From 16b3f3bbab7db8f87bdb5ddb226bf19c4c55abdd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ali Shirvani Date: Wed, 19 May 2021 11:41:45 +0430 Subject: doc: Add notes about -mon option mode=control argument. The mode=control argument configures a QMP monitor. Signed-off-by: Ali Shirvani Reviewed-by: Stefan Hajnoczi Message-Id: <0799f0de89ad2482672b5d61d0de61e6eba782da.1621407918.git.alishir@routerhosting.com> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini --- qemu-options.hx | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'qemu-options.hx') diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx index 8116f79818..14258784b3 100644 --- a/qemu-options.hx +++ b/qemu-options.hx @@ -3799,8 +3799,11 @@ 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 -- cgit v1.2.3