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
next prev parent 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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