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Diffstat (limited to 'qemu-options.hx')
| -rw-r--r-- | qemu-options.hx | 20 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx index 365b56c424..22cf3b94ce 100644 --- a/qemu-options.hx +++ b/qemu-options.hx @@ -1930,9 +1930,9 @@ ETEXI DEF("chardev", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_chardev, "-chardev null,id=id[,mux=on|off]\n" - "-chardev socket,id=id[,host=host],port=port[,to=to][,ipv4][,ipv6][,nodelay]\n" - " [,server][,nowait][,telnet][,mux=on|off] (tcp)\n" - "-chardev socket,id=id,path=path[,server][,nowait][,telnet],[mux=on|off] (unix)\n" + "-chardev socket,id=id[,host=host],port=port[,to=to][,ipv4][,ipv6][,nodelay][,reconnect=seconds]\n" + " [,server][,nowait][,telnet][,reconnect=seconds][,mux=on|off] (tcp)\n" + "-chardev socket,id=id,path=path[,server][,nowait][,telnet][,reconnect=seconds][,mux=on|off] (unix)\n" "-chardev udp,id=id[,host=host],port=port[,localaddr=localaddr]\n" " [,localport=localport][,ipv4][,ipv6][,mux=on|off]\n" "-chardev msmouse,id=id[,mux=on|off]\n" @@ -2004,7 +2004,7 @@ Options to each backend are described below. A void device. This device will not emit any data, and will drop any data it receives. The null backend does not take any options. -@item -chardev socket ,id=@var{id} [@var{TCP options} or @var{unix options}] [,server] [,nowait] [,telnet] +@item -chardev socket ,id=@var{id} [@var{TCP options} or @var{unix options}] [,server] [,nowait] [,telnet] [,reconnect=@var{seconds}] Create a two-way stream socket, which can be either a TCP or a unix socket. A unix socket will be created if @option{path} is specified. Behaviour is @@ -2018,6 +2018,10 @@ connect to a listening socket. @option{telnet} specifies that traffic on the socket should interpret telnet escape sequences. +@option{reconnect} sets the timeout for reconnecting on non-server sockets when +the remote end goes away. qemu will delay this many seconds and then attempt +to reconnect. Zero disables reconnecting, and is the default. + TCP and unix socket options are given below: @table @option @@ -2687,14 +2691,16 @@ telnet on port 5555 to access the QEMU port. localhost 5555 @end table -@item tcp:[@var{host}]:@var{port}[,@var{server}][,nowait][,nodelay] +@item tcp:[@var{host}]:@var{port}[,@var{server}][,nowait][,nodelay][,reconnect=@var{seconds}] The TCP Net Console has two modes of operation. It can send the serial I/O to a location or wait for a connection from a location. By default the TCP Net Console is sent to @var{host} at the @var{port}. If you use the @var{server} option QEMU will wait for a client socket application to connect to the port before continuing, unless the @code{nowait} option was specified. The @code{nodelay} option disables the Nagle buffering -algorithm. If @var{host} is omitted, 0.0.0.0 is assumed. Only +algorithm. The @code{reconnect} option only applies if @var{noserver} is +set, if the connection goes down it will attempt to reconnect at the +given interval. If @var{host} is omitted, 0.0.0.0 is assumed. Only one TCP connection at a time is accepted. You can use @code{telnet} to connect to the corresponding character device. @table @code @@ -2715,7 +2721,7 @@ MAGIC_SYSRQ sequence if you use a telnet that supports sending the break sequence. Typically in unix telnet you do it with Control-] and then type "send break" followed by pressing the enter key. -@item unix:@var{path}[,server][,nowait] +@item unix:@var{path}[,server][,nowait][,reconnect=@var{seconds}] A unix domain socket is used instead of a tcp socket. The option works the same as if you had specified @code{-serial tcp} except the unix domain socket @var{path} is used for connections. |