From patchwork Fri Dec 20 13:44:53 2013 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Ingo van Lil X-Patchwork-Id: 304298 Return-Path: X-Original-To: incoming@patchwork.ozlabs.org Delivered-To: patchwork-incoming@bilbo.ozlabs.org Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [IPv6:2001:4830:134:3::11]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 889872C0089 for ; Sat, 21 Dec 2013 07:52:59 +1100 (EST) Received: from localhost ([::1]:51830 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Vu743-0005qt-UK for incoming@patchwork.ozlabs.org; Fri, 20 Dec 2013 15:52:55 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:47712) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Vu0Oo-0008RO-TI for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 20 Dec 2013 08:46:00 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Vu0Od-0004Cc-Ok for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 20 Dec 2013 08:45:54 -0500 Received: from mout.gmx.net ([212.227.17.21]:63699) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Vu0Od-0004CK-Bs for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 20 Dec 2013 08:45:43 -0500 Received: from zaphod.peppercon.de ([212.80.250.50]) by mail.gmx.com (mrgmx102) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 0M9vnQ-1VnQpY0fEW-00B2Z4 for ; Fri, 20 Dec 2013 14:45:41 +0100 From: Ingo van Lil To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2013 14:44:53 +0100 Message-Id: <1387547093-14591-1-git-send-email-inguin@gmx.de> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.8.3.1 X-Provags-ID: V03:K0:3igIY6S7Wd93joyKJXfpQXiuaI7NvAVdNAouJeWuKv7R/tDnXHw zYWe5z2wxv05J9ymbgMDcsGao/+elgsbrNacedS4svIV1zNQmy5quIRONkV03Nf76GPD/Bg RhxpS5VMxt8goMAASlKgZfMg8fTDxtFaJ/QiA0gm/zvY3Nw3Bx25XH1UZ+E7DYrIx2fw1aL g81DG+4H/5qYUpDd5XM6A== X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 212.227.17.21 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Fri, 20 Dec 2013 15:52:40 -0500 Cc: qemu-trivial@nongnu.org, Ingo van Lil , Stefan Hajnoczi , Anthony Liguori , Markus Armbruster Subject: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] doc: Mention chardev:id in available devices for -serial X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+incoming=patchwork.ozlabs.org@nongnu.org Sender: qemu-devel-bounces+incoming=patchwork.ozlabs.org@nongnu.org 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 --- qemu-options.hx | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) 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.