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authorMarkus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>2024-09-11 13:25:38 +0200
committerMarkus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>2024-10-02 09:10:01 +0200
commit68eef67af17e97475b5ee8a202ac10c9fa45ac49 (patch)
treeb7e7496d94bd0e2b734705876583567bf01a69e6 /qapi/char.json
parent718780d20470c66a3a36d036b29148d5809dc855 (diff)
qapi/char: Supply missing member documentation
Since we neglect to document several members of ChardevBackendKind, their description in the QEMU QMP Reference manual is "Not documented". Fix that, and improve the existing member documentation. Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com> Message-ID: <20240911112545.2248881-2-armbru@redhat.com>
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diff --git a/qapi/char.json b/qapi/char.json
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##
# @ChardevBackendKind:
#
-# @pipe: Since 1.5
+# @file: regular files
#
-# @udp: Since 1.5
+# @serial: serial host device
#
-# @mux: Since 1.5
+# @parallel: parallel host device
#
-# @msmouse: Since 1.5
+# @pipe: pipes (since 1.5)
#
-# @wctablet: Since 2.9
+# @socket: stream socket
#
-# @braille: Since 1.5
+# @udp: datagram socket (since 1.5)
#
-# @testdev: Since 2.2
+# @pty: pseudo-terminal
#
-# @stdio: Since 1.5
+# @null: provides no input, throws away output
#
-# @console: Since 1.5
+# @mux: (since 1.5)
#
-# @spicevmc: Since 1.5
+# @msmouse: emulated Microsoft serial mouse (since 1.5)
#
-# @spiceport: Since 1.5
+# @wctablet: emulated Wacom Penpartner serial tablet (since 2.9)
#
-# @qemu-vdagent: Since 6.1
+# @braille: Baum Braille device (since 1.5)
#
-# @dbus: Since 7.0
+# @testdev: device for test-suite control (since 2.2)
#
-# @vc: v1.5
+# @stdio: standard I/O (since 1.5)
#
-# @ringbuf: Since 1.6
+# @console: Windows console (since 1.5)
#
-# @memory: Since 1.5
+# @spicevmc: spice vm channel (since 1.5)
+#
+# @spiceport: Spice port channel (since 1.5)
+#
+# @qemu-vdagent: Spice vdagent (since 6.1)
+#
+# @dbus: D-Bus channel (since 7.0)
+#
+# @vc: virtual console (since 1.5)
+#
+# @ringbuf: memory ring buffer (since 1.6)
+#
+# @memory: synonym for @ringbuf (since 1.5)
#
# Features:
#