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1 # -*- Mode: Python -*-
2 #
3
4 ##
5 # = Character devices
6 ##
7
8 { 'include': 'sockets.json' }
9
10 ##
11 # @ChardevInfo:
12 #
13 # Information about a character device.
14 #
15 # @label: the label of the character device
16 #
17 # @filename: the filename of the character device
18 #
19 # @frontend-open: shows whether the frontend device attached to this backend
20 # (eg. with the chardev=... option) is in open or closed state
21 # (since 2.1)
22 #
23 # Notes: @filename is encoded using the QEMU command line character device
24 # encoding. See the QEMU man page for details.
25 #
26 # Since: 0.14.0
27 ##
28 { 'struct': 'ChardevInfo', 'data': {'label': 'str',
29 'filename': 'str',
30 'frontend-open': 'bool'} }
31
32 ##
33 # @query-chardev:
34 #
35 # Returns information about current character devices.
36 #
37 # Returns: a list of @ChardevInfo
38 #
39 # Since: 0.14.0
40 #
41 # Example:
42 #
43 # -> { "execute": "query-chardev" }
44 # <- {
45 # "return": [
46 # {
47 # "label": "charchannel0",
48 # "filename": "unix:/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/seabios.rhel6.agent,server",
49 # "frontend-open": false
50 # },
51 # {
52 # "label": "charmonitor",
53 # "filename": "unix:/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/seabios.rhel6.monitor,server",
54 # "frontend-open": true
55 # },
56 # {
57 # "label": "charserial0",
58 # "filename": "pty:/dev/pts/2",
59 # "frontend-open": true
60 # }
61 # ]
62 # }
63 #
64 ##
65 { 'command': 'query-chardev', 'returns': ['ChardevInfo'],
66 'allow-preconfig': true }
67
68 ##
69 # @ChardevBackendInfo:
70 #
71 # Information about a character device backend
72 #
73 # @name: The backend name
74 #
75 # Since: 2.0
76 ##
77 { 'struct': 'ChardevBackendInfo', 'data': {'name': 'str'} }
78
79 ##
80 # @query-chardev-backends:
81 #
82 # Returns information about character device backends.
83 #
84 # Returns: a list of @ChardevBackendInfo
85 #
86 # Since: 2.0
87 #
88 # Example:
89 #
90 # -> { "execute": "query-chardev-backends" }
91 # <- {
92 # "return":[
93 # {
94 # "name":"udp"
95 # },
96 # {
97 # "name":"tcp"
98 # },
99 # {
100 # "name":"unix"
101 # },
102 # {
103 # "name":"spiceport"
104 # }
105 # ]
106 # }
107 #
108 ##
109 { 'command': 'query-chardev-backends', 'returns': ['ChardevBackendInfo'] }
110
111 ##
112 # @DataFormat:
113 #
114 # An enumeration of data format.
115 #
116 # @utf8: Data is a UTF-8 string (RFC 3629)
117 #
118 # @base64: Data is Base64 encoded binary (RFC 3548)
119 #
120 # Since: 1.4
121 ##
122 { 'enum': 'DataFormat',
123 'data': [ 'utf8', 'base64' ] }
124
125 ##
126 # @ringbuf-write:
127 #
128 # Write to a ring buffer character device.
129 #
130 # @device: the ring buffer character device name
131 #
132 # @data: data to write
133 #
134 # @format: data encoding (default 'utf8').
135 # - base64: data must be base64 encoded text. Its binary
136 # decoding gets written.
137 # - utf8: data's UTF-8 encoding is written
138 # - data itself is always Unicode regardless of format, like
139 # any other string.
140 #
141 # Returns: Nothing on success
142 #
143 # Since: 1.4
144 #
145 # Example:
146 #
147 # -> { "execute": "ringbuf-write",
148 # "arguments": { "device": "foo",
149 # "data": "abcdefgh",
150 # "format": "utf8" } }
151 # <- { "return": {} }
152 #
153 ##
154 { 'command': 'ringbuf-write',
155 'data': {'device': 'str', 'data': 'str',
156 '*format': 'DataFormat'} }
157
158 ##
159 # @ringbuf-read:
160 #
161 # Read from a ring buffer character device.
162 #
163 # @device: the ring buffer character device name
164 #
165 # @size: how many bytes to read at most
166 #
167 # @format: data encoding (default 'utf8').
168 # - base64: the data read is returned in base64 encoding.
169 # - utf8: the data read is interpreted as UTF-8.
170 # Bug: can screw up when the buffer contains invalid UTF-8
171 # sequences, NUL characters, after the ring buffer lost
172 # data, and when reading stops because the size limit is
173 # reached.
174 # - The return value is always Unicode regardless of format,
175 # like any other string.
176 #
177 # Returns: data read from the device
178 #
179 # Since: 1.4
180 #
181 # Example:
182 #
183 # -> { "execute": "ringbuf-read",
184 # "arguments": { "device": "foo",
185 # "size": 1000,
186 # "format": "utf8" } }
187 # <- { "return": "abcdefgh" }
188 #
189 ##
190 { 'command': 'ringbuf-read',
191 'data': {'device': 'str', 'size': 'int', '*format': 'DataFormat'},
192 'returns': 'str' }
193
194 ##
195 # @ChardevCommon:
196 #
197 # Configuration shared across all chardev backends
198 #
199 # @logfile: The name of a logfile to save output
200 # @logappend: true to append instead of truncate
201 # (default to false to truncate)
202 #
203 # Since: 2.6
204 ##
205 { 'struct': 'ChardevCommon', 'data': { '*logfile': 'str',
206 '*logappend': 'bool' } }
207
208 ##
209 # @ChardevFile:
210 #
211 # Configuration info for file chardevs.
212 #
213 # @in: The name of the input file
214 # @out: The name of the output file
215 # @append: Open the file in append mode (default false to
216 # truncate) (Since 2.6)
217 #
218 # Since: 1.4
219 ##
220 { 'struct': 'ChardevFile', 'data': { '*in' : 'str',
221 'out' : 'str',
222 '*append': 'bool' },
223 'base': 'ChardevCommon' }
224
225 ##
226 # @ChardevHostdev:
227 #
228 # Configuration info for device and pipe chardevs.
229 #
230 # @device: The name of the special file for the device,
231 # i.e. /dev/ttyS0 on Unix or COM1: on Windows
232 #
233 # Since: 1.4
234 ##
235 { 'struct': 'ChardevHostdev', 'data': { 'device' : 'str' },
236 'base': 'ChardevCommon' }
237
238 ##
239 # @ChardevSocket:
240 #
241 # Configuration info for (stream) socket chardevs.
242 #
243 # @addr: socket address to listen on (server=true)
244 # or connect to (server=false)
245 # @tls-creds: the ID of the TLS credentials object (since 2.6)
246 # @server: create server socket (default: true)
247 # @wait: wait for incoming connection on server
248 # sockets (default: false).
249 # @nodelay: set TCP_NODELAY socket option (default: false)
250 # @telnet: enable telnet protocol on server
251 # sockets (default: false)
252 # @tn3270: enable tn3270 protocol on server
253 # sockets (default: false) (Since: 2.10)
254 # @reconnect: For a client socket, if a socket is disconnected,
255 # then attempt a reconnect after the given number of seconds.
256 # Setting this to zero disables this function. (default: 0)
257 # (Since: 2.2)
258 #
259 # Since: 1.4
260 ##
261 { 'struct': 'ChardevSocket', 'data': { 'addr' : 'SocketAddressLegacy',
262 '*tls-creds' : 'str',
263 '*server' : 'bool',
264 '*wait' : 'bool',
265 '*nodelay' : 'bool',
266 '*telnet' : 'bool',
267 '*tn3270' : 'bool',
268 '*reconnect' : 'int' },
269 'base': 'ChardevCommon' }
270
271 ##
272 # @ChardevUdp:
273 #
274 # Configuration info for datagram socket chardevs.
275 #
276 # @remote: remote address
277 # @local: local address
278 #
279 # Since: 1.5
280 ##
281 { 'struct': 'ChardevUdp', 'data': { 'remote' : 'SocketAddressLegacy',
282 '*local' : 'SocketAddressLegacy' },
283 'base': 'ChardevCommon' }
284
285 ##
286 # @ChardevMux:
287 #
288 # Configuration info for mux chardevs.
289 #
290 # @chardev: name of the base chardev.
291 #
292 # Since: 1.5
293 ##
294 { 'struct': 'ChardevMux', 'data': { 'chardev' : 'str' },
295 'base': 'ChardevCommon' }
296
297 ##
298 # @ChardevStdio:
299 #
300 # Configuration info for stdio chardevs.
301 #
302 # @signal: Allow signals (such as SIGINT triggered by ^C)
303 # be delivered to qemu. Default: true in -nographic mode,
304 # false otherwise.
305 #
306 # Since: 1.5
307 ##
308 { 'struct': 'ChardevStdio', 'data': { '*signal' : 'bool' },
309 'base': 'ChardevCommon' }
310
311
312 ##
313 # @ChardevSpiceChannel:
314 #
315 # Configuration info for spice vm channel chardevs.
316 #
317 # @type: kind of channel (for example vdagent).
318 #
319 # Since: 1.5
320 ##
321 { 'struct': 'ChardevSpiceChannel', 'data': { 'type' : 'str' },
322 'base': 'ChardevCommon' }
323 # TODO: 'if': 'defined(CONFIG_SPICE)'
324
325 ##
326 # @ChardevSpicePort:
327 #
328 # Configuration info for spice port chardevs.
329 #
330 # @fqdn: name of the channel (see docs/spice-port-fqdn.txt)
331 #
332 # Since: 1.5
333 ##
334 { 'struct': 'ChardevSpicePort', 'data': { 'fqdn' : 'str' },
335 'base': 'ChardevCommon' }
336 # TODO: 'if': 'defined(CONFIG_SPICE)'
337
338 ##
339 # @ChardevVC:
340 #
341 # Configuration info for virtual console chardevs.
342 #
343 # @width: console width, in pixels
344 # @height: console height, in pixels
345 # @cols: console width, in chars
346 # @rows: console height, in chars
347 #
348 # Since: 1.5
349 ##
350 { 'struct': 'ChardevVC', 'data': { '*width' : 'int',
351 '*height' : 'int',
352 '*cols' : 'int',
353 '*rows' : 'int' },
354 'base': 'ChardevCommon' }
355
356 ##
357 # @ChardevRingbuf:
358 #
359 # Configuration info for ring buffer chardevs.
360 #
361 # @size: ring buffer size, must be power of two, default is 65536
362 #
363 # Since: 1.5
364 ##
365 { 'struct': 'ChardevRingbuf', 'data': { '*size' : 'int' },
366 'base': 'ChardevCommon' }
367
368 ##
369 # @ChardevBackend:
370 #
371 # Configuration info for the new chardev backend.
372 #
373 # Since: 1.4 (testdev since 2.2, wctablet since 2.9)
374 ##
375 { 'union': 'ChardevBackend', 'data': { 'file' : 'ChardevFile',
376 'serial' : 'ChardevHostdev',
377 'parallel': 'ChardevHostdev',
378 'pipe' : 'ChardevHostdev',
379 'socket' : 'ChardevSocket',
380 'udp' : 'ChardevUdp',
381 'pty' : 'ChardevCommon',
382 'null' : 'ChardevCommon',
383 'mux' : 'ChardevMux',
384 'msmouse': 'ChardevCommon',
385 'wctablet' : 'ChardevCommon',
386 'braille': 'ChardevCommon',
387 'testdev': 'ChardevCommon',
388 'stdio' : 'ChardevStdio',
389 'console': 'ChardevCommon',
390 'spicevmc': 'ChardevSpiceChannel',
391 # TODO: { 'type': 'ChardevSpiceChannel', 'if': 'defined(CONFIG_SPICE)' },
392 'spiceport': 'ChardevSpicePort',
393 # TODO: { 'type': 'ChardevSpicePort', 'if': 'defined(CONFIG_SPICE)' },
394 'vc' : 'ChardevVC',
395 'ringbuf': 'ChardevRingbuf',
396 # next one is just for compatibility
397 'memory' : 'ChardevRingbuf' } }
398
399 ##
400 # @ChardevReturn:
401 #
402 # Return info about the chardev backend just created.
403 #
404 # @pty: name of the slave pseudoterminal device, present if
405 # and only if a chardev of type 'pty' was created
406 #
407 # Since: 1.4
408 ##
409 { 'struct' : 'ChardevReturn', 'data': { '*pty' : 'str' } }
410
411 ##
412 # @chardev-add:
413 #
414 # Add a character device backend
415 #
416 # @id: the chardev's ID, must be unique
417 # @backend: backend type and parameters
418 #
419 # Returns: ChardevReturn.
420 #
421 # Since: 1.4
422 #
423 # Example:
424 #
425 # -> { "execute" : "chardev-add",
426 # "arguments" : { "id" : "foo",
427 # "backend" : { "type" : "null", "data" : {} } } }
428 # <- { "return": {} }
429 #
430 # -> { "execute" : "chardev-add",
431 # "arguments" : { "id" : "bar",
432 # "backend" : { "type" : "file",
433 # "data" : { "out" : "/tmp/bar.log" } } } }
434 # <- { "return": {} }
435 #
436 # -> { "execute" : "chardev-add",
437 # "arguments" : { "id" : "baz",
438 # "backend" : { "type" : "pty", "data" : {} } } }
439 # <- { "return": { "pty" : "/dev/pty/42" } }
440 #
441 ##
442 { 'command': 'chardev-add', 'data': {'id' : 'str',
443 'backend' : 'ChardevBackend' },
444 'returns': 'ChardevReturn' }
445
446 ##
447 # @chardev-change:
448 #
449 # Change a character device backend
450 #
451 # @id: the chardev's ID, must exist
452 # @backend: new backend type and parameters
453 #
454 # Returns: ChardevReturn.
455 #
456 # Since: 2.10
457 #
458 # Example:
459 #
460 # -> { "execute" : "chardev-change",
461 # "arguments" : { "id" : "baz",
462 # "backend" : { "type" : "pty", "data" : {} } } }
463 # <- { "return": { "pty" : "/dev/pty/42" } }
464 #
465 # -> {"execute" : "chardev-change",
466 # "arguments" : {
467 # "id" : "charchannel2",
468 # "backend" : {
469 # "type" : "socket",
470 # "data" : {
471 # "addr" : {
472 # "type" : "unix" ,
473 # "data" : {
474 # "path" : "/tmp/charchannel2.socket"
475 # }
476 # },
477 # "server" : true,
478 # "wait" : false }}}}
479 # <- {"return": {}}
480 #
481 ##
482 { 'command': 'chardev-change', 'data': {'id' : 'str',
483 'backend' : 'ChardevBackend' },
484 'returns': 'ChardevReturn' }
485
486 ##
487 # @chardev-remove:
488 #
489 # Remove a character device backend
490 #
491 # @id: the chardev's ID, must exist and not be in use
492 #
493 # Returns: Nothing on success
494 #
495 # Since: 1.4
496 #
497 # Example:
498 #
499 # -> { "execute": "chardev-remove", "arguments": { "id" : "foo" } }
500 # <- { "return": {} }
501 #
502 ##
503 { 'command': 'chardev-remove', 'data': {'id': 'str'} }
504
505 ##
506 # @chardev-send-break:
507 #
508 # Send a break to a character device
509 #
510 # @id: the chardev's ID, must exist
511 #
512 # Returns: Nothing on success
513 #
514 # Since: 2.10
515 #
516 # Example:
517 #
518 # -> { "execute": "chardev-send-break", "arguments": { "id" : "foo" } }
519 # <- { "return": {} }
520 #
521 ##
522 { 'command': 'chardev-send-break', 'data': {'id': 'str'} }
523
524 ##
525 # @VSERPORT_CHANGE:
526 #
527 # Emitted when the guest opens or closes a virtio-serial port.
528 #
529 # @id: device identifier of the virtio-serial port
530 #
531 # @open: true if the guest has opened the virtio-serial port
532 #
533 # Since: 2.1
534 #
535 # Example:
536 #
537 # <- { "event": "VSERPORT_CHANGE",
538 # "data": { "id": "channel0", "open": true },
539 # "timestamp": { "seconds": 1401385907, "microseconds": 422329 } }
540 #
541 ##
542 { 'event': 'VSERPORT_CHANGE',
543 'data': { 'id': 'str', 'open': 'bool' } }