Hi Fabrice,

We ought to collaborate more about the intent to code something.  I had 
already implemented the TCP net console as well.  Since the code was 
similar I patched in the difference in functionality from my code into 
yours as well as further changing the docs.

I fixed a small defect in the TCP net console where it did not accept 
only a port for the "tcpl" option.  I added the following features with 
the attached patch which I had been using in my TCP net console version.

wtcpl  - Wait infinitely for the first connection so that you can get 
the console from the very start

telnet - This allows you to fully make use of telnet in "char by char" 
mode.  It also supports sending the telnet break which translates to 
sending a serial break just like you would do if you used a terminal 
server.  This is frequently used to activate MAGIC_SYSRQ support in a 
kernel. 

wtelnet - Same as telnet, but wait infinitely for the first connect.

The reason for having a separate tcpl vs telnet is to separate out the 
IAC option negotiation because it can mess up clients that are not 
expecting it.

Question:
If I resubmit the -mserial option would it stand a chance of being 
accepted? 

Please let me know if there is some change you might like to get that 
patch accepted as well.  I will re-create the patch against the current 
CVS anyway because I still need the functionality of having the monitor 
and serial port redirected to the same remote socket.

Thanks,
Jason.

Fabrice Bellard wrote:
> CVSROOT:	/sources/qemu
> Module name:	qemu
> Changes by:	Fabrice Bellard <bellard>	06/06/25 14:49:44
>
> Modified files:
> 	.              : vl.c qemu-doc.texi 
>
> Log message:
> 	UDP char device (initial patch by Jason Wessel) - TCP char device
>
> CVSWeb URLs:
> http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/qemu/vl.c?cvsroot=qemu&r1=1.190&r2=1.191
> http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/qemu/qemu-doc.texi?cvsroot=qemu&r1=1.96&r2=1.97
>
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