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Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 9/9] chardev: add hotplug support.
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To: Lei Li <lilei@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
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  Hi,

>> +- "id": the chardev's ID, must be unique (json-string)
>> +- "backend": the chardev backend: "file", "socket", ... (json-string)
>> +- "path": file / device / unix socket path (json-string, optional)
>> +- "name": spice channel name (json-string, optional)
>> +- "host": host name (json-string, optional)
>> +- "port": port number (json-string, optional)
>> +- "server": create socket in server mode (json-bool, optional)
>> +- "wait": wait for connect (json-bool, optional)
>> +- "ipv4": force ipv4-only (json-bool, optional)
>> +- "ipv6": force ipv6-only (json-bool, optional)
>> +- "telnet": telnet negotiation (json-bool, optional)
>> +
> 
> As mentioned in another thread, should it support the "mux" argument
> for multiplexing mode?

I don't think so.  Basically the only use case for the mux chardev is
-nographic with serial line + monitor being multiplexed on stdio.

cheers,
  Gerd