "closefd",
@@ -1069,6 +1505,22 @@  Close the file descriptor previously assigned to @var{fdname} using the
 @code{getfd} command. This is only needed if the file descriptor was never
 used by another monitor command.
 ETEXI
+SQMP
+closefd
+-------
+
+Close a file descriptor previously passed via SCM rights.
+
+Arguments:
+
+- "fdname": file descriptor name (json-string)
+
+Example:
+
+-> { "execute": "closefd", "arguments": { "fdname": "fd1" } }
+<- { "return": {} }
+
+EQMP
 
     {
         .name       = "block_passwd",
@@ -1084,6 +1536,24 @@  STEXI
 @findex block_passwd
 Set the encrypted device @var{device} password to @var{password}
 ETEXI
+SQMP
+block_passwd
+------------
+
+Set the password of encrypted block devices.
+
+Arguments:
+
+- "device": device name (json-string)
+- "password": password (json-string)
+
+Example:
+
+-> { "execute": "block_passwd", "arguments": { "device": "ide0-hd0",
+                                               "password": "12345" } }
+<- { "return": {} }
+
+EQMP
 
     {
         .name       = "qmp_capabilities",
@@ -1099,11 +1569,34 @@  STEXI
 @findex qmp_capabilities
 Enable the specified QMP capabilities
 ETEXI
+SQMP
+qmp_capabilities
+----------------
+
+Enable QMP capabilities.
+
+Arguments: None.
+
+Example:
+
+-> { "execute": "qmp_capabilities" }
+<- { "return": {} }
+
+Note: This command must be issued before issuing any other command.
+
+EQMP
 
 
 HXCOMM Keep the 'info' command at the end!
 HXCOMM This is required for the QMP documentation layout.
 
+SQMP
+
+2. Query Commands
+=================
+
+EQMP
+
     {
         .name       = "info",
         .args_type  = "item:s?",
@@ -1121,40 +1614,588 @@  Show various information about the system state.
 @table @option
 @item info version
 show the version of QEMU
+ETEXI
+SQMP
+query-version
+-------------
+
+Show QEMU version.
+
+Return a json-object with the following information:
+
+- "qemu": QEMU's version (json-string)
+- "package": package's version (json-string)
+
+Example:
+
+-> { "execute": "query-version" }
+<- { "return": { "qemu": "0.11.50", "package": "" } }
+
+EQMP
+
+STEXI
 @item info commands
 list QMP available commands
+ETEXI
+SQMP
+query-commands
+--------------
+
+List QMP available commands.
+
+Each command is represented by a json-object, the returned value is a json-array
+of all commands.
+
+Each json-object contain:
+
+- "name": command's name (json-string)
+
+Example:
+
+-> { "execute": "query-commands" }
+<- {
+      "return":[
+         {
+            "name":"query-balloon"
+         },
+         {
+            "name":"system_powerdown"
+         }
+      ]
+   }
+
+Note: This example has been shortened as the real response is too long.
+
+EQMP
+
+STEXI
 @item info network
 show the various VLANs and the associated devices
+ETEXI
+
+STEXI
 @item info chardev
 show the character devices
+ETEXI
+SQMP
+query-chardev
+-------------
+
+Each device is represented by a json-object. The returned value is a json-array
+of all devices.
+
+Each json-object contain the following:
+
+- "label": device's label (json-string)
+- "filename": device's file (json-string)
+
+Example:
+
+-> { "execute": "query-chardev" }
+<- {
+      "return":[
+         {
+            "label":"monitor",
+            "filename":"stdio"
+         },
+         {
+            "label":"serial0",
+            "filename":"vc"
+         }
+      ]
+   }
+
+EQMP
+
+STEXI
 @item info block
 show the block devices
+ETEXI
+SQMP
+query-block
+-----------
+
+Show the block devices.
+
+Each block device information is stored in a json-object and the returned value
+is a json-array of all devices.
+
+Each json-object contain the following:
+
+- "device": device name (json-string)
+- "type": device type (json-string)
+         - Possible values: "hd", "cdrom", "floppy", "unknown"
+- "removable": true if the device is removable, false otherwise (json-bool)
+- "locked": true if the device is locked, false otherwise (json-bool)
+- "inserted": only present if the device is inserted, it is a json-object
+   containing the following:
+         - "file": device file name (json-string)
+         - "ro": true if read-only, false otherwise (json-bool)
+         - "drv": driver format name (json-string)
+             - Possible values: "blkdebug", "bochs", "cloop", "cow", "dmg",
+                                "file", "file", "ftp", "ftps", "host_cdrom",
+                                "host_device", "host_floppy", "http", "https",
+                                "nbd", "parallels", "qcow", "qcow2", "raw",
+                                "tftp", "vdi", "vmdk", "vpc", "vvfat"
+         - "backing_file": backing file name (json-string, optional)
+         - "encrypted": true if encrypted, false otherwise (json-bool)
+
+Example:
+
+-> { "execute": "query-block" }
+<- {
+      "return":[
+         {
+            "device":"ide0-hd0",
+            "locked":false,
+            "removable":false,
+            "inserted":{
+               "ro":false,
+               "drv":"qcow2",
+               "encrypted":false,
+               "file":"disks/test.img"
+            },
+            "type":"hd"
+         },
+         {
+            "device":"ide1-cd0",
+            "locked":false,
+            "removable":true,
+            "type":"cdrom"
+         },
+         {
+            "device":"floppy0",
+            "locked":false,
+            "removable":true,
+            "type": "floppy"
+         },
+         {
+            "device":"sd0",
+            "locked":false,
+            "removable":true,
+            "type":"floppy"
+         }
+      ]
+   }
+
+EQMP
+
+STEXI
 @item info blockstats
 show block device statistics
+ETEXI
+SQMP
+query-blockstats
+----------------
+
+Show block device statistics.
+
+Each device statistic information is stored in a json-object and the returned
+value is a json-array of all devices.
+
+Each json-object contain the following:
+
+- "device": device name (json-string)
+- "stats": A json-object with the statistics information, it contains:
+    - "rd_bytes": bytes read (json-int)
+    - "wr_bytes": bytes written (json-int)
+    - "rd_operations": read operations (json-int)
+    - "wr_operations": write operations (json-int)
+    - "wr_highest_offset": Highest offset of a sector written since the
+                           BlockDriverState has been opened (json-int)
+- "parent": Contains recursively the statistics of the underlying
+            protocol (e.g. the host file for a qcow2 image). If there is
+            no underlying protocol, this field is omitted
+            (json-object, optional)
+
+Example:
+
+-> { "execute": "query-blockstats" }
+<- {
+      "return":[
+         {
+            "device":"ide0-hd0",
+            "parent":{
+               "stats":{
+                  "wr_highest_offset":3686448128,
+                  "wr_bytes":9786368,
+                  "wr_operations":751,
+                  "rd_bytes":122567168,
+                  "rd_operations":36772
+               }
+            },
+            "stats":{
+               "wr_highest_offset":2821110784,
+               "wr_bytes":9786368,
+               "wr_operations":692,
+               "rd_bytes":122739200,
+               "rd_operations":36604
+            }
+         },
+         {
+            "device":"ide1-cd0",
+            "stats":{
+               "wr_highest_offset":0,
+               "wr_bytes":0,
+               "wr_operations":0,
+               "rd_bytes":0,
+               "rd_operations":0
+            }
+         },
+         {
+            "device":"floppy0",
+            "stats":{
+               "wr_highest_offset":0,
+               "wr_bytes":0,
+               "wr_operations":0,
+               "rd_bytes":0,
+               "rd_operations":0
+            }
+         },
+         {
+            "device":"sd0",
+            "stats":{
+               "wr_highest_offset":0,
+               "wr_bytes":0,
+               "wr_operations":0,
+               "rd_bytes":0,
+               "rd_operations":0
+            }
+         }
+      ]
+   }
+
+EQMP
+
+STEXI
 @item info registers
 show the cpu registers
 @item info cpus
 show infos for each CPU
+ETEXI
+SQMP
+query-cpus
+----------
+
+Show CPU information.
+
+Return a json-array. Each CPU is represented by a json-object, which contains:
+
+- "CPU": CPU index (json-int)
+- "current": true if this is the current CPU, false otherwise (json-bool)
+- "halted": true if the cpu is halted, false otherwise (json-bool)
+- Current program counter. The key's name depends on the architecture:
+     "pc": i386/x86_64 (json-int)
+     "nip": PPC (json-int)
+     "pc" and "npc": sparc (json-int)
+     "PC": mips (json-int)
+
+Example:
+
+-> { "execute": "query-cpus" }
+<- {
+      "return":[
+         {
+            "CPU":0,
+            "current":true,
+            "halted":false,
+            "pc":3227107138
+         },
+         {
+            "CPU":1,
+            "current":false,
+            "halted":true,
+            "pc":7108165
+         }
+      ]
+   }
+
+EQMP
+
+STEXI
 @item info history
 show the command line history
 @item info irq
 show the interrupts statistics (if available)
 @item info pic
 show i8259 (PIC) state
+ETEXI
+
+STEXI
 @item info pci
 show emulated PCI device info
+ETEXI
+SQMP
+query-pci
+---------
+
+PCI buses and devices information.
+
+The returned value is a json-array of all buses. Each bus is represented by
+a json-object, which has a key with a json-array of all PCI devices attached
+to it. Each device is represented by a json-object.
+
+The bus json-object contains the following:
+
+- "bus": bus number (json-int)
+- "devices": a json-array of json-objects, each json-object represents a
+             PCI device
+
+The PCI device json-object contains the following:
+
+- "bus": identical to the parent's bus number (json-int)
+- "slot": slot number (json-int)
+- "function": function number (json-int)
+- "class_info": a json-object containing:
+     - "desc": device class description (json-string, optional)
+     - "class": device class number (json-int)
+- "id": a json-object containing:
+     - "device": device ID (json-int)
+     - "vendor": vendor ID (json-int)
+- "irq": device's IRQ if assigned (json-int, optional)
+- "qdev_id": qdev id string (json-string)
+- "pci_bridge": It's a json-object, only present if this device is a
+                PCI bridge, contains:
+     - "bus": bus number (json-int)
+     - "secondary": secondary bus number (json-int)
+     - "subordinate": subordinate bus number (json-int)
+     - "io_range": I/O memory range information, a json-object with the
+                   following members:
+                 - "base": base address, in bytes (json-int)
+                 - "limit": limit address, in bytes (json-int)
+     - "memory_range": memory range information, a json-object with the
+                       following members:
+                 - "base": base address, in bytes (json-int)
+                 - "limit": limit address, in bytes (json-int)
+     - "prefetchable_range": Prefetchable memory range information, a
+                             json-object with the following members:
+                 - "base": base address, in bytes (json-int)
+                 - "limit": limit address, in bytes (json-int)
+     - "devices": a json-array of PCI devices if there's any attached, each
+                  each element is represented by a json-object, which contains
+                  the same members of the 'PCI device json-object' described
+                  above (optional)
+- "regions": a json-array of json-objects, each json-object represents a
+             memory region of this device
+
+The memory range json-object contains the following:
+
+- "base": base memory address (json-int)
+- "limit": limit value (json-int)
+
+The region json-object can be an I/O region or a memory region, an I/O region
+json-object contains the following:
+
+- "type": "io" (json-string, fixed)
+- "bar": BAR number (json-int)
+- "address": memory address (json-int)
+- "size": memory size (json-int)
+
+A memory region json-object contains the following:
+
+- "type": "memory" (json-string, fixed)
+- "bar": BAR number (json-int)
+- "address": memory address (json-int)
+- "size": memory size (json-int)
+- "mem_type_64": true or false (json-bool)
+- "prefetch": true or false (json-bool)
+
+Example:
+
+-> { "execute": "query-pci" }
+<- {
+      "return":[
+         {
+            "bus":0,
+            "devices":[
+               {
+                  "bus":0,
+                  "qdev_id":"",
+                  "slot":0,
+                  "class_info":{
+                     "class":1536,
+                     "desc":"Host bridge"
+                  },
+                  "id":{
+                     "device":32902,
+                     "vendor":4663
+                  },
+                  "function":0,
+                  "regions":[
+   
+                  ]
+               },
+               {
+                  "bus":0,
+                  "qdev_id":"",
+                  "slot":1,
+                  "class_info":{
+                     "class":1537,
+                     "desc":"ISA bridge"
+                  },
+                  "id":{
+                     "device":32902,
+                     "vendor":28672
+                  },
+                  "function":0,
+                  "regions":[
+   
+                  ]
+               },
+               {
+                  "bus":0,
+                  "qdev_id":"",
+                  "slot":1,
+                  "class_info":{
+                     "class":257,
+                     "desc":"IDE controller"
+                  },
+                  "id":{
+                     "device":32902,
+                     "vendor":28688
+                  },
+                  "function":1,
+                  "regions":[
+                     {
+                        "bar":4,
+                        "size":16,
+                        "address":49152,
+                        "type":"io"
+                     }
+                  ]
+               },
+               {
+                  "bus":0,
+                  "qdev_id":"",
+                  "slot":2,
+                  "class_info":{
+                     "class":768,
+                     "desc":"VGA controller"
+                  },
+                  "id":{
+                     "device":4115,
+                     "vendor":184
+                  },
+                  "function":0,
+                  "regions":[
+                     {
+                        "prefetch":true,
+                        "mem_type_64":false,
+                        "bar":0,
+                        "size":33554432,
+                        "address":4026531840,
+                        "type":"memory"
+                     },
+                     {
+                        "prefetch":false,
+                        "mem_type_64":false,
+                        "bar":1,
+                        "size":4096,
+                        "address":4060086272,
+                        "type":"memory"
+                     },
+                     {
+                        "prefetch":false,
+                        "mem_type_64":false,
+                        "bar":6,
+                        "size":65536,
+                        "address":-1,
+                        "type":"memory"
+                     }
+                  ]
+               },
+               {
+                  "bus":0,
+                  "qdev_id":"",
+                  "irq":11,
+                  "slot":4,
+                  "class_info":{
+                     "class":1280,
+                     "desc":"RAM controller"
+                  },
+                  "id":{
+                     "device":6900,
+                     "vendor":4098
+                  },
+                  "function":0,
+                  "regions":[
+                     {
+                        "bar":0,
+                        "size":32,
+                        "address":49280,
+                        "type":"io"
+                     }
+                  ]
+               }
+            ]
+         }
+      ]
+   }
+
+Note: This example has been shortened as the real response is too long.
+
+EQMP
+
+STEXI
 @item info tlb
 show virtual to physical memory mappings (i386 only)
 @item info mem
 show the active virtual memory mappings (i386 only)
+ETEXI
+
+STEXI
 @item info hpet
 show state of HPET (i386 only)
+ETEXI
+SQMP
+query-hpet
+----------
+
+Show HPET state.
+
+Return a json-object with the following information:
+
+- "enabled": true if hpet if enabled, false otherwise (json-bool)
+
+Example:
+
+-> { "execute": "query-hpet" }
+<- { "return": { "enabled": true } }
+
+EQMP
+
+STEXI
 @item info jit
 show dynamic compiler info
 @item info kvm
 show KVM information
 @item info numa
 show NUMA information
+ETEXI
+
+STEXI
+@item info kvm
+show KVM information
+ETEXI
+SQMP
+query-kvm
+---------
+
+Show KVM information.
+
+Return a json-object with the following information:
+
+- "enabled": true if KVM support is enabled, false otherwise (json-bool)
+- "present": true if QEMU has KVM support, false otherwise (json-bool)
+
+Example:
+
+-> { "execute": "query-kvm" }
+<- { "return": { "enabled": true, "present": true } }
+
+EQMP
+
+STEXI
 @item info usb
 show USB devices plugged on the virtual USB hub
 @item info usbhost
@@ -1165,26 +2206,307 @@  show profiling information
 show information about active capturing
 @item info snapshots
 show list of VM snapshots
+ETEXI
+
+STEXI
 @item info status
 show the current VM status (running|paused)
+ETEXI
+SQMP
+query-status
+------------
+
+Return a json-object with the following information:
+
+- "running": true if the VM is running, or false if it is paused (json-bool)
+- "singlestep": true if the VM is in single step mode,
+                false otherwise (json-bool)
+
+Example:
+
+-> { "execute": "query-status" }
+<- { "return": { "running": true, "singlestep": false } }
+
+EQMP
+
+STEXI
 @item info pcmcia
 show guest PCMCIA status
+ETEXI
+
+STEXI
 @item info mice
 show which guest mouse is receiving events
+ETEXI
+SQMP
+query-mice
+----------
+
+Show VM mice information.
+
+Each mouse is represented by a json-object, the returned value is a json-array
+of all mice.
+
+The mouse json-object contains the following:
+
+- "name": mouse's name (json-string)
+- "index": mouse's index (json-int)
+- "current": true if this mouse is receiving events, false otherwise (json-bool)
+- "absolute": true if the mouse generates absolute input events (json-bool)
+
+Example:
+
+-> { "execute": "query-mice" }
+<- {
+      "return":[
+         {
+            "name":"QEMU Microsoft Mouse",
+            "index":0,
+            "current":false,
+            "absolute":false
+         },
+         {
+            "name":"QEMU PS/2 Mouse",
+            "index":1,
+            "current":true,
+            "absolute":true
+         }
+      ]
+   }
+
+EQMP
+
+STEXI
 @item info vnc
 show the vnc server status
+ETEXI
+SQMP
+query-vnc
+---------
+
+Show VNC server information.
+
+Return a json-object with server information. Connected clients are returned
+as a json-array of json-objects.
+
+The main json-object contains the following:
+
+- "enabled": true or false (json-bool)
+- "host": server's IP address (json-string)
+- "family": address family (json-string)
+         - Possible values: "ipv4", "ipv6", "unix", "unknown"
+- "service": server's port number (json-string)
+- "auth": authentication method (json-string)
+         - Possible values: "invalid", "none", "ra2", "ra2ne", "sasl", "tight",
+                            "tls", "ultra", "unknown", "vencrypt", "vencrypt",
+                            "vencrypt+plain", "vencrypt+tls+none",
+                            "vencrypt+tls+plain", "vencrypt+tls+sasl",
+                            "vencrypt+tls+vnc", "vencrypt+x509+none",
+                            "vencrypt+x509+plain", "vencrypt+x509+sasl",
+                            "vencrypt+x509+vnc", "vnc"
+- "clients": a json-array of all connected clients
+
+Clients are described by a json-object, each one contain the following:
+
+- "host": client's IP address (json-string)
+- "family": address family (json-string)
+         - Possible values: "ipv4", "ipv6", "unix", "unknown"
+- "service": client's port number (json-string)
+- "x509_dname": TLS dname (json-string, optional)
+- "sasl_username": SASL username (json-string, optional)
+
+Example:
+
+-> { "execute": "query-vnc" }
+<- {
+      "return":{
+         "enabled":true,
+         "host":"0.0.0.0",
+         "service":"50402",
+         "auth":"vnc",
+         "family":"ipv4",
+         "clients":[
+            {
+               "host":"127.0.0.1",
+               "service":"50401",
+               "family":"ipv4"
+            }
+         ]
+      }
+   }
+
+EQMP
+
+STEXI
 @item info name
 show the current VM name
+ETEXI
+SQMP
+query-name
+----------
+
+Show VM name.
+
+Return a json-object with the following information:
+
+- "name": VM's name (json-string, optional)
+
+Example:
+
+-> { "execute": "query-name" }
+<- { "return": { "name": "qemu-name" } }
+
+EQMP
+
+STEXI
 @item info uuid
 show the current VM UUID
+ETEXI
+SQMP
+query-uuid
+----------
+
+Show VM UUID.
+
+Return a json-object with the following information:
+
+- "UUID": Universally Unique Identifier (json-string)
+
+Example:
+
+-> { "execute": "query-uuid" }
+<- { "return": { "UUID": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000" } }
+
+EQMP
+
+STEXI
 @item info cpustats
 show CPU statistics
 @item info usernet
 show user network stack connection states
+ETEXI
+
+STEXI
 @item info migrate
 show migration status
+ETEXI
+SQMP
+query-migrate
+-------------
+
+Migration status.
+
+Return a json-object. If migration is active there will be another json-object
+with RAM migration status and if block migration is active another one with
+block migration status.
+
+The main json-object contains the following:
+
+- "status": migration status (json-string)
+     - Possible values: "active", "completed", "failed", "cancelled"
+- "ram": only present if "status" is "active", it is a json-object with the
+  following RAM information (in bytes):
+         - "transferred": amount transferred (json-int)
+         - "remaining": amount remaining (json-int)
+         - "total": total (json-int)
+- "disk": only present if "status" is "active" and it is a block migration,
+  it is a json-object with the following disk information (in bytes):
+         - "transferred": amount transferred (json-int)
+         - "remaining": amount remaining (json-int)
+         - "total": total (json-int)
+
+Examples:
+
+1. Before the first migration
+
+-> { "execute": "query-migrate" }
+<- { "return": {} }
+
+2. Migration is done and has succeeded
+
+-> { "execute": "query-migrate" }
+<- { "return": { "status": "completed" } }
+
+3. Migration is done and has failed
+
+-> { "execute": "query-migrate" }
+<- { "return": { "status": "failed" } }
+
+4. Migration is being performed and is not a block migration:
+
+-> { "execute": "query-migrate" }
+<- {
+      "return":{
+         "status":"active",
+         "ram":{
+            "transferred":123,
+            "remaining":123,
+            "total":246
+         }
+      }
+   }
+
+5. Migration is being performed and is a block migration:
+
+-> { "execute": "query-migrate" }
+<- {
+      "return":{
+         "status":"active",
+         "ram":{
+            "total":1057024,
+            "remaining":1053304,
+            "transferred":3720
+         },
+         "disk":{
+            "total":20971520,
+            "remaining":20880384,
+            "transferred":91136
+         }
+      }
+   }
+
+EQMP
+
+STEXI
 @item info balloon
 show balloon information
+ETEXI
+SQMP
+query-balloon
+-------------
+
+Show balloon information.
+
+Make an asynchronous request for balloon info. When the request completes a
+json-object will be returned containing the following data:
+
+- "actual": current balloon value in bytes (json-int)
+- "mem_swapped_in": Amount of memory swapped in bytes (json-int, optional)
+- "mem_swapped_out": Amount of memory swapped out in bytes (json-int, optional)
+- "major_page_faults": Number of major faults (json-int, optional)
+- "minor_page_faults": Number of minor faults (json-int, optional)
+- "free_mem": Total amount of free and unused memory in
+              bytes (json-int, optional)
+- "total_mem": Total amount of available memory in bytes (json-int, optional)
+
+Example:
+
+-> { "execute": "query-balloon" }
+<- {
+      "return":{
+         "actual":1073741824,
+         "mem_swapped_in":0,
+         "mem_swapped_out":0,
+         "major_page_faults":142,
+         "minor_page_faults":239245,
+         "free_mem":1014185984,
+         "total_mem":1044668416
+      }
+   }
+
+EQMP
+
+STEXI
 @item info qtree
 show device tree
 @item info qdm