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| author | Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com> | 2012-12-19 13:50:29 +0100 |
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| committer | Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com> | 2013-01-16 06:58:54 +0100 |
| commit | d59044ef74d577797d087bc6ffb156cec89ed39a (patch) | |
| tree | 84146f7f96626c2337e9fb1a367ca8306a871d29 /qemu-options.hx | |
| parent | ffbdbe59acc5f175d6c05a5d90f0b7c865fafd5b (diff) | |
chardev: add serial chardev support to chardev-add (qmp)
Similar to file, except that no separate in/out files are supported
because it's pointless for direct device access. Also the special
tty ioctl hooks (pass through linespeed settings etc) are activated
on Unix.
Signed-off-by: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'qemu-options.hx')
| -rw-r--r-- | qemu-options.hx | 9 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx index 9df0cde64c..17cc1ad903 100644 --- a/qemu-options.hx +++ b/qemu-options.hx @@ -1742,6 +1742,7 @@ DEF("chardev", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_chardev, #endif #if defined(__linux__) || defined(__sun__) || defined(__FreeBSD__) \ || defined(__NetBSD__) || defined(__OpenBSD__) || defined(__DragonFly__) + "-chardev serial,id=id,path=path[,mux=on|off]\n" "-chardev tty,id=id,path=path[,mux=on|off]\n" #endif #if defined(__linux__) || defined(__FreeBSD__) || defined(__DragonFly__) @@ -1910,8 +1911,8 @@ take any options. Send traffic from the guest to a serial device on the host. -@option{serial} is -only available on Windows hosts. +On Unix hosts serial will actually accept any tty device, +not only serial lines. @option{path} specifies the name of the serial device to open. @@ -1937,10 +1938,8 @@ Connect to a local BrlAPI server. @option{braille} does not take any options. @item -chardev tty ,id=@var{id} ,path=@var{path} -Connect to a local tty device. - @option{tty} is only available on Linux, Sun, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD and -DragonFlyBSD hosts. +DragonFlyBSD hosts. It is an alias for -serial. @option{path} specifies the path to the tty. @option{path} is required. |