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Commit 16b3f3bb authored by Ali Shirvani's avatar Ali Shirvani Committed by Paolo Bonzini
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doc: Add notes about -mon option mode=control argument.


The mode=control argument configures a QMP monitor.

Signed-off-by: default avatarAli Shirvani <alishir@routerhosting.com>
Reviewed-by: default avatarStefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
Message-Id: <0799f0de89ad2482672b5d61d0de61e6eba782da.1621407918.git.alishir@routerhosting.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarPaolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
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...@@ -3799,8 +3799,11 @@ DEF("mon", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_mon, \ ...@@ -3799,8 +3799,11 @@ DEF("mon", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_mon, \
"-mon [chardev=]name[,mode=readline|control][,pretty[=on|off]]\n", QEMU_ARCH_ALL) "-mon [chardev=]name[,mode=readline|control][,pretty[=on|off]]\n", QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
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``-mon [chardev=]name[,mode=readline|control][,pretty[=on|off]]`` ``-mon [chardev=]name[,mode=readline|control][,pretty[=on|off]]``
Setup monitor on chardev name. ``pretty`` is only valid when Setup monitor on chardev name. ``mode=control`` configures
``mode=control``, turning on JSON pretty printing to ease 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. human reading and debugging.
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