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dbeee392 1# -*- Mode: Python -*-
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3#
4
5##
6# = Character devices
7##
8
9{ 'include': 'sockets.json' }
10
11##
12# @ChardevInfo:
13#
14# Information about a character device.
15#
16# @label: the label of the character device
17#
18# @filename: the filename of the character device
19#
20# @frontend-open: shows whether the frontend device attached to this backend
21# (eg. with the chardev=... option) is in open or closed state
22# (since 2.1)
23#
24# Notes: @filename is encoded using the QEMU command line character device
25# encoding. See the QEMU man page for details.
26#
9bc6e893 27# Since: 0.14
dbeee392 28##
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29{ 'struct': 'ChardevInfo',
30 'data': { 'label': 'str',
31 'filename': 'str',
32 'frontend-open': 'bool' } }
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33
34##
35# @query-chardev:
36#
37# Returns information about current character devices.
38#
39# Returns: a list of @ChardevInfo
40#
9bc6e893 41# Since: 0.14
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42#
43# Example:
44#
45# -> { "execute": "query-chardev" }
46# <- {
47# "return": [
48# {
49# "label": "charchannel0",
9d902d51 50# "filename": "unix:/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/seabios.rhel6.agent,server=on",
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51# "frontend-open": false
52# },
53# {
54# "label": "charmonitor",
9d902d51 55# "filename": "unix:/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/seabios.rhel6.monitor,server=on",
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56# "frontend-open": true
57# },
58# {
59# "label": "charserial0",
60# "filename": "pty:/dev/pts/2",
61# "frontend-open": true
62# }
63# ]
64# }
65#
66##
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67{ 'command': 'query-chardev', 'returns': ['ChardevInfo'],
68 'allow-preconfig': true }
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69
70##
71# @ChardevBackendInfo:
72#
73# Information about a character device backend
74#
75# @name: The backend name
76#
77# Since: 2.0
78##
79{ 'struct': 'ChardevBackendInfo', 'data': {'name': 'str'} }
80
81##
82# @query-chardev-backends:
83#
84# Returns information about character device backends.
85#
86# Returns: a list of @ChardevBackendInfo
87#
88# Since: 2.0
89#
90# Example:
91#
92# -> { "execute": "query-chardev-backends" }
93# <- {
94# "return":[
95# {
96# "name":"udp"
97# },
98# {
99# "name":"tcp"
100# },
101# {
102# "name":"unix"
103# },
104# {
105# "name":"spiceport"
106# }
107# ]
108# }
109#
110##
111{ 'command': 'query-chardev-backends', 'returns': ['ChardevBackendInfo'] }
112
113##
114# @DataFormat:
115#
116# An enumeration of data format.
117#
118# @utf8: Data is a UTF-8 string (RFC 3629)
119#
120# @base64: Data is Base64 encoded binary (RFC 3548)
121#
122# Since: 1.4
123##
124{ 'enum': 'DataFormat',
125 'data': [ 'utf8', 'base64' ] }
126
127##
128# @ringbuf-write:
129#
130# Write to a ring buffer character device.
131#
132# @device: the ring buffer character device name
133#
134# @data: data to write
135#
136# @format: data encoding (default 'utf8').
100cc4fe 137#
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138# - base64: data must be base64 encoded text. Its binary
139# decoding gets written.
140# - utf8: data's UTF-8 encoding is written
141# - data itself is always Unicode regardless of format, like
142# any other string.
143#
144# Returns: Nothing on success
145#
146# Since: 1.4
147#
148# Example:
149#
150# -> { "execute": "ringbuf-write",
151# "arguments": { "device": "foo",
152# "data": "abcdefgh",
153# "format": "utf8" } }
154# <- { "return": {} }
155#
156##
157{ 'command': 'ringbuf-write',
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158 'data': { 'device': 'str',
159 'data': 'str',
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160 '*format': 'DataFormat'} }
161
162##
163# @ringbuf-read:
164#
165# Read from a ring buffer character device.
166#
167# @device: the ring buffer character device name
168#
169# @size: how many bytes to read at most
170#
171# @format: data encoding (default 'utf8').
100cc4fe 172#
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173# - base64: the data read is returned in base64 encoding.
174# - utf8: the data read is interpreted as UTF-8.
175# Bug: can screw up when the buffer contains invalid UTF-8
176# sequences, NUL characters, after the ring buffer lost
177# data, and when reading stops because the size limit is
178# reached.
179# - The return value is always Unicode regardless of format,
180# like any other string.
181#
182# Returns: data read from the device
183#
184# Since: 1.4
185#
186# Example:
187#
188# -> { "execute": "ringbuf-read",
189# "arguments": { "device": "foo",
190# "size": 1000,
191# "format": "utf8" } }
192# <- { "return": "abcdefgh" }
193#
194##
195{ 'command': 'ringbuf-read',
196 'data': {'device': 'str', 'size': 'int', '*format': 'DataFormat'},
197 'returns': 'str' }
198
199##
200# @ChardevCommon:
201#
202# Configuration shared across all chardev backends
203#
204# @logfile: The name of a logfile to save output
205# @logappend: true to append instead of truncate
206# (default to false to truncate)
207#
208# Since: 2.6
209##
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210{ 'struct': 'ChardevCommon',
211 'data': { '*logfile': 'str',
212 '*logappend': 'bool' } }
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213
214##
215# @ChardevFile:
216#
217# Configuration info for file chardevs.
218#
23e46452 219# @in: The name of the input file
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220# @out: The name of the output file
221# @append: Open the file in append mode (default false to
222# truncate) (Since 2.6)
223#
224# Since: 1.4
225##
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226{ 'struct': 'ChardevFile',
227 'data': { '*in': 'str',
228 'out': 'str',
229 '*append': 'bool' },
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230 'base': 'ChardevCommon' }
231
232##
233# @ChardevHostdev:
234#
235# Configuration info for device and pipe chardevs.
236#
237# @device: The name of the special file for the device,
238# i.e. /dev/ttyS0 on Unix or COM1: on Windows
239#
240# Since: 1.4
241##
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242{ 'struct': 'ChardevHostdev',
243 'data': { 'device': 'str' },
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244 'base': 'ChardevCommon' }
245
246##
247# @ChardevSocket:
248#
249# Configuration info for (stream) socket chardevs.
250#
251# @addr: socket address to listen on (server=true)
252# or connect to (server=false)
253# @tls-creds: the ID of the TLS credentials object (since 2.6)
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254# @tls-authz: the ID of the QAuthZ authorization object against which
255# the client's x509 distinguished name will be validated. This
256# object is only resolved at time of use, so can be deleted
257# and recreated on the fly while the chardev server is active.
258# If missing, it will default to denying access (since 4.0)
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259# @server: create server socket (default: true)
260# @wait: wait for incoming connection on server
261# sockets (default: false).
0f365e33 262# Silently ignored with server: false. This use is deprecated.
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263# @nodelay: set TCP_NODELAY socket option (default: false)
264# @telnet: enable telnet protocol on server
265# sockets (default: false)
266# @tn3270: enable tn3270 protocol on server
267# sockets (default: false) (Since: 2.10)
981b06e7 268# @websocket: enable websocket protocol on server
26ec4e53 269# sockets (default: false) (Since: 3.1)
dbeee392 270# @reconnect: For a client socket, if a socket is disconnected,
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271# then attempt a reconnect after the given number of seconds.
272# Setting this to zero disables this function. (default: 0)
273# (Since: 2.2)
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274#
275# Since: 1.4
276##
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277{ 'struct': 'ChardevSocket',
278 'data': { 'addr': 'SocketAddressLegacy',
279 '*tls-creds': 'str',
fd4a5fd4 280 '*tls-authz' : 'str',
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281 '*server': 'bool',
282 '*wait': 'bool',
283 '*nodelay': 'bool',
284 '*telnet': 'bool',
285 '*tn3270': 'bool',
286 '*websocket': 'bool',
287 '*reconnect': 'int' },
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288 'base': 'ChardevCommon' }
289
290##
291# @ChardevUdp:
292#
293# Configuration info for datagram socket chardevs.
294#
295# @remote: remote address
296# @local: local address
297#
298# Since: 1.5
299##
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300{ 'struct': 'ChardevUdp',
301 'data': { 'remote': 'SocketAddressLegacy',
302 '*local': 'SocketAddressLegacy' },
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303 'base': 'ChardevCommon' }
304
305##
306# @ChardevMux:
307#
308# Configuration info for mux chardevs.
309#
310# @chardev: name of the base chardev.
311#
312# Since: 1.5
313##
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314{ 'struct': 'ChardevMux',
315 'data': { 'chardev': 'str' },
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316 'base': 'ChardevCommon' }
317
318##
319# @ChardevStdio:
320#
321# Configuration info for stdio chardevs.
322#
323# @signal: Allow signals (such as SIGINT triggered by ^C)
6deb20f6 324# be delivered to qemu. Default: true.
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325#
326# Since: 1.5
327##
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328{ 'struct': 'ChardevStdio',
329 'data': { '*signal': 'bool' },
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330 'base': 'ChardevCommon' }
331
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332##
333# @ChardevSpiceChannel:
334#
335# Configuration info for spice vm channel chardevs.
336#
337# @type: kind of channel (for example vdagent).
338#
339# Since: 1.5
340##
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341{ 'struct': 'ChardevSpiceChannel',
342 'data': { 'type': 'str' },
fd9dda3b 343 'base': 'ChardevCommon',
8a9f1e1d 344 'if': 'CONFIG_SPICE' }
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346##
347# @ChardevSpicePort:
348#
349# Configuration info for spice port chardevs.
350#
351# @fqdn: name of the channel (see docs/spice-port-fqdn.txt)
352#
353# Since: 1.5
354##
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355{ 'struct': 'ChardevSpicePort',
356 'data': { 'fqdn': 'str' },
fd9dda3b 357 'base': 'ChardevCommon',
8a9f1e1d 358 'if': 'CONFIG_SPICE' }
dbeee392 359
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360##
361# @ChardevDBus:
362#
363# Configuration info for DBus chardevs.
364#
365# @name: name of the channel (following docs/spice-port-fqdn.txt)
366#
367# Since: 7.0
368##
369{ 'struct': 'ChardevDBus',
370 'data': { 'name': 'str' },
371 'base': 'ChardevCommon',
372 'if': 'CONFIG_DBUS_DISPLAY' }
373
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374##
375# @ChardevVC:
376#
377# Configuration info for virtual console chardevs.
378#
c0ac533b 379# @width: console width, in pixels
dbeee392 380# @height: console height, in pixels
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381# @cols: console width, in chars
382# @rows: console height, in chars
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383#
384# Since: 1.5
385##
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386{ 'struct': 'ChardevVC',
387 'data': { '*width': 'int',
388 '*height': 'int',
389 '*cols': 'int',
390 '*rows': 'int' },
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391 'base': 'ChardevCommon' }
392
393##
394# @ChardevRingbuf:
395#
396# Configuration info for ring buffer chardevs.
397#
398# @size: ring buffer size, must be power of two, default is 65536
399#
400# Since: 1.5
401##
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402{ 'struct': 'ChardevRingbuf',
403 'data': { '*size': 'int' },
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404 'base': 'ChardevCommon' }
405
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406##
407# @ChardevQemuVDAgent:
408#
409# Configuration info for qemu vdagent implementation.
410#
56081919 411# @mouse: enable/disable mouse, default is enabled.
f0349f4d 412# @clipboard: enable/disable clipboard, default is disabled.
56081919 413#
de74a22c 414# Since: 6.1
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415##
416{ 'struct': 'ChardevQemuVDAgent',
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417 'data': { '*mouse': 'bool',
418 '*clipboard': 'bool' },
de74a22c 419 'base': 'ChardevCommon',
8a9f1e1d 420 'if': 'CONFIG_SPICE_PROTOCOL' }
de74a22c 421
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422##
423# @ChardevBackendKind:
424#
425# @pipe: Since 1.5
426# @udp: Since 1.5
427# @mux: Since 1.5
428# @msmouse: Since 1.5
429# @wctablet: Since 2.9
430# @braille: Since 1.5
431# @testdev: Since 2.2
432# @stdio: Since 1.5
433# @console: Since 1.5
434# @spicevmc: Since 1.5
435# @spiceport: Since 1.5
436# @qemu-vdagent: Since 6.1
3e301c8d 437# @dbus: Since 7.0
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438# @vc: v1.5
439# @ringbuf: Since 1.6
440# @memory: Since 1.5
441#
442# Since: 1.4
443##
444{ 'enum': 'ChardevBackendKind',
445 'data': [ 'file',
446 'serial',
447 'parallel',
448 'pipe',
449 'socket',
450 'udp',
451 'pty',
452 'null',
453 'mux',
454 'msmouse',
455 'wctablet',
456 'braille',
457 'testdev',
458 'stdio',
459 'console',
460 { 'name': 'spicevmc', 'if': 'CONFIG_SPICE' },
461 { 'name': 'spiceport', 'if': 'CONFIG_SPICE' },
462 { 'name': 'qemu-vdagent', 'if': 'CONFIG_SPICE_PROTOCOL' },
3e301c8d 463 { 'name': 'dbus', 'if': 'CONFIG_DBUS_DISPLAY' },
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464 'vc',
465 'ringbuf',
466 # next one is just for compatibility
467 'memory' ] }
468
469##
470# @ChardevFileWrapper:
471#
472# Since: 1.4
473##
474{ 'struct': 'ChardevFileWrapper',
475 'data': { 'data': 'ChardevFile' } }
476
477##
478# @ChardevHostdevWrapper:
479#
480# Since: 1.4
481##
482{ 'struct': 'ChardevHostdevWrapper',
483 'data': { 'data': 'ChardevHostdev' } }
484
485##
486# @ChardevSocketWrapper:
487#
488# Since: 1.4
489##
490{ 'struct': 'ChardevSocketWrapper',
491 'data': { 'data': 'ChardevSocket' } }
492
493##
494# @ChardevUdpWrapper:
495#
496# Since: 1.5
497##
498{ 'struct': 'ChardevUdpWrapper',
499 'data': { 'data': 'ChardevUdp' } }
500
501##
502# @ChardevCommonWrapper:
503#
504# Since: 2.6
505##
506{ 'struct': 'ChardevCommonWrapper',
507 'data': { 'data': 'ChardevCommon' } }
508
509##
510# @ChardevMuxWrapper:
511#
512# Since: 1.5
513##
514{ 'struct': 'ChardevMuxWrapper',
515 'data': { 'data': 'ChardevMux' } }
516
517##
518# @ChardevStdioWrapper:
519#
520# Since: 1.5
521##
522{ 'struct': 'ChardevStdioWrapper',
523 'data': { 'data': 'ChardevStdio' } }
524
525##
526# @ChardevSpiceChannelWrapper:
527#
528# Since: 1.5
529##
530{ 'struct': 'ChardevSpiceChannelWrapper',
531 'data': { 'data': 'ChardevSpiceChannel' },
532 'if': 'CONFIG_SPICE' }
533
534##
535# @ChardevSpicePortWrapper:
536#
537# Since: 1.5
538##
539{ 'struct': 'ChardevSpicePortWrapper',
540 'data': { 'data': 'ChardevSpicePort' },
541 'if': 'CONFIG_SPICE' }
542
543##
544# @ChardevQemuVDAgentWrapper:
545#
546# Since: 6.1
547##
548{ 'struct': 'ChardevQemuVDAgentWrapper',
549 'data': { 'data': 'ChardevQemuVDAgent' },
550 'if': 'CONFIG_SPICE_PROTOCOL' }
551
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553# @ChardevDBusWrapper:
554#
555# Since: 7.0
556##
557{ 'struct': 'ChardevDBusWrapper',
558 'data': { 'data': 'ChardevDBus' },
559 'if': 'CONFIG_DBUS_DISPLAY' }
560
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562# @ChardevVCWrapper:
563#
564# Since: 1.5
565##
566{ 'struct': 'ChardevVCWrapper',
567 'data': { 'data': 'ChardevVC' } }
568
569##
570# @ChardevRingbufWrapper:
571#
572# Since: 1.5
573##
574{ 'struct': 'ChardevRingbufWrapper',
575 'data': { 'data': 'ChardevRingbuf' } }
576
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578# @ChardevBackend:
579#
580# Configuration info for the new chardev backend.
581#
3218c0e9 582# Since: 1.4
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b0ddeba2 584{ 'union': 'ChardevBackend',
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585 'base': { 'type': 'ChardevBackendKind' },
586 'discriminator': 'type',
587 'data': { 'file': 'ChardevFileWrapper',
588 'serial': 'ChardevHostdevWrapper',
589 'parallel': 'ChardevHostdevWrapper',
590 'pipe': 'ChardevHostdevWrapper',
591 'socket': 'ChardevSocketWrapper',
592 'udp': 'ChardevUdpWrapper',
593 'pty': 'ChardevCommonWrapper',
594 'null': 'ChardevCommonWrapper',
595 'mux': 'ChardevMuxWrapper',
596 'msmouse': 'ChardevCommonWrapper',
597 'wctablet': 'ChardevCommonWrapper',
598 'braille': 'ChardevCommonWrapper',
599 'testdev': 'ChardevCommonWrapper',
600 'stdio': 'ChardevStdioWrapper',
601 'console': 'ChardevCommonWrapper',
602 'spicevmc': { 'type': 'ChardevSpiceChannelWrapper',
8a9f1e1d 603 'if': 'CONFIG_SPICE' },
3218c0e9 604 'spiceport': { 'type': 'ChardevSpicePortWrapper',
8a9f1e1d 605 'if': 'CONFIG_SPICE' },
3218c0e9 606 'qemu-vdagent': { 'type': 'ChardevQemuVDAgentWrapper',
8a9f1e1d 607 'if': 'CONFIG_SPICE_PROTOCOL' },
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608 'dbus': { 'type': 'ChardevDBusWrapper',
609 'if': 'CONFIG_DBUS_DISPLAY' },
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610 'vc': 'ChardevVCWrapper',
611 'ringbuf': 'ChardevRingbufWrapper',
b0ddeba2 612 # next one is just for compatibility
3218c0e9 613 'memory': 'ChardevRingbufWrapper' } }
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615##
616# @ChardevReturn:
617#
618# Return info about the chardev backend just created.
619#
620# @pty: name of the slave pseudoterminal device, present if
621# and only if a chardev of type 'pty' was created
622#
623# Since: 1.4
624##
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625{ 'struct' : 'ChardevReturn',
626 'data': { '*pty': 'str' } }
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628##
629# @chardev-add:
630#
631# Add a character device backend
632#
633# @id: the chardev's ID, must be unique
634# @backend: backend type and parameters
635#
636# Returns: ChardevReturn.
637#
638# Since: 1.4
639#
640# Example:
641#
642# -> { "execute" : "chardev-add",
643# "arguments" : { "id" : "foo",
644# "backend" : { "type" : "null", "data" : {} } } }
645# <- { "return": {} }
646#
647# -> { "execute" : "chardev-add",
648# "arguments" : { "id" : "bar",
649# "backend" : { "type" : "file",
650# "data" : { "out" : "/tmp/bar.log" } } } }
651# <- { "return": {} }
652#
653# -> { "execute" : "chardev-add",
654# "arguments" : { "id" : "baz",
655# "backend" : { "type" : "pty", "data" : {} } } }
656# <- { "return": { "pty" : "/dev/pty/42" } }
657#
658##
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659{ 'command': 'chardev-add',
660 'data': { 'id': 'str',
661 'backend': 'ChardevBackend' },
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662 'returns': 'ChardevReturn' }
663
664##
665# @chardev-change:
666#
667# Change a character device backend
668#
669# @id: the chardev's ID, must exist
670# @backend: new backend type and parameters
671#
672# Returns: ChardevReturn.
673#
674# Since: 2.10
675#
676# Example:
677#
678# -> { "execute" : "chardev-change",
679# "arguments" : { "id" : "baz",
680# "backend" : { "type" : "pty", "data" : {} } } }
681# <- { "return": { "pty" : "/dev/pty/42" } }
682#
683# -> {"execute" : "chardev-change",
684# "arguments" : {
685# "id" : "charchannel2",
686# "backend" : {
687# "type" : "socket",
688# "data" : {
689# "addr" : {
690# "type" : "unix" ,
691# "data" : {
692# "path" : "/tmp/charchannel2.socket"
693# }
694# },
695# "server" : true,
696# "wait" : false }}}}
697# <- {"return": {}}
698#
699##
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700{ 'command': 'chardev-change',
701 'data': { 'id': 'str',
702 'backend': 'ChardevBackend' },
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704
705##
706# @chardev-remove:
707#
708# Remove a character device backend
709#
710# @id: the chardev's ID, must exist and not be in use
711#
712# Returns: Nothing on success
713#
714# Since: 1.4
715#
716# Example:
717#
718# -> { "execute": "chardev-remove", "arguments": { "id" : "foo" } }
719# <- { "return": {} }
720#
721##
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722{ 'command': 'chardev-remove',
723 'data': { 'id': 'str' } }
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725##
726# @chardev-send-break:
727#
728# Send a break to a character device
729#
730# @id: the chardev's ID, must exist
731#
732# Returns: Nothing on success
733#
734# Since: 2.10
735#
736# Example:
737#
738# -> { "execute": "chardev-send-break", "arguments": { "id" : "foo" } }
739# <- { "return": {} }
740#
741##
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742{ 'command': 'chardev-send-break',
743 'data': { 'id': 'str' } }
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744
745##
746# @VSERPORT_CHANGE:
747#
748# Emitted when the guest opens or closes a virtio-serial port.
749#
750# @id: device identifier of the virtio-serial port
751#
752# @open: true if the guest has opened the virtio-serial port
753#
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754# Note: This event is rate-limited.
755#
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756# Since: 2.1
757#
758# Example:
759#
760# <- { "event": "VSERPORT_CHANGE",
761# "data": { "id": "channel0", "open": true },
762# "timestamp": { "seconds": 1401385907, "microseconds": 422329 } }
763#
764##
765{ 'event': 'VSERPORT_CHANGE',
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766 'data': { 'id': 'str',
767 'open': 'bool' } }