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1# -*- Mode: Python -*-
2#
3
4##
5# = Net devices
6##
7
8{ 'include': 'common.json' }
9
10##
11# @set_link:
12#
13# Sets the link status of a virtual network adapter.
14#
15# @name: the device name of the virtual network adapter
16#
17# @up: true to set the link status to be up
18#
19# Returns: Nothing on success
20# If @name is not a valid network device, DeviceNotFound
21#
22# Since: 0.14.0
23#
24# Notes: Not all network adapters support setting link status. This command
25# will succeed even if the network adapter does not support link status
26# notification.
27#
28# Example:
29#
30# -> { "execute": "set_link",
31# "arguments": { "name": "e1000.0", "up": false } }
32# <- { "return": {} }
33#
34##
35{ 'command': 'set_link', 'data': {'name': 'str', 'up': 'bool'} }
36
37##
38# @netdev_add:
39#
40# Add a network backend.
41#
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42# @type: the type of network backend. Possible values are listed in
43# NetClientDriver (excluding 'none' and 'nic')
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44#
45# @id: the name of the new network backend
46#
47# Additional arguments depend on the type.
48#
49# TODO: This command effectively bypasses QAPI completely due to its
50# "additional arguments" business. It shouldn't have been added to
51# the schema in this form. It should be qapified properly, or
52# replaced by a properly qapified command.
53#
54# Since: 0.14.0
55#
56# Returns: Nothing on success
57# If @type is not a valid network backend, DeviceNotFound
58#
59# Example:
60#
61# -> { "execute": "netdev_add",
62# "arguments": { "type": "user", "id": "netdev1",
63# "dnssearch": "example.org" } }
64# <- { "return": {} }
65#
66##
67{ 'command': 'netdev_add',
68 'data': {'type': 'str', 'id': 'str'},
69 'gen': false } # so we can get the additional arguments
70
71##
72# @netdev_del:
73#
74# Remove a network backend.
75#
76# @id: the name of the network backend to remove
77#
78# Returns: Nothing on success
79# If @id is not a valid network backend, DeviceNotFound
80#
81# Since: 0.14.0
82#
83# Example:
84#
85# -> { "execute": "netdev_del", "arguments": { "id": "netdev1" } }
86# <- { "return": {} }
87#
88##
89{ 'command': 'netdev_del', 'data': {'id': 'str'} }
90
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91##
92# @NetLegacyNicOptions:
93#
94# Create a new Network Interface Card.
95#
96# @netdev: id of -netdev to connect to
97#
98# @macaddr: MAC address
99#
100# @model: device model (e1000, rtl8139, virtio etc.)
101#
102# @addr: PCI device address
103#
104# @vectors: number of MSI-x vectors, 0 to disable MSI-X
105#
106# Since: 1.2
107##
108{ 'struct': 'NetLegacyNicOptions',
109 'data': {
110 '*netdev': 'str',
111 '*macaddr': 'str',
112 '*model': 'str',
113 '*addr': 'str',
114 '*vectors': 'uint32' } }
115
116##
117# @NetdevUserOptions:
118#
119# Use the user mode network stack which requires no administrator privilege to
120# run.
121#
122# @hostname: client hostname reported by the builtin DHCP server
123#
124# @restrict: isolate the guest from the host
125#
126# @ipv4: whether to support IPv4, default true for enabled
127# (since 2.6)
128#
129# @ipv6: whether to support IPv6, default true for enabled
130# (since 2.6)
131#
132# @ip: legacy parameter, use net= instead
133#
134# @net: IP network address that the guest will see, in the
135# form addr[/netmask] The netmask is optional, and can be
136# either in the form a.b.c.d or as a number of valid top-most
137# bits. Default is 10.0.2.0/24.
138#
139# @host: guest-visible address of the host
140#
141# @tftp: root directory of the built-in TFTP server
142#
143# @bootfile: BOOTP filename, for use with tftp=
144#
145# @dhcpstart: the first of the 16 IPs the built-in DHCP server can
146# assign
147#
148# @dns: guest-visible address of the virtual nameserver
149#
150# @dnssearch: list of DNS suffixes to search, passed as DHCP option
151# to the guest
152#
f18d1375 153# @domainname: guest-visible domain name of the virtual nameserver
3835c310 154# (since 3.0)
f18d1375 155#
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156# @ipv6-prefix: IPv6 network prefix (default is fec0::) (since
157# 2.6). The network prefix is given in the usual
158# hexadecimal IPv6 address notation.
159#
160# @ipv6-prefixlen: IPv6 network prefix length (default is 64)
161# (since 2.6)
162#
163# @ipv6-host: guest-visible IPv6 address of the host (since 2.6)
164#
165# @ipv6-dns: guest-visible IPv6 address of the virtual
166# nameserver (since 2.6)
167#
168# @smb: root directory of the built-in SMB server
169#
170# @smbserver: IP address of the built-in SMB server
171#
172# @hostfwd: redirect incoming TCP or UDP host connections to guest
173# endpoints
174#
175# @guestfwd: forward guest TCP connections
176#
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177# @tftp-server-name: RFC2132 "TFTP server name" string (Since 3.1)
178#
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179# Since: 1.2
180##
181{ 'struct': 'NetdevUserOptions',
182 'data': {
183 '*hostname': 'str',
184 '*restrict': 'bool',
185 '*ipv4': 'bool',
186 '*ipv6': 'bool',
187 '*ip': 'str',
188 '*net': 'str',
189 '*host': 'str',
190 '*tftp': 'str',
191 '*bootfile': 'str',
192 '*dhcpstart': 'str',
193 '*dns': 'str',
194 '*dnssearch': ['String'],
f18d1375 195 '*domainname': 'str',
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196 '*ipv6-prefix': 'str',
197 '*ipv6-prefixlen': 'int',
198 '*ipv6-host': 'str',
199 '*ipv6-dns': 'str',
200 '*smb': 'str',
201 '*smbserver': 'str',
202 '*hostfwd': ['String'],
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203 '*guestfwd': ['String'],
204 '*tftp-server-name': 'str' } }
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205
206##
207# @NetdevTapOptions:
208#
af1a5c3e 209# Used to configure a host TAP network interface backend.
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210#
211# @ifname: interface name
212#
213# @fd: file descriptor of an already opened tap
214#
215# @fds: multiple file descriptors of already opened multiqueue capable
216# tap
217#
218# @script: script to initialize the interface
219#
220# @downscript: script to shut down the interface
221#
222# @br: bridge name (since 2.8)
223#
224# @helper: command to execute to configure bridge
225#
226# @sndbuf: send buffer limit. Understands [TGMKkb] suffixes.
227#
228# @vnet_hdr: enable the IFF_VNET_HDR flag on the tap interface
229#
230# @vhost: enable vhost-net network accelerator
231#
232# @vhostfd: file descriptor of an already opened vhost net device
233#
234# @vhostfds: file descriptors of multiple already opened vhost net
235# devices
236#
237# @vhostforce: vhost on for non-MSIX virtio guests
238#
239# @queues: number of queues to be created for multiqueue capable tap
240#
241# @poll-us: maximum number of microseconds that could
242# be spent on busy polling for tap (since 2.7)
243#
244# Since: 1.2
245##
246{ 'struct': 'NetdevTapOptions',
247 'data': {
248 '*ifname': 'str',
249 '*fd': 'str',
250 '*fds': 'str',
251 '*script': 'str',
252 '*downscript': 'str',
253 '*br': 'str',
254 '*helper': 'str',
255 '*sndbuf': 'size',
256 '*vnet_hdr': 'bool',
257 '*vhost': 'bool',
258 '*vhostfd': 'str',
259 '*vhostfds': 'str',
260 '*vhostforce': 'bool',
261 '*queues': 'uint32',
262 '*poll-us': 'uint32'} }
263
264##
265# @NetdevSocketOptions:
266#
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267# Socket netdevs are used to establish a network connection to another
268# QEMU virtual machine via a TCP socket.
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269#
270# @fd: file descriptor of an already opened socket
271#
272# @listen: port number, and optional hostname, to listen on
273#
274# @connect: port number, and optional hostname, to connect to
275#
276# @mcast: UDP multicast address and port number
277#
278# @localaddr: source address and port for multicast and udp packets
279#
280# @udp: UDP unicast address and port number
281#
282# Since: 1.2
283##
284{ 'struct': 'NetdevSocketOptions',
285 'data': {
286 '*fd': 'str',
287 '*listen': 'str',
288 '*connect': 'str',
289 '*mcast': 'str',
290 '*localaddr': 'str',
291 '*udp': 'str' } }
292
293##
294# @NetdevL2TPv3Options:
295#
af1a5c3e 296# Configure an Ethernet over L2TPv3 tunnel.
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297#
298# @src: source address
299#
300# @dst: destination address
301#
302# @srcport: source port - mandatory for udp, optional for ip
303#
304# @dstport: destination port - mandatory for udp, optional for ip
305#
306# @ipv6: force the use of ipv6
307#
308# @udp: use the udp version of l2tpv3 encapsulation
309#
310# @cookie64: use 64 bit coookies
311#
312# @counter: have sequence counter
313#
314# @pincounter: pin sequence counter to zero -
315# workaround for buggy implementations or
316# networks with packet reorder
317#
318# @txcookie: 32 or 64 bit transmit cookie
319#
320# @rxcookie: 32 or 64 bit receive cookie
321#
322# @txsession: 32 bit transmit session
323#
324# @rxsession: 32 bit receive session - if not specified
325# set to the same value as transmit
326#
327# @offset: additional offset - allows the insertion of
328# additional application-specific data before the packet payload
329#
330# Since: 2.1
331##
332{ 'struct': 'NetdevL2TPv3Options',
333 'data': {
334 'src': 'str',
335 'dst': 'str',
336 '*srcport': 'str',
337 '*dstport': 'str',
338 '*ipv6': 'bool',
339 '*udp': 'bool',
340 '*cookie64': 'bool',
341 '*counter': 'bool',
342 '*pincounter': 'bool',
343 '*txcookie': 'uint64',
344 '*rxcookie': 'uint64',
345 'txsession': 'uint32',
346 '*rxsession': 'uint32',
347 '*offset': 'uint32' } }
348
349##
350# @NetdevVdeOptions:
351#
af1a5c3e 352# Connect to a vde switch running on the host.
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353#
354# @sock: socket path
355#
356# @port: port number
357#
358# @group: group owner of socket
359#
360# @mode: permissions for socket
361#
362# Since: 1.2
363##
364{ 'struct': 'NetdevVdeOptions',
365 'data': {
366 '*sock': 'str',
367 '*port': 'uint16',
368 '*group': 'str',
369 '*mode': 'uint16' } }
370
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371##
372# @NetdevBridgeOptions:
373#
374# Connect a host TAP network interface to a host bridge device.
375#
376# @br: bridge name
377#
378# @helper: command to execute to configure bridge
379#
380# Since: 1.2
381##
382{ 'struct': 'NetdevBridgeOptions',
383 'data': {
384 '*br': 'str',
385 '*helper': 'str' } }
386
387##
388# @NetdevHubPortOptions:
389#
390# Connect two or more net clients through a software hub.
391#
392# @hubid: hub identifier number
18d65d22 393# @netdev: used to connect hub to a netdev instead of a device (since 2.12)
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394#
395# Since: 1.2
396##
397{ 'struct': 'NetdevHubPortOptions',
398 'data': {
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399 'hubid': 'int32',
400 '*netdev': 'str' } }
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401
402##
403# @NetdevNetmapOptions:
404#
405# Connect a client to a netmap-enabled NIC or to a VALE switch port
406#
407# @ifname: Either the name of an existing network interface supported by
408# netmap, or the name of a VALE port (created on the fly).
409# A VALE port name is in the form 'valeXXX:YYY', where XXX and
410# YYY are non-negative integers. XXX identifies a switch and
411# YYY identifies a port of the switch. VALE ports having the
412# same XXX are therefore connected to the same switch.
413#
414# @devname: path of the netmap device (default: '/dev/netmap').
415#
416# Since: 2.0
417##
418{ 'struct': 'NetdevNetmapOptions',
419 'data': {
420 'ifname': 'str',
421 '*devname': 'str' } }
422
423##
424# @NetdevVhostUserOptions:
425#
426# Vhost-user network backend
427#
428# @chardev: name of a unix socket chardev
429#
430# @vhostforce: vhost on for non-MSIX virtio guests (default: false).
431#
432# @queues: number of queues to be created for multiqueue vhost-user
433# (default: 1) (Since 2.5)
434#
435# Since: 2.1
436##
437{ 'struct': 'NetdevVhostUserOptions',
438 'data': {
439 'chardev': 'str',
440 '*vhostforce': 'bool',
441 '*queues': 'int' } }
442
443##
444# @NetClientDriver:
445#
446# Available netdev drivers.
447#
448# Since: 2.7
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451##
452{ 'enum': 'NetClientDriver',
857d2087 453 'data': [ 'none', 'nic', 'user', 'tap', 'l2tpv3', 'socket', 'vde',
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454 'bridge', 'hubport', 'netmap', 'vhost-user' ] }
455
456##
457# @Netdev:
458#
459# Captures the configuration of a network device.
460#
461# @id: identifier for monitor commands.
462#
463# @type: Specify the driver used for interpreting remaining arguments.
464#
465# Since: 1.2
466#
467# 'l2tpv3' - since 2.1
468##
469{ 'union': 'Netdev',
470 'base': { 'id': 'str', 'type': 'NetClientDriver' },
471 'discriminator': 'type',
472 'data': {
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473 'nic': 'NetLegacyNicOptions',
474 'user': 'NetdevUserOptions',
475 'tap': 'NetdevTapOptions',
476 'l2tpv3': 'NetdevL2TPv3Options',
477 'socket': 'NetdevSocketOptions',
478 'vde': 'NetdevVdeOptions',
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479 'bridge': 'NetdevBridgeOptions',
480 'hubport': 'NetdevHubPortOptions',
481 'netmap': 'NetdevNetmapOptions',
482 'vhost-user': 'NetdevVhostUserOptions' } }
483
484##
485# @NetLegacy:
486#
487# Captures the configuration of a network device; legacy.
488#
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489# @id: identifier for monitor commands
490#
491# @name: identifier for monitor commands, ignored if @id is present
492#
493# @opts: device type specific properties (legacy)
494#
495# Since: 1.2
af1a5c3e 496#
51f63ec7 497# 'vlan': dropped in 3.0
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498##
499{ 'struct': 'NetLegacy',
500 'data': {
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501 '*id': 'str',
502 '*name': 'str',
503 'opts': 'NetLegacyOptions' } }
504
505##
506# @NetLegacyOptionsType:
507#
508# Since: 1.2
509##
510{ 'enum': 'NetLegacyOptionsType',
511 'data': ['none', 'nic', 'user', 'tap', 'l2tpv3', 'socket', 'vde',
857d2087 512 'bridge', 'netmap', 'vhost-user'] }
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513
514##
515# @NetLegacyOptions:
516#
517# Like Netdev, but for use only by the legacy command line options
518#
519# Since: 1.2
520##
521{ 'union': 'NetLegacyOptions',
522 'base': { 'type': 'NetLegacyOptionsType' },
523 'discriminator': 'type',
524 'data': {
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525 'nic': 'NetLegacyNicOptions',
526 'user': 'NetdevUserOptions',
527 'tap': 'NetdevTapOptions',
528 'l2tpv3': 'NetdevL2TPv3Options',
529 'socket': 'NetdevSocketOptions',
530 'vde': 'NetdevVdeOptions',
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531 'bridge': 'NetdevBridgeOptions',
532 'netmap': 'NetdevNetmapOptions',
533 'vhost-user': 'NetdevVhostUserOptions' } }
534
535##
536# @NetFilterDirection:
537#
538# Indicates whether a netfilter is attached to a netdev's transmit queue or
539# receive queue or both.
540#
541# @all: the filter is attached both to the receive and the transmit
542# queue of the netdev (default).
543#
544# @rx: the filter is attached to the receive queue of the netdev,
545# where it will receive packets sent to the netdev.
546#
547# @tx: the filter is attached to the transmit queue of the netdev,
548# where it will receive packets sent by the netdev.
549#
550# Since: 2.5
551##
552{ 'enum': 'NetFilterDirection',
553 'data': [ 'all', 'rx', 'tx' ] }
554
555##
556# @RxState:
557#
558# Packets receiving state
559#
560# @normal: filter assigned packets according to the mac-table
561#
562# @none: don't receive any assigned packet
563#
564# @all: receive all assigned packets
565#
566# Since: 1.6
567##
568{ 'enum': 'RxState', 'data': [ 'normal', 'none', 'all' ] }
569
570##
571# @RxFilterInfo:
572#
573# Rx-filter information for a NIC.
574#
575# @name: net client name
576#
577# @promiscuous: whether promiscuous mode is enabled
578#
579# @multicast: multicast receive state
580#
581# @unicast: unicast receive state
582#
583# @vlan: vlan receive state (Since 2.0)
584#
585# @broadcast-allowed: whether to receive broadcast
586#
587# @multicast-overflow: multicast table is overflowed or not
588#
589# @unicast-overflow: unicast table is overflowed or not
590#
591# @main-mac: the main macaddr string
592#
593# @vlan-table: a list of active vlan id
594#
595# @unicast-table: a list of unicast macaddr string
596#
597# @multicast-table: a list of multicast macaddr string
598#
599# Since: 1.6
600##
601{ 'struct': 'RxFilterInfo',
602 'data': {
603 'name': 'str',
604 'promiscuous': 'bool',
605 'multicast': 'RxState',
606 'unicast': 'RxState',
607 'vlan': 'RxState',
608 'broadcast-allowed': 'bool',
609 'multicast-overflow': 'bool',
610 'unicast-overflow': 'bool',
611 'main-mac': 'str',
612 'vlan-table': ['int'],
613 'unicast-table': ['str'],
614 'multicast-table': ['str'] }}
615
616##
617# @query-rx-filter:
618#
619# Return rx-filter information for all NICs (or for the given NIC).
620#
621# @name: net client name
622#
623# Returns: list of @RxFilterInfo for all NICs (or for the given NIC).
624# Returns an error if the given @name doesn't exist, or given
625# NIC doesn't support rx-filter querying, or given net client
626# isn't a NIC.
627#
628# Since: 1.6
629#
630# Example:
631#
632# -> { "execute": "query-rx-filter", "arguments": { "name": "vnet0" } }
633# <- { "return": [
634# {
635# "promiscuous": true,
636# "name": "vnet0",
637# "main-mac": "52:54:00:12:34:56",
638# "unicast": "normal",
639# "vlan": "normal",
640# "vlan-table": [
641# 4,
642# 0
643# ],
644# "unicast-table": [
645# ],
646# "multicast": "normal",
647# "multicast-overflow": false,
648# "unicast-overflow": false,
649# "multicast-table": [
650# "01:00:5e:00:00:01",
651# "33:33:00:00:00:01",
652# "33:33:ff:12:34:56"
653# ],
654# "broadcast-allowed": false
655# }
656# ]
657# }
658#
659##
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660{ 'command': 'query-rx-filter',
661 'data': { '*name': 'str' },
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662 'returns': ['RxFilterInfo'] }
663
664##
665# @NIC_RX_FILTER_CHANGED:
666#
667# Emitted once until the 'query-rx-filter' command is executed, the first event
668# will always be emitted
669#
670# @name: net client name
671#
672# @path: device path
673#
674# Since: 1.6
675#
676# Example:
677#
678# <- { "event": "NIC_RX_FILTER_CHANGED",
679# "data": { "name": "vnet0",
680# "path": "/machine/peripheral/vnet0/virtio-backend" },
681# "timestamp": { "seconds": 1368697518, "microseconds": 326866 } }
682# }
683#
684##
685{ 'event': 'NIC_RX_FILTER_CHANGED',
686 'data': { '*name': 'str', 'path': 'str' } }
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688##
689# @AnnounceParameters:
690#
691# Parameters for self-announce timers
692#
693# @initial: Initial delay (in ms) before sending the first GARP/RARP
694# announcement
695#
696# @max: Maximum delay (in ms) between GARP/RARP announcement packets
697#
698# @rounds: Number of self-announcement attempts
699#
700# @step: Delay increase (in ms) after each self-announcement attempt
701#
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702# @interfaces: An optional list of interface names, which restricts the
703# announcement to the listed interfaces. (Since 4.1)
704#
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705# @id: A name to be used to identify an instance of announce-timers
706# and to allow it to modified later. Not for use as
707# part of the migration parameters. (Since 4.1)
708#
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709# Since: 4.0
710##
711
712{ 'struct': 'AnnounceParameters',
713 'data': { 'initial': 'int',
714 'max': 'int',
715 'rounds': 'int',
ef2fdbfb 716 'step': 'int',
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717 '*interfaces': ['str'],
718 '*id' : 'str' } }
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719
720##
721# @announce-self:
722#
723# Trigger generation of broadcast RARP frames to update network switches.
724# This can be useful when network bonds fail-over the active slave.
725#
726# @params: AnnounceParameters giving timing and repetition count of announce
727#
728# Example:
729#
ef2fdbfb 730# -> { "execute": "announce-self",
a06cd488 731# "arguments": {
ef2fdbfb 732# "initial": 50, "max": 550, "rounds": 10, "step": 50,
944458b6 733# "interfaces": ["vn2", "vn3"], "id": "bob" } }
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734# <- { "return": {} }
735#
736# Since: 4.0
737##
738{ 'command': 'announce-self', 'boxed': true,
739 'data' : 'AnnounceParameters'}