Message ID | 1387547093-14591-1-git-send-email-inguin@gmx.de |
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State | New |
Headers | show |
20.12.2013 17:44, Ingo van Lil wrote: > It is possible to pre-define a character device with the -chardev option > and reference its id as serial device. The man page does not mention this > feature. Thanks, applied to the trivial-patches queue. /mjt
diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx index bcfe9ea..56e5fdf 100644 --- a/qemu-options.hx +++ b/qemu-options.hx @@ -2419,6 +2419,8 @@ vc:80Cx24C No device is allocated. @item null void device +@item chardev:@var{id} +Use a named character device defined with the @code{-chardev} option. @item /dev/XXX [Linux only] Use host tty, e.g. @file{/dev/ttyS0}. The host serial port parameters are set according to the emulated ones.
It is possible to pre-define a character device with the -chardev option and reference its id as serial device. The man page does not mention this feature. Use case: Use stdio as serial, but do not terminate VM on Ctrl-C -chardev stdio,id=mystdio,signal=off -serial chardev:mystdio Signed-off-by: Ingo van Lil <inguin@gmx.de> --- qemu-options.hx | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)