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[PATCH] doc: Add notes about -mon option mode=control argument.


From: Ali Shirvani
Subject: [PATCH] doc: Add notes about -mon option mode=control argument.
Date: Wed, 19 May 2021 11:41:45 +0430

The mode=control argument configures a QMP monitor.

Signed-off-by: Ali Shirvani <alishir@routerhosting.com>
---
 qemu-options.hx | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx
index e22fb94d99..292c6f6bdc 100644
--- a/qemu-options.hx
+++ b/qemu-options.hx
@@ -3787,8 +3787,11 @@ 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
 
-- 
2.30.2




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