Add chardev-send-break monitor command
Sending a break on a serial console can be useful for debugging the
guest. But not all chardev backends support sending breaks (only telnet
and mux do). The chardev-send-break command allows to send a break even
if using other backends.
Signed-off-by: Stefan Fritsch <sf@sfritsch.de>
Acked-by: Dr. David Alan Gilbert <dgilbert@redhat.com>
Message-Id: <20170611074817.13621-1-sf@sfritsch.de>
Reviewed-by: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Marc-André Lureau <marcandre.lureau@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Dr. David Alan Gilbert <dgilbert@redhat.com>
Use 'send a break' in all 3 pieces of text as suggested by eblake
diff --git a/hmp-commands.hx b/hmp-commands.hx
index e763606..275ccdf 100644
--- a/hmp-commands.hx
+++ b/hmp-commands.hx
@@ -1745,6 +1745,22 @@
ETEXI
{
+ .name = "chardev-send-break",
+ .args_type = "id:s",
+ .params = "id",
+ .help = "send a break on chardev",
+ .cmd = hmp_chardev_send_break,
+ .command_completion = chardev_remove_completion,
+ },
+
+STEXI
+@item chardev-send-break id
+@findex chardev-send-break
+Send a break on the chardev @var{id}.
+
+ETEXI
+
+ {
.name = "qemu-io",
.args_type = "device:B,command:s",
.params = "[device] \"[command]\"",
