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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 1/2] trap signals for "-serial mon:stdio"
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Paolo Bonzini |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 1/2] trap signals for "-serial mon:stdio" |
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Wed, 03 Jul 2013 10:21:46 +0200 |
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Just a couple more suggestions.
> /mjt
>
> --- a/qemu-options.hx
> +++ b/qemu-options.hx
> @@ -825,7 +825,11 @@ a text mode. Generally only the VGA device models
> support text mode.
> @item none
> Do not display video output. The guest will still see an emulated
> graphics card, but its output will not be displayed to the QEMU
> -user. This option differs from the -nographic option in that it
> +user. The fact that we have no display is passed to firmware and
> +affects a few other places depending on the target architecture,
> +like switching console output to serial console or disabling keyboard
> +input.
Add an empty line here.
> +This option differs from the -nographic option in that it
> only affects what is done with video output; -nographic also changes
> the destination of the serial and parallel port data.
> @item vnc
> @@ -841,10 +845,15 @@ STEXI
> @findex -nographic
> Normally, QEMU uses SDL to display the VGA output. With this option,
> you can totally disable graphical output so that QEMU is a simple
> -command line application. The emulated serial port is redirected on
> -the console and muxed with the monitor (unless redirected elsewhere
> -explicitly). Therefore, you can still use QEMU to debug a Linux kernel
> -with a serial console.
> +command line application. When this option is specified, unless
> +redirected explicitly, the emulated serial port and the monitor
> +are multiplexed on the console (stdio).
When this option is specified, the emulated serial port and the monitor
are by default multiplexed on the console (stdio).
> +This option is equivalent for
equivalent to
> address@hidden
> +-display none -serial mon:stdio -parallel none
> address@hidden example
> +Since even with no display, emulated serial port is still available,
> +you can use QEMU to debug a Linux kernel with a serial console.
I would just remove these two lines.
Paolo