diff --git a/qga/Makefile.objs b/qga/Makefile.objs
index cd3e135..b8d7cd0 100644
--- a/qga/Makefile.objs
+++ b/qga/Makefile.objs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-qga-obj-y = commands.o guest-agent-command-state.o
+qga-obj-y = commands.o guest-agent-command-state.o main.o
 qga-obj-$(CONFIG_POSIX) += commands-posix.o channel-posix.o
 qga-obj-$(CONFIG_WIN32) += commands-win32.o channel-win32.o service-win32.o
 qga-obj-y += qapi-generated/qga-qapi-types.o qapi-generated/qga-qapi-visit.o
diff --git a/qga/main.c b/qga/main.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9b59a52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/qga/main.c
@@ -0,0 +1,901 @@
+/*
+ * QEMU Guest Agent
+ *
+ * Copyright IBM Corp. 2011
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ *  Adam Litke        <aglitke@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
+ *  Michael Roth      <mdroth@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or later.
+ * See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
+ */
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <glib.h>
+#include <getopt.h>
+#ifndef _WIN32
+#include <syslog.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#endif
+#include "json-streamer.h"
+#include "json-parser.h"
+#include "qint.h"
+#include "qjson.h"
+#include "qga/guest-agent-core.h"
+#include "module.h"
+#include "signal.h"
+#include "qerror.h"
+#include "qapi/qmp-core.h"
+#include "qga/channel.h"
+#ifdef _WIN32
+#include "qga/service-win32.h"
+#include <windows.h>
+#endif
+
+#ifndef _WIN32
+#define QGA_VIRTIO_PATH_DEFAULT "/dev/virtio-ports/org.qemu.guest_agent.0"
+#else
+#define QGA_VIRTIO_PATH_DEFAULT "\\\\.\\Global\\org.qemu.guest_agent.0"
+#endif
+#define QGA_STATEDIR_DEFAULT CONFIG_QEMU_LOCALSTATEDIR "/run"
+#define QGA_PIDFILE_DEFAULT QGA_STATEDIR_DEFAULT "/qemu-ga.pid"
+#define QGA_SENTINEL_BYTE 0xFF
+
+struct GAState {
+    JSONMessageParser parser;
+    GMainLoop *main_loop;
+    GAChannel *channel;
+    bool virtio; /* fastpath to check for virtio to deal with poll() quirks */
+    GACommandState *command_state;
+    GLogLevelFlags log_level;
+    FILE *log_file;
+    bool logging_enabled;
+#ifdef _WIN32
+    GAService service;
+#endif
+    bool delimit_response;
+    bool frozen;
+    GList *blacklist;
+    const char *state_filepath_isfrozen;
+    struct {
+        const char *log_filepath;
+        const char *pid_filepath;
+    } deferred_options;
+};
+
+struct GAState *ga_state;
+
+/* commands that are safe to issue while filesystems are frozen */
+static const char *ga_freeze_whitelist[] = {
+    "guest-ping",
+    "guest-info",
+    "guest-sync",
+    "guest-fsfreeze-status",
+    "guest-fsfreeze-thaw",
+    NULL
+};
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
+DWORD WINAPI service_ctrl_handler(DWORD ctrl, DWORD type, LPVOID data,
+                                  LPVOID ctx);
+VOID WINAPI service_main(DWORD argc, TCHAR *argv[]);
+#endif
+
+static void quit_handler(int sig)
+{
+    /* if we're frozen, don't exit unless we're absolutely forced to,
+     * because it's basically impossible for graceful exit to complete
+     * unless all log/pid files are on unfreezable filesystems. there's
+     * also a very likely chance killing the agent before unfreezing
+     * the filesystems is a mistake (or will be viewed as one later).
+     */
+    if (ga_is_frozen(ga_state)) {
+        return;
+    }
+    g_debug("received signal num %d, quitting", sig);
+
+    if (g_main_loop_is_running(ga_state->main_loop)) {
+        g_main_loop_quit(ga_state->main_loop);
+    }
+}
+
+#ifndef _WIN32
+static gboolean register_signal_handlers(void)
+{
+    struct sigaction sigact;
+    int ret;
+
+    memset(&sigact, 0, sizeof(struct sigaction));
+    sigact.sa_handler = quit_handler;
+
+    ret = sigaction(SIGINT, &sigact, NULL);
+    if (ret == -1) {
+        g_error("error configuring signal handler: %s", strerror(errno));
+    }
+    ret = sigaction(SIGTERM, &sigact, NULL);
+    if (ret == -1) {
+        g_error("error configuring signal handler: %s", strerror(errno));
+    }
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+/* TODO: use this in place of all post-fork() fclose(std*) callers */
+void reopen_fd_to_null(int fd)
+{
+    int nullfd;
+
+    nullfd = open("/dev/null", O_RDWR);
+    if (nullfd < 0) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    dup2(nullfd, fd);
+
+    if (nullfd != fd) {
+        close(nullfd);
+    }
+}
+#endif
+
+static void usage(const char *cmd)
+{
+    printf(
+"Usage: %s [-m <method> -p <path>] [<options>]\n"
+"QEMU Guest Agent %s\n"
+"\n"
+"  -m, --method      transport method: one of unix-listen, virtio-serial, or\n"
+"                    isa-serial (virtio-serial is the default)\n"
+"  -p, --path        device/socket path (the default for virtio-serial is:\n"
+"                    %s)\n"
+"  -l, --logfile     set logfile path, logs to stderr by default\n"
+"  -f, --pidfile     specify pidfile (default is %s)\n"
+"  -t, --statedir    specify dir to store state information (absolute paths\n"
+"                    only, default is %s)\n"
+"  -v, --verbose     log extra debugging information\n"
+"  -V, --version     print version information and exit\n"
+"  -d, --daemonize   become a daemon\n"
+#ifdef _WIN32
+"  -s, --service     service commands: install, uninstall\n"
+#endif
+"  -b, --blacklist   comma-separated list of RPCs to disable (no spaces, \"?\"\n"
+"                    to list available RPCs)\n"
+"  -h, --help        display this help and exit\n"
+"\n"
+"Report bugs to <mdroth@linux.vnet.ibm.com>\n"
+    , cmd, QEMU_VERSION, QGA_VIRTIO_PATH_DEFAULT, QGA_PIDFILE_DEFAULT,
+    QGA_STATEDIR_DEFAULT);
+}
+
+static const char *ga_log_level_str(GLogLevelFlags level)
+{
+    switch (level & G_LOG_LEVEL_MASK) {
+        case G_LOG_LEVEL_ERROR:
+            return "error";
+        case G_LOG_LEVEL_CRITICAL:
+            return "critical";
+        case G_LOG_LEVEL_WARNING:
+            return "warning";
+        case G_LOG_LEVEL_MESSAGE:
+            return "message";
+        case G_LOG_LEVEL_INFO:
+            return "info";
+        case G_LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG:
+            return "debug";
+        default:
+            return "user";
+    }
+}
+
+bool ga_logging_enabled(GAState *s)
+{
+    return s->logging_enabled;
+}
+
+void ga_disable_logging(GAState *s)
+{
+    s->logging_enabled = false;
+}
+
+void ga_enable_logging(GAState *s)
+{
+    s->logging_enabled = true;
+}
+
+static void ga_log(const gchar *domain, GLogLevelFlags level,
+                   const gchar *msg, gpointer opaque)
+{
+    GAState *s = opaque;
+    GTimeVal time;
+    const char *level_str = ga_log_level_str(level);
+
+    if (!ga_logging_enabled(s)) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    level &= G_LOG_LEVEL_MASK;
+#ifndef _WIN32
+    if (domain && strcmp(domain, "syslog") == 0) {
+        syslog(LOG_INFO, "%s: %s", level_str, msg);
+    } else if (level & s->log_level) {
+#else
+    if (level & s->log_level) {
+#endif
+        g_get_current_time(&time);
+        fprintf(s->log_file,
+                "%lu.%lu: %s: %s\n", time.tv_sec, time.tv_usec, level_str, msg);
+        fflush(s->log_file);
+    }
+}
+
+void ga_set_response_delimited(GAState *s)
+{
+    s->delimit_response = true;
+}
+
+#ifndef _WIN32
+static bool ga_open_pidfile(const char *pidfile)
+{
+    int pidfd;
+    char pidstr[32];
+
+    pidfd = open(pidfile, O_CREAT|O_WRONLY, S_IRUSR|S_IWUSR);
+    if (pidfd == -1 || lockf(pidfd, F_TLOCK, 0)) {
+        g_critical("Cannot lock pid file, %s", strerror(errno));
+        if (pidfd != -1) {
+            close(pidfd);
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    if (ftruncate(pidfd, 0) || lseek(pidfd, 0, SEEK_SET)) {
+        g_critical("Failed to truncate pid file");
+        goto fail;
+    }
+    snprintf(pidstr, sizeof(pidstr), "%d\n", getpid());
+    if (write(pidfd, pidstr, strlen(pidstr)) != strlen(pidstr)) {
+        g_critical("Failed to write pid file");
+        goto fail;
+    }
+
+    return true;
+
+fail:
+    unlink(pidfile);
+    return false;
+}
+#else /* _WIN32 */
+static bool ga_open_pidfile(const char *pidfile)
+{
+    return true;
+}
+#endif
+
+static gint ga_strcmp(gconstpointer str1, gconstpointer str2)
+{
+    return strcmp(str1, str2);
+}
+
+/* disable commands that aren't safe for fsfreeze */
+static void ga_disable_non_whitelisted(void)
+{
+    char **list_head, **list;
+    bool whitelisted;
+    int i;
+
+    list_head = list = qmp_get_command_list();
+    while (*list != NULL) {
+        whitelisted = false;
+        i = 0;
+        while (ga_freeze_whitelist[i] != NULL) {
+            if (strcmp(*list, ga_freeze_whitelist[i]) == 0) {
+                whitelisted = true;
+            }
+            i++;
+        }
+        if (!whitelisted) {
+            g_debug("disabling command: %s", *list);
+            qmp_disable_command(*list);
+        }
+        g_free(*list);
+        list++;
+    }
+    g_free(list_head);
+}
+
+/* [re-]enable all commands, except those explicitly blacklisted by user */
+static void ga_enable_non_blacklisted(GList *blacklist)
+{
+    char **list_head, **list;
+
+    list_head = list = qmp_get_command_list();
+    while (*list != NULL) {
+        if (g_list_find_custom(blacklist, *list, ga_strcmp) == NULL &&
+            !qmp_command_is_enabled(*list)) {
+            g_debug("enabling command: %s", *list);
+            qmp_enable_command(*list);
+        }
+        g_free(*list);
+        list++;
+    }
+    g_free(list_head);
+}
+
+static bool ga_create_file(const char *path)
+{
+    int fd = open(path, O_CREAT | O_WRONLY, S_IWUSR | S_IRUSR);
+    if (fd == -1) {
+        g_warning("unable to open/create file %s: %s", path, strerror(errno));
+        return false;
+    }
+    close(fd);
+    return true;
+}
+
+static bool ga_delete_file(const char *path)
+{
+    int ret = unlink(path);
+    if (ret == -1) {
+        g_warning("unable to delete file: %s: %s", path, strerror(errno));
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+bool ga_is_frozen(GAState *s)
+{
+    return s->frozen;
+}
+
+void ga_set_frozen(GAState *s)
+{
+    if (ga_is_frozen(s)) {
+        return;
+    }
+    /* disable all non-whitelisted (for frozen state) commands */
+    ga_disable_non_whitelisted();
+    g_warning("disabling logging due to filesystem freeze");
+    ga_disable_logging(s);
+    s->frozen = true;
+    if (!ga_create_file(s->state_filepath_isfrozen)) {
+        g_warning("unable to create %s, fsfreeze may not function properly",
+                  s->state_filepath_isfrozen);
+    }
+}
+
+void ga_unset_frozen(GAState *s)
+{
+    if (!ga_is_frozen(s)) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    /* if we delayed creation/opening of pid/log files due to being
+     * in a frozen state at start up, do it now
+     */
+    if (s->deferred_options.log_filepath) {
+        s->log_file = fopen(s->deferred_options.log_filepath, "a");
+        if (!s->log_file) {
+            s->log_file = stderr;
+        }
+        s->deferred_options.log_filepath = NULL;
+    }
+    ga_enable_logging(s);
+    g_warning("logging re-enabled due to filesystem unfreeze");
+    if (s->deferred_options.pid_filepath) {
+        if (!ga_open_pidfile(s->deferred_options.pid_filepath)) {
+            g_warning("failed to create/open pid file");
+        }
+        s->deferred_options.pid_filepath = NULL;
+    }
+
+    /* enable all disabled, non-blacklisted commands */
+    ga_enable_non_blacklisted(s->blacklist);
+    s->frozen = false;
+    if (!ga_delete_file(s->state_filepath_isfrozen)) {
+        g_warning("unable to delete %s, fsfreeze may not function properly",
+                  s->state_filepath_isfrozen);
+    }
+}
+
+static void become_daemon(const char *pidfile)
+{
+#ifndef _WIN32
+    pid_t pid, sid;
+
+    pid = fork();
+    if (pid < 0) {
+        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+    }
+    if (pid > 0) {
+        exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
+    }
+
+    if (pidfile) {
+        if (!ga_open_pidfile(pidfile)) {
+            g_critical("failed to create pidfile");
+            exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+        }
+    }
+
+    umask(0);
+    sid = setsid();
+    if (sid < 0) {
+        goto fail;
+    }
+    if ((chdir("/")) < 0) {
+        goto fail;
+    }
+
+    reopen_fd_to_null(STDIN_FILENO);
+    reopen_fd_to_null(STDOUT_FILENO);
+    reopen_fd_to_null(STDERR_FILENO);
+    return;
+
+fail:
+    if (pidfile) {
+        unlink(pidfile);
+    }
+    g_critical("failed to daemonize");
+    exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+#endif
+}
+
+static int send_response(GAState *s, QObject *payload)
+{
+    const char *buf;
+    QString *payload_qstr, *response_qstr;
+    GIOStatus status;
+
+    g_assert(payload && s->channel);
+
+    payload_qstr = qobject_to_json(payload);
+    if (!payload_qstr) {
+        return -EINVAL;
+    }
+
+    if (s->delimit_response) {
+        s->delimit_response = false;
+        response_qstr = qstring_new();
+        qstring_append_chr(response_qstr, QGA_SENTINEL_BYTE);
+        qstring_append(response_qstr, qstring_get_str(payload_qstr));
+        QDECREF(payload_qstr);
+    } else {
+        response_qstr = payload_qstr;
+    }
+
+    qstring_append_chr(response_qstr, '\n');
+    buf = qstring_get_str(response_qstr);
+    status = ga_channel_write_all(s->channel, buf, strlen(buf));
+    QDECREF(response_qstr);
+    if (status != G_IO_STATUS_NORMAL) {
+        return -EIO;
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static void process_command(GAState *s, QDict *req)
+{
+    QObject *rsp = NULL;
+    int ret;
+
+    g_assert(req);
+    g_debug("processing command");
+    rsp = qmp_dispatch(QOBJECT(req));
+    if (rsp) {
+        ret = send_response(s, rsp);
+        if (ret) {
+            g_warning("error sending response: %s", strerror(ret));
+        }
+        qobject_decref(rsp);
+    }
+}
+
+/* handle requests/control events coming in over the channel */
+static void process_event(JSONMessageParser *parser, QList *tokens)
+{
+    GAState *s = container_of(parser, GAState, parser);
+    QObject *obj;
+    QDict *qdict;
+    Error *err = NULL;
+    int ret;
+
+    g_assert(s && parser);
+
+    g_debug("process_event: called");
+    obj = json_parser_parse_err(tokens, NULL, &err);
+    if (err || !obj || qobject_type(obj) != QTYPE_QDICT) {
+        qobject_decref(obj);
+        qdict = qdict_new();
+        if (!err) {
+            g_warning("failed to parse event: unknown error");
+            error_set(&err, QERR_JSON_PARSING);
+        } else {
+            g_warning("failed to parse event: %s", error_get_pretty(err));
+        }
+        qdict_put_obj(qdict, "error", qmp_build_error_object(err));
+        error_free(err);
+    } else {
+        qdict = qobject_to_qdict(obj);
+    }
+
+    g_assert(qdict);
+
+    /* handle host->guest commands */
+    if (qdict_haskey(qdict, "execute")) {
+        process_command(s, qdict);
+    } else {
+        if (!qdict_haskey(qdict, "error")) {
+            QDECREF(qdict);
+            qdict = qdict_new();
+            g_warning("unrecognized payload format");
+            error_set(&err, QERR_UNSUPPORTED);
+            qdict_put_obj(qdict, "error", qmp_build_error_object(err));
+            error_free(err);
+        }
+        ret = send_response(s, QOBJECT(qdict));
+        if (ret) {
+            g_warning("error sending error response: %s", strerror(ret));
+        }
+    }
+
+    QDECREF(qdict);
+}
+
+/* false return signals GAChannel to close the current client connection */
+static gboolean channel_event_cb(GIOCondition condition, gpointer data)
+{
+    GAState *s = data;
+    gchar buf[QGA_READ_COUNT_DEFAULT+1];
+    gsize count;
+    GError *err = NULL;
+    GIOStatus status = ga_channel_read(s->channel, buf, QGA_READ_COUNT_DEFAULT, &count);
+    if (err != NULL) {
+        g_warning("error reading channel: %s", err->message);
+        g_error_free(err);
+        return false;
+    }
+    switch (status) {
+    case G_IO_STATUS_ERROR:
+        g_warning("error reading channel");
+        return false;
+    case G_IO_STATUS_NORMAL:
+        buf[count] = 0;
+        g_debug("read data, count: %d, data: %s", (int)count, buf);
+        json_message_parser_feed(&s->parser, (char *)buf, (int)count);
+        break;
+    case G_IO_STATUS_EOF:
+        g_debug("received EOF");
+        if (!s->virtio) {
+            return false;
+        }
+    case G_IO_STATUS_AGAIN:
+        /* virtio causes us to spin here when no process is attached to
+         * host-side chardev. sleep a bit to mitigate this
+         */
+        if (s->virtio) {
+            usleep(100*1000);
+        }
+        return true;
+    default:
+        g_warning("unknown channel read status, closing");
+        return false;
+    }
+    return true;
+}
+
+static gboolean channel_init(GAState *s, const gchar *method, const gchar *path)
+{
+    GAChannelMethod channel_method;
+
+    if (method == NULL) {
+        method = "virtio-serial";
+    }
+
+    if (path == NULL) {
+        if (strcmp(method, "virtio-serial") != 0) {
+            g_critical("must specify a path for this channel");
+            return false;
+        }
+        /* try the default path for the virtio-serial port */
+        path = QGA_VIRTIO_PATH_DEFAULT;
+    }
+
+    if (strcmp(method, "virtio-serial") == 0) {
+        s->virtio = true; /* virtio requires special handling in some cases */
+        channel_method = GA_CHANNEL_VIRTIO_SERIAL;
+    } else if (strcmp(method, "isa-serial") == 0) {
+        channel_method = GA_CHANNEL_ISA_SERIAL;
+    } else if (strcmp(method, "unix-listen") == 0) {
+        channel_method = GA_CHANNEL_UNIX_LISTEN;
+    } else {
+        g_critical("unsupported channel method/type: %s", method);
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    s->channel = ga_channel_new(channel_method, path, channel_event_cb, s);
+    if (!s->channel) {
+        g_critical("failed to create guest agent channel");
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
+DWORD WINAPI service_ctrl_handler(DWORD ctrl, DWORD type, LPVOID data,
+                                  LPVOID ctx)
+{
+    DWORD ret = NO_ERROR;
+    GAService *service = &ga_state->service;
+
+    switch (ctrl)
+    {
+        case SERVICE_CONTROL_STOP:
+        case SERVICE_CONTROL_SHUTDOWN:
+            quit_handler(SIGTERM);
+            service->status.dwCurrentState = SERVICE_STOP_PENDING;
+            SetServiceStatus(service->status_handle, &service->status);
+            break;
+
+        default:
+            ret = ERROR_CALL_NOT_IMPLEMENTED;
+    }
+    return ret;
+}
+
+VOID WINAPI service_main(DWORD argc, TCHAR *argv[])
+{
+    GAService *service = &ga_state->service;
+
+    service->status_handle = RegisterServiceCtrlHandlerEx(QGA_SERVICE_NAME,
+        service_ctrl_handler, NULL);
+
+    if (service->status_handle == 0) {
+        g_critical("Failed to register extended requests function!\n");
+        return;
+    }
+
+    service->status.dwServiceType = SERVICE_WIN32;
+    service->status.dwCurrentState = SERVICE_RUNNING;
+    service->status.dwControlsAccepted = SERVICE_ACCEPT_STOP | SERVICE_ACCEPT_SHUTDOWN;
+    service->status.dwWin32ExitCode = NO_ERROR;
+    service->status.dwServiceSpecificExitCode = NO_ERROR;
+    service->status.dwCheckPoint = 0;
+    service->status.dwWaitHint = 0;
+    SetServiceStatus(service->status_handle, &service->status);
+
+    g_main_loop_run(ga_state->main_loop);
+
+    service->status.dwCurrentState = SERVICE_STOPPED;
+    SetServiceStatus(service->status_handle, &service->status);
+}
+#endif
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+    const char *sopt = "hVvdm:p:l:f:b:s:t:";
+    const char *method = NULL, *path = NULL;
+    const char *log_filepath = NULL;
+    const char *pid_filepath = QGA_PIDFILE_DEFAULT;
+    const char *state_dir = QGA_STATEDIR_DEFAULT;
+#ifdef _WIN32
+    const char *service = NULL;
+#endif
+    const struct option lopt[] = {
+        { "help", 0, NULL, 'h' },
+        { "version", 0, NULL, 'V' },
+        { "logfile", 1, NULL, 'l' },
+        { "pidfile", 1, NULL, 'f' },
+        { "verbose", 0, NULL, 'v' },
+        { "method", 1, NULL, 'm' },
+        { "path", 1, NULL, 'p' },
+        { "daemonize", 0, NULL, 'd' },
+        { "blacklist", 1, NULL, 'b' },
+#ifdef _WIN32
+        { "service", 1, NULL, 's' },
+#endif
+        { "statedir", 1, NULL, 't' },
+        { NULL, 0, NULL, 0 }
+    };
+    int opt_ind = 0, ch, daemonize = 0, i, j, len;
+    GLogLevelFlags log_level = G_LOG_LEVEL_ERROR | G_LOG_LEVEL_CRITICAL;
+    GList *blacklist = NULL;
+    GAState *s;
+
+    module_call_init(MODULE_INIT_QAPI);
+
+    while ((ch = getopt_long(argc, argv, sopt, lopt, &opt_ind)) != -1) {
+        switch (ch) {
+        case 'm':
+            method = optarg;
+            break;
+        case 'p':
+            path = optarg;
+            break;
+        case 'l':
+            log_filepath = optarg;
+            break;
+        case 'f':
+            pid_filepath = optarg;
+            break;
+        case 't':
+             state_dir = optarg;
+             break;
+        case 'v':
+            /* enable all log levels */
+            log_level = G_LOG_LEVEL_MASK;
+            break;
+        case 'V':
+            printf("QEMU Guest Agent %s\n", QEMU_VERSION);
+            return 0;
+        case 'd':
+            daemonize = 1;
+            break;
+        case 'b': {
+            char **list_head, **list;
+            if (is_help_option(optarg)) {
+                list_head = list = qmp_get_command_list();
+                while (*list != NULL) {
+                    printf("%s\n", *list);
+                    g_free(*list);
+                    list++;
+                }
+                g_free(list_head);
+                return 0;
+            }
+            for (j = 0, i = 0, len = strlen(optarg); i < len; i++) {
+                if (optarg[i] == ',') {
+                    optarg[i] = 0;
+                    blacklist = g_list_append(blacklist, &optarg[j]);
+                    j = i + 1;
+                }
+            }
+            if (j < i) {
+                blacklist = g_list_append(blacklist, &optarg[j]);
+            }
+            break;
+        }
+#ifdef _WIN32
+        case 's':
+            service = optarg;
+            if (strcmp(service, "install") == 0) {
+                return ga_install_service(path, log_filepath);
+            } else if (strcmp(service, "uninstall") == 0) {
+                return ga_uninstall_service();
+            } else {
+                printf("Unknown service command.\n");
+                return EXIT_FAILURE;
+            }
+            break;
+#endif
+        case 'h':
+            usage(argv[0]);
+            return 0;
+        case '?':
+            g_print("Unknown option, try '%s --help' for more information.\n",
+                    argv[0]);
+            return EXIT_FAILURE;
+        }
+    }
+
+    s = g_malloc0(sizeof(GAState));
+    s->log_level = log_level;
+    s->log_file = stderr;
+    g_log_set_default_handler(ga_log, s);
+    g_log_set_fatal_mask(NULL, G_LOG_LEVEL_ERROR);
+    ga_enable_logging(s);
+    s->state_filepath_isfrozen = g_strdup_printf("%s/qga.state.isfrozen",
+                                                 state_dir);
+    s->frozen = false;
+#ifndef _WIN32
+    /* check if a previous instance of qemu-ga exited with filesystems' state
+     * marked as frozen. this could be a stale value (a non-qemu-ga process
+     * or reboot may have since unfrozen them), but better to require an
+     * uneeded unfreeze than to risk hanging on start-up
+     */
+    struct stat st;
+    if (stat(s->state_filepath_isfrozen, &st) == -1) {
+        /* it's okay if the file doesn't exist, but if we can't access for
+         * some other reason, such as permissions, there's a configuration
+         * that needs to be addressed. so just bail now before we get into
+         * more trouble later
+         */
+        if (errno != ENOENT) {
+            g_critical("unable to access state file at path %s: %s",
+                       s->state_filepath_isfrozen, strerror(errno));
+            return EXIT_FAILURE;
+        }
+    } else {
+        g_warning("previous instance appears to have exited with frozen"
+                  " filesystems. deferring logging/pidfile creation and"
+                  " disabling non-fsfreeze-safe commands until"
+                  " guest-fsfreeze-thaw is issued, or filesystems are"
+                  " manually unfrozen and the file %s is removed",
+                  s->state_filepath_isfrozen);
+        s->frozen = true;
+    }
+#endif
+
+    if (ga_is_frozen(s)) {
+        if (daemonize) {
+            /* delay opening/locking of pidfile till filesystem are unfrozen */
+            s->deferred_options.pid_filepath = pid_filepath;
+            become_daemon(NULL);
+        }
+        if (log_filepath) {
+            /* delay opening the log file till filesystems are unfrozen */
+            s->deferred_options.log_filepath = log_filepath;
+        }
+        ga_disable_logging(s);
+        ga_disable_non_whitelisted();
+    } else {
+        if (daemonize) {
+            become_daemon(pid_filepath);
+        }
+        if (log_filepath) {
+            FILE *log_file = fopen(log_filepath, "a");
+            if (!log_file) {
+                g_critical("unable to open specified log file: %s",
+                           strerror(errno));
+                goto out_bad;
+            }
+            s->log_file = log_file;
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (blacklist) {
+        s->blacklist = blacklist;
+        do {
+            g_debug("disabling command: %s", (char *)blacklist->data);
+            qmp_disable_command(blacklist->data);
+            blacklist = g_list_next(blacklist);
+        } while (blacklist);
+    }
+    s->command_state = ga_command_state_new();
+    ga_command_state_init(s, s->command_state);
+    ga_command_state_init_all(s->command_state);
+    json_message_parser_init(&s->parser, process_event);
+    ga_state = s;
+#ifndef _WIN32
+    if (!register_signal_handlers()) {
+        g_critical("failed to register signal handlers");
+        goto out_bad;
+    }
+#endif
+
+    s->main_loop = g_main_loop_new(NULL, false);
+    if (!channel_init(ga_state, method, path)) {
+        g_critical("failed to initialize guest agent channel");
+        goto out_bad;
+    }
+#ifndef _WIN32
+    g_main_loop_run(ga_state->main_loop);
+#else
+    if (daemonize) {
+        SERVICE_TABLE_ENTRY service_table[] = {
+            { (char *)QGA_SERVICE_NAME, service_main }, { NULL, NULL } };
+        StartServiceCtrlDispatcher(service_table);
+    } else {
+        g_main_loop_run(ga_state->main_loop);
+    }
+#endif
+
+    ga_command_state_cleanup_all(ga_state->command_state);
+    ga_channel_free(ga_state->channel);
+
+    if (daemonize) {
+        unlink(pid_filepath);
+    }
+    return 0;
+
+out_bad:
+    if (daemonize) {
+        unlink(pid_filepath);
+    }
+    return EXIT_FAILURE;
+}
diff --git a/qga/qapi-schema.json b/qga/qapi-schema.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ed0eb69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/qga/qapi-schema.json
@@ -0,0 +1,517 @@
+# *-*- Mode: Python -*-*
+
+##
+#
+# Echo back a unique integer value, and prepend to response a
+# leading sentinel byte (0xFF) the client can check scan for.
+#
+# This is used by clients talking to the guest agent over the
+# wire to ensure the stream is in sync and doesn't contain stale
+# data from previous client. It must be issued upon initial
+# connection, and after any client-side timeouts (including
+# timeouts on receiving a response to this command).
+#
+# After issuing this request, all guest agent responses should be
+# ignored until the response containing the unique integer value
+# the client passed in is returned. Receival of the 0xFF sentinel
+# byte must be handled as an indication that the client's
+# lexer/tokenizer/parser state should be flushed/reset in
+# preparation for reliably receiving the subsequent response. As
+# an optimization, clients may opt to ignore all data until a
+# sentinel value is receiving to avoid unnecessary processing of
+# stale data.
+#
+# Similarly, clients should also precede this *request*
+# with a 0xFF byte to make sure the guest agent flushes any
+# partially read JSON data from a previous client connection.
+#
+# @id: randomly generated 64-bit integer
+#
+# Returns: The unique integer id passed in by the client
+#
+# Since: 1.1
+# ##
+{ 'command': 'guest-sync-delimited'
+  'data':    { 'id': 'int' },
+  'returns': 'int' }
+
+##
+# @guest-sync:
+#
+# Echo back a unique integer value
+#
+# This is used by clients talking to the guest agent over the
+# wire to ensure the stream is in sync and doesn't contain stale
+# data from previous client. All guest agent responses should be
+# ignored until the provided unique integer value is returned,
+# and it is up to the client to handle stale whole or
+# partially-delivered JSON text in such a way that this response
+# can be obtained.
+#
+# In cases where a partial stale response was previously
+# received by the client, this cannot always be done reliably.
+# One particular scenario being if qemu-ga responses are fed
+# character-by-character into a JSON parser. In these situations,
+# using guest-sync-delimited may be optimal.
+#
+# For clients that fetch responses line by line and convert them
+# to JSON objects, guest-sync should be sufficient, but note that
+# in cases where the channel is dirty some attempts at parsing the
+# response may result in a parser error.
+#
+# Such clients should also precede this command
+# with a 0xFF byte to make sure the guest agent flushes any
+# partially read JSON data from a previous session.
+#
+# @id: randomly generated 64-bit integer
+#
+# Returns: The unique integer id passed in by the client
+#
+# Since: 0.15.0
+##
+{ 'command': 'guest-sync'
+  'data':    { 'id': 'int' },
+  'returns': 'int' }
+
+##
+# @guest-ping:
+#
+# Ping the guest agent, a non-error return implies success
+#
+# Since: 0.15.0
+##
+{ 'command': 'guest-ping' }
+
+##
+# @GuestAgentCommandInfo:
+#
+# Information about guest agent commands.
+#
+# @name: name of the command
+#
+# @enabled: whether command is currently enabled by guest admin
+#
+# Since 1.1.0
+##
+{ 'type': 'GuestAgentCommandInfo',
+  'data': { 'name': 'str', 'enabled': 'bool' } }
+
+##
+# @GuestAgentInfo
+#
+# Information about guest agent.
+#
+# @version: guest agent version
+#
+# @supported_commands: Information about guest agent commands
+#
+# Since 0.15.0
+##
+{ 'type': 'GuestAgentInfo',
+  'data': { 'version': 'str',
+            'supported_commands': ['GuestAgentCommandInfo'] } }
+##
+# @guest-info:
+#
+# Get some information about the guest agent.
+#
+# Returns: @GuestAgentInfo
+#
+# Since: 0.15.0
+##
+{ 'command': 'guest-info',
+  'returns': 'GuestAgentInfo' }
+
+##
+# @guest-shutdown:
+#
+# Initiate guest-activated shutdown. Note: this is an asynchronous
+# shutdown request, with no guarantee of successful shutdown.
+#
+# @mode: #optional "halt", "powerdown" (default), or "reboot"
+#
+# This command does NOT return a response on success. Success condition
+# is indicated by the VM exiting with a zero exit status or, when
+# running with --no-shutdown, by issuing the query-status QMP command
+# to confirm the VM status is "shutdown".
+#
+# Since: 0.15.0
+##
+{ 'command': 'guest-shutdown', 'data': { '*mode': 'str' },
+  'success-response': 'no' }
+
+##
+# @guest-file-open:
+#
+# Open a file in the guest and retrieve a file handle for it
+#
+# @filepath: Full path to the file in the guest to open.
+#
+# @mode: #optional open mode, as per fopen(), "r" is the default.
+#
+# Returns: Guest file handle on success.
+#
+# Since: 0.15.0
+##
+{ 'command': 'guest-file-open',
+  'data':    { 'path': 'str', '*mode': 'str' },
+  'returns': 'int' }
+
+##
+# @guest-file-close:
+#
+# Close an open file in the guest
+#
+# @handle: filehandle returned by guest-file-open
+#
+# Returns: Nothing on success.
+#
+# Since: 0.15.0
+##
+{ 'command': 'guest-file-close',
+  'data': { 'handle': 'int' } }
+
+##
+# @GuestFileRead
+#
+# Result of guest agent file-read operation
+#
+# @count: number of bytes read (note: count is *before*
+#         base64-encoding is applied)
+#
+# @buf-b64: base64-encoded bytes read
+#
+# @eof: whether EOF was encountered during read operation.
+#
+# Since: 0.15.0
+##
+{ 'type': 'GuestFileRead',
+  'data': { 'count': 'int', 'buf-b64': 'str', 'eof': 'bool' } }
+
+##
+# @guest-file-read:
+#
+# Read from an open file in the guest. Data will be base64-encoded
+#
+# @handle: filehandle returned by guest-file-open
+#
+# @count: #optional maximum number of bytes to read (default is 4KB)
+#
+# Returns: @GuestFileRead on success.
+#
+# Since: 0.15.0
+##
+{ 'command': 'guest-file-read',
+  'data':    { 'handle': 'int', '*count': 'int' },
+  'returns': 'GuestFileRead' }
+
+##
+# @GuestFileWrite
+#
+# Result of guest agent file-write operation
+#
+# @count: number of bytes written (note: count is actual bytes
+#         written, after base64-decoding of provided buffer)
+#
+# @eof: whether EOF was encountered during write operation.
+#
+# Since: 0.15.0
+##
+{ 'type': 'GuestFileWrite',
+  'data': { 'count': 'int', 'eof': 'bool' } }
+
+##
+# @guest-file-write:
+#
+# Write to an open file in the guest.
+#
+# @handle: filehandle returned by guest-file-open
+#
+# @buf-b64: base64-encoded string representing data to be written
+#
+# @count: #optional bytes to write (actual bytes, after base64-decode),
+#         default is all content in buf-b64 buffer after base64 decoding
+#
+# Returns: @GuestFileWrite on success.
+#
+# Since: 0.15.0
+##
+{ 'command': 'guest-file-write',
+  'data':    { 'handle': 'int', 'buf-b64': 'str', '*count': 'int' },
+  'returns': 'GuestFileWrite' }
+
+
+##
+# @GuestFileSeek
+#
+# Result of guest agent file-seek operation
+#
+# @position: current file position
+#
+# @eof: whether EOF was encountered during file seek
+#
+# Since: 0.15.0
+##
+{ 'type': 'GuestFileSeek',
+  'data': { 'position': 'int', 'eof': 'bool' } }
+
+##
+# @guest-file-seek:
+#
+# Seek to a position in the file, as with fseek(), and return the
+# current file position afterward. Also encapsulates ftell()'s
+# functionality, just Set offset=0, whence=SEEK_CUR.
+#
+# @handle: filehandle returned by guest-file-open
+#
+# @offset: bytes to skip over in the file stream
+#
+# @whence: SEEK_SET, SEEK_CUR, or SEEK_END, as with fseek()
+#
+# Returns: @GuestFileSeek on success.
+#
+# Since: 0.15.0
+##
+{ 'command': 'guest-file-seek',
+  'data':    { 'handle': 'int', 'offset': 'int', 'whence': 'int' },
+  'returns': 'GuestFileSeek' }
+
+##
+# @guest-file-flush:
+#
+# Write file changes bufferred in userspace to disk/kernel buffers
+#
+# @handle: filehandle returned by guest-file-open
+#
+# Returns: Nothing on success.
+#
+# Since: 0.15.0
+##
+{ 'command': 'guest-file-flush',
+  'data': { 'handle': 'int' } }
+
+##
+# @GuestFsFreezeStatus
+#
+# An enumeration of filesystem freeze states
+#
+# @thawed: filesystems thawed/unfrozen
+#
+# @frozen: all non-network guest filesystems frozen
+#
+# Since: 0.15.0
+##
+{ 'enum': 'GuestFsfreezeStatus',
+  'data': [ 'thawed', 'frozen' ] }
+
+##
+# @guest-fsfreeze-status:
+#
+# Get guest fsfreeze state. error state indicates
+#
+# Returns: GuestFsfreezeStatus ("thawed", "frozen", etc., as defined below)
+#
+# Note: This may fail to properly report the current state as a result of
+# some other guest processes having issued an fs freeze/thaw.
+#
+# Since: 0.15.0
+##
+{ 'command': 'guest-fsfreeze-status',
+  'returns': 'GuestFsfreezeStatus' }
+
+##
+# @guest-fsfreeze-freeze:
+#
+# Sync and freeze all freezable, local guest filesystems
+#
+# Returns: Number of file systems currently frozen. On error, all filesystems
+# will be thawed.
+#
+# Since: 0.15.0
+##
+{ 'command': 'guest-fsfreeze-freeze',
+  'returns': 'int' }
+
+##
+# @guest-fsfreeze-thaw:
+#
+# Unfreeze all frozen guest filesystems
+#
+# Returns: Number of file systems thawed by this call
+#
+# Note: if return value does not match the previous call to
+#       guest-fsfreeze-freeze, this likely means some freezable
+#       filesystems were unfrozen before this call, and that the
+#       filesystem state may have changed before issuing this
+#       command.
+#
+# Since: 0.15.0
+##
+{ 'command': 'guest-fsfreeze-thaw',
+  'returns': 'int' }
+
+##
+# @guest-fstrim:
+#
+# Discard (or "trim") blocks which are not in use by the filesystem.
+#
+# @minimum:
+#       Minimum contiguous free range to discard, in bytes. Free ranges
+#       smaller than this may be ignored (this is a hint and the guest
+#       may not respect it).  By increasing this value, the fstrim
+#       operation will complete more quickly for filesystems with badly
+#       fragmented free space, although not all blocks will be discarded.
+#       The default value is zero, meaning "discard every free block".
+#
+# Returns: Nothing.
+#
+# Since: 1.2
+##
+{ 'command': 'guest-fstrim',
+  'data': { '*minimum': 'int' } }
+
+##
+# @guest-suspend-disk
+#
+# Suspend guest to disk.
+#
+# This command tries to execute the scripts provided by the pm-utils package.
+# If it's not available, the suspend operation will be performed by manually
+# writing to a sysfs file.
+#
+# For the best results it's strongly recommended to have the pm-utils
+# package installed in the guest.
+#
+# This command does NOT return a response on success. There is a high chance
+# the command succeeded if the VM exits with a zero exit status or, when
+# running with --no-shutdown, by issuing the query-status QMP command to
+# to confirm the VM status is "shutdown". However, the VM could also exit
+# (or set its status to "shutdown") due to other reasons.
+#
+# The following errors may be returned:
+#          If suspend to disk is not supported, Unsupported
+#
+# Notes: It's strongly recommended to issue the guest-sync command before
+#        sending commands when the guest resumes
+#
+# Since: 1.1
+##
+{ 'command': 'guest-suspend-disk', 'success-response': 'no' }
+
+##
+# @guest-suspend-ram
+#
+# Suspend guest to ram.
+#
+# This command tries to execute the scripts provided by the pm-utils package.
+# If it's not available, the suspend operation will be performed by manually
+# writing to a sysfs file.
+#
+# For the best results it's strongly recommended to have the pm-utils
+# package installed in the guest.
+#
+# IMPORTANT: guest-suspend-ram requires QEMU to support the 'system_wakeup'
+# command.  Thus, it's *required* to query QEMU for the presence of the
+# 'system_wakeup' command before issuing guest-suspend-ram.
+#
+# This command does NOT return a response on success. There are two options
+# to check for success:
+#   1. Wait for the SUSPEND QMP event from QEMU
+#   2. Issue the query-status QMP command to confirm the VM status is
+#      "suspended"
+#
+# The following errors may be returned:
+#          If suspend to ram is not supported, Unsupported
+#
+# Notes: It's strongly recommended to issue the guest-sync command before
+#        sending commands when the guest resumes
+#
+# Since: 1.1
+##
+{ 'command': 'guest-suspend-ram', 'success-response': 'no' }
+
+##
+# @guest-suspend-hybrid
+#
+# Save guest state to disk and suspend to ram.
+#
+# This command requires the pm-utils package to be installed in the guest.
+#
+# IMPORTANT: guest-suspend-hybrid requires QEMU to support the 'system_wakeup'
+# command.  Thus, it's *required* to query QEMU for the presence of the
+# 'system_wakeup' command before issuing guest-suspend-hybrid.
+#
+# This command does NOT return a response on success. There are two options
+# to check for success:
+#   1. Wait for the SUSPEND QMP event from QEMU
+#   2. Issue the query-status QMP command to confirm the VM status is
+#      "suspended"
+#
+# The following errors may be returned:
+#          If hybrid suspend is not supported, Unsupported
+#
+# Notes: It's strongly recommended to issue the guest-sync command before
+#        sending commands when the guest resumes
+#
+# Since: 1.1
+##
+{ 'command': 'guest-suspend-hybrid', 'success-response': 'no' }
+
+##
+# @GuestIpAddressType:
+#
+# An enumeration of supported IP address types
+#
+# @ipv4: IP version 4
+#
+# @ipv6: IP version 6
+#
+# Since: 1.1
+##
+{ 'enum': 'GuestIpAddressType',
+  'data': [ 'ipv4', 'ipv6' ] }
+
+##
+# @GuestIpAddress:
+#
+# @ip-address: IP address
+#
+# @ip-address-type: Type of @ip-address (e.g. ipv4, ipv6)
+#
+# @prefix: Network prefix length of @ip-address
+#
+# Since: 1.1
+##
+{ 'type': 'GuestIpAddress',
+  'data': {'ip-address': 'str',
+           'ip-address-type': 'GuestIpAddressType',
+           'prefix': 'int'} }
+
+##
+# @GuestNetworkInterface:
+#
+# @name: The name of interface for which info are being delivered
+#
+# @hardware-address: Hardware address of @name
+#
+# @ip-addresses: List of addresses assigned to @name
+#
+# Since: 1.1
+##
+{ 'type': 'GuestNetworkInterface',
+  'data': {'name': 'str',
+           '*hardware-address': 'str',
+           '*ip-addresses': ['GuestIpAddress'] } }
+
+##
+# @guest-network-get-interfaces:
+#
+# Get list of guest IP addresses, MAC addresses
+# and netmasks.
+#
+# Returns: List of GuestNetworkInfo on success.
+#
+# Since: 1.1
+##
+{ 'command': 'guest-network-get-interfaces',
+  'returns': ['GuestNetworkInterface'] }