From: Ali Shirvani via <qemu-devel@nongnu.org>
To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org
Subject: [PATCH] doc: Add notes about -mon option mode=control argument.
Date: Wed, 19 May 2021 11:41:45 +0430 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <0799f0de89ad2482672b5d61d0de61e6eba782da.1621407918.git.alishir@routerhosting.com> (raw)
The mode=control argument configures a QMP monitor.
Signed-off-by: Ali Shirvani <alishir@routerhosting.com>
---
qemu-options.hx | 7 +++++--
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx
index e22fb94d99..292c6f6bdc 100644
--- a/qemu-options.hx
+++ b/qemu-options.hx
@@ -3787,8 +3787,11 @@ 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
--
2.30.2
next reply other threads:[~2021-05-19 13:39 UTC|newest]
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2021-05-19 7:11 Ali Shirvani via [this message]
2021-05-19 13:46 ` [PATCH] doc: Add notes about -mon option mode=control argument no-reply
2021-05-19 15:44 ` Stefan Hajnoczi
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