+ if (!cd->open) {
+ /* using new, qapi init */
+ ChardevBackend *backend = g_new0(ChardevBackend, 1);
+ ChardevReturn *ret = NULL;
+ const char *id = qemu_opts_id(opts);
+ const char *bid = NULL;
+
+ if (qemu_opt_get_bool(opts, "mux", 0)) {
+ bid = g_strdup_printf("%s-base", id);
+ }
+
+ chr = NULL;
+ backend->kind = cd->kind;
+ if (cd->parse) {
+ cd->parse(opts, backend, errp);
+ if (error_is_set(errp)) {
+ goto qapi_out;
+ }
+ }
+ ret = qmp_chardev_add(bid ? bid : id, backend, errp);
+ if (error_is_set(errp)) {
+ goto qapi_out;
+ }
+
+ if (bid) {
+ qapi_free_ChardevBackend(backend);
+ qapi_free_ChardevReturn(ret);
+ backend = g_new0(ChardevBackend, 1);
+ backend->mux = g_new0(ChardevMux, 1);
+ backend->kind = CHARDEV_BACKEND_KIND_MUX;
+ backend->mux->chardev = g_strdup(bid);
+ ret = qmp_chardev_add(id, backend, errp);
+ if (error_is_set(errp)) {
+ goto qapi_out;
+ }
+ }
+
+ chr = qemu_chr_find(id);
+
+ qapi_out:
+ qapi_free_ChardevBackend(backend);
+ qapi_free_ChardevReturn(ret);
+ return chr;
+ }
+