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From: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org
Cc: Ali Shirvani <alishir@routerhosting.com>,
	Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
Subject: [PULL 25/28] doc: Add notes about -mon option mode=control argument.
Date: Wed, 26 May 2021 18:35:50 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210526163550.501367-2-pbonzini@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210526163550.501367-1-pbonzini@redhat.com>

From: Ali Shirvani <alishir@routerhosting.com>

The mode=control argument configures a QMP monitor.

Signed-off-by: Ali Shirvani <alishir@routerhosting.com>
Reviewed-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
Message-Id: <0799f0de89ad2482672b5d61d0de61e6eba782da.1621407918.git.alishir@routerhosting.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
---
 qemu-options.hx | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx
index 8116f79818..14258784b3 100644
--- a/qemu-options.hx
+++ b/qemu-options.hx
@@ -3799,8 +3799,11 @@ DEF("mon", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_mon, \
     "-mon [chardev=]name[,mode=readline|control][,pretty[=on|off]]\n", QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
 SRST
 ``-mon [chardev=]name[,mode=readline|control][,pretty[=on|off]]``
-    Setup monitor on chardev name. ``pretty`` is only valid when
-    ``mode=control``, turning on JSON pretty printing to ease
+    Setup monitor on chardev name. ``mode=control`` configures 
+    a QMP monitor (a JSON RPC-style protocol) and it is not the
+    same as HMP, the human monitor that has a "(qemu)" prompt.
+    ``pretty`` is only valid when ``mode=control``, 
+    turning on JSON pretty printing to ease
     human reading and debugging.
 ERST
 
-- 
2.31.1


  reply	other threads:[~2021-05-26 16:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-05-26 16:35 [PULL v2 00/28] Misc patches for 2021-05-24 Paolo Bonzini
2021-05-26 16:35 ` Paolo Bonzini [this message]
2021-05-27 13:53 ` Peter Maydell
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2021-05-24 16:41 [PULL " Paolo Bonzini
2021-05-24 16:41 ` [PULL 25/28] doc: Add notes about -mon option mode=control argument Paolo Bonzini

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