From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [209.51.188.17]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CD4CBC47DAF for ; Mon, 22 Jan 2024 16:42:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1rRxMk-00072K-3t; Mon, 22 Jan 2024 11:41:42 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1rRxMg-00071s-F1 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 22 Jan 2024 11:41:39 -0500 Received: from us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com ([170.10.129.124]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1rRxMe-0002Sd-B6 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 22 Jan 2024 11:41:37 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=redhat.com; s=mimecast20190719; t=1705941695; h=from:from:reply-to:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date: message-id:message-id:to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version: content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=yYXRNgcyKri/VQ/i4BEBL5XJpV03krvU33aleZnCKxM=; b=FF7t+UF0isIlRUdpHbv5jKMXh+YxN71zGt5BmPqvTajm5eh294rG3YuuFuX617DGmzonBi 2CCNBl2Vo2BAxCmKpNMC8X4aKuLL/2ix/kNXGwyZriw9rtvDlf3JFS+Go98JOfKCvFagxL 9SWNh+dkuQ2FCA/ZLBX4uzTNWrWcSqM= Received: from mimecast-mx02.redhat.com (mimecast-mx02.redhat.com [66.187.233.88]) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP with STARTTLS (version=TLSv1.3, cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) id us-mta-505-Rw8pmefoOpiSNQzFOCq0OQ-1; Mon, 22 Jan 2024 11:41:32 -0500 X-MC-Unique: Rw8pmefoOpiSNQzFOCq0OQ-1 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx03.intmail.prod.int.rdu2.redhat.com [10.11.54.3]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by mimecast-mx02.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E15C388B5B9; Mon, 22 Jan 2024 16:41:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from redhat.com (unknown [10.42.28.36]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A609F1121306; Mon, 22 Jan 2024 16:41:30 +0000 (UTC) Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2024 16:41:28 +0000 From: Daniel =?utf-8?B?UC4gQmVycmFuZ8Op?= To: Peter Maydell Cc: qemu-devel@nongnu.org, qemu-stable@nongnu.org, Bohdan Kostiv , Markus Armbruster Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] qemu-options.hx: Improve -serial option documentation Message-ID: References: <20240122163607.459769-1-peter.maydell@linaro.org> <20240122163607.459769-3-peter.maydell@linaro.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <20240122163607.459769-3-peter.maydell@linaro.org> User-Agent: Mutt/2.2.10 (2023-03-25) X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 3.4.1 on 10.11.54.3 Received-SPF: pass client-ip=170.10.129.124; envelope-from=berrange@redhat.com; helo=us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com X-Spam_score_int: -33 X-Spam_score: -3.4 X-Spam_bar: --- X-Spam_report: (-3.4 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIMWL_WL_HIGH=-1.289, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H4=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=0.001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01 autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Reply-To: Daniel =?utf-8?B?UC4gQmVycmFuZ8Op?= Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Sender: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org On Mon, Jan 22, 2024 at 04:36:07PM +0000, Peter Maydell wrote: > The -serial option documentation is a bit brief about '-serial none' > and '-serial null'. In particular it's not very clear about the > difference between them, and it doesn't mention that it's up to > the machine model whether '-serial none' means "don't create the > serial port" or "don't wire the serial port up to anything". > > Expand on these points. > > Signed-off-by: Peter Maydell > --- > qemu-options.hx | 14 +++++++++++--- > 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrangé With regards, Daniel -- |: https://berrange.com -o- https://www.flickr.com/photos/dberrange :| |: https://libvirt.org -o- https://fstop138.berrange.com :| |: https://entangle-photo.org -o- https://www.instagram.com/dberrange :|