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1# -*- Mode: Python -*-
2# vim: filetype=python
3#
4
5##
6# = Character devices
7##
8
9{ 'include': 'sockets.json' }
10
11##
12# @ChardevInfo:
13#
14# Information about a character device.
15#
16# @label: the label of the character device
17#
18# @filename: the filename of the character device
19#
20# @frontend-open: shows whether the frontend device attached to this
21#     backend (e.g. with the chardev=... option) is in open or closed
22#     state (since 2.1)
23#
24# Notes: @filename is encoded using the QEMU command line character
25#     device encoding.  See the QEMU man page for details.
26#
27# Since: 0.14
28##
29{ 'struct': 'ChardevInfo',
30  'data': { 'label': 'str',
31            'filename': 'str',
32            'frontend-open': 'bool' } }
33
34##
35# @query-chardev:
36#
37# Returns information about current character devices.
38#
39# Returns: a list of @ChardevInfo
40#
41# Since: 0.14
42#
43# Example:
44#
45# -> { "execute": "query-chardev" }
46# <- {
47#       "return": [
48#          {
49#             "label": "charchannel0",
50#             "filename": "unix:/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/seabios.rhel6.agent,server=on",
51#             "frontend-open": false
52#          },
53#          {
54#             "label": "charmonitor",
55#             "filename": "unix:/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/seabios.rhel6.monitor,server=on",
56#             "frontend-open": true
57#          },
58#          {
59#             "label": "charserial0",
60#             "filename": "pty:/dev/pts/2",
61#             "frontend-open": true
62#          }
63#       ]
64#    }
65##
66{ 'command': 'query-chardev', 'returns': ['ChardevInfo'],
67  'allow-preconfig': true }
68
69##
70# @ChardevBackendInfo:
71#
72# Information about a character device backend
73#
74# @name: The backend name
75#
76# Since: 2.0
77##
78{ 'struct': 'ChardevBackendInfo', 'data': {'name': 'str'} }
79
80##
81# @query-chardev-backends:
82#
83# Returns information about character device backends.
84#
85# Returns: a list of @ChardevBackendInfo
86#
87# Since: 2.0
88#
89# Example:
90#
91# -> { "execute": "query-chardev-backends" }
92# <- {
93#       "return":[
94#          {
95#             "name":"udp"
96#          },
97#          {
98#             "name":"tcp"
99#          },
100#          {
101#             "name":"unix"
102#          },
103#          {
104#             "name":"spiceport"
105#          }
106#       ]
107#    }
108##
109{ 'command': 'query-chardev-backends', 'returns': ['ChardevBackendInfo'] }
110
111##
112# @DataFormat:
113#
114# An enumeration of data format.
115#
116# @utf8: Data is a UTF-8 string (RFC 3629)
117#
118# @base64: Data is Base64 encoded binary (RFC 3548)
119#
120# Since: 1.4
121##
122{ 'enum': 'DataFormat',
123  'data': [ 'utf8', 'base64' ] }
124
125##
126# @ringbuf-write:
127#
128# Write to a ring buffer character device.
129#
130# @device: the ring buffer character device name
131#
132# @data: data to write
133#
134# @format: data encoding (default 'utf8').
135#
136#     - base64: data must be base64 encoded text.  Its binary decoding
137#       gets written.
138#     - utf8: data's UTF-8 encoding is written
139#     - data itself is always Unicode regardless of format, like any
140#       other string.
141#
142# Returns: Nothing on success
143#
144# Since: 1.4
145#
146# Example:
147#
148# -> { "execute": "ringbuf-write",
149#      "arguments": { "device": "foo",
150#                     "data": "abcdefgh",
151#                     "format": "utf8" } }
152# <- { "return": {} }
153##
154{ 'command': 'ringbuf-write',
155  'data': { 'device': 'str',
156            'data': 'str',
157           '*format': 'DataFormat'} }
158
159##
160# @ringbuf-read:
161#
162# Read from a ring buffer character device.
163#
164# @device: the ring buffer character device name
165#
166# @size: how many bytes to read at most
167#
168# @format: data encoding (default 'utf8').
169#
170#     - base64: the data read is returned in base64 encoding.
171#     - utf8: the data read is interpreted as UTF-8.
172#       Bug: can screw up when the buffer contains invalid UTF-8
173#       sequences, NUL characters, after the ring buffer lost data,
174#       and when reading stops because the size limit is reached.
175#     - The return value is always Unicode regardless of format, like
176#       any other string.
177#
178# Returns: data read from the device
179#
180# Since: 1.4
181#
182# Example:
183#
184# -> { "execute": "ringbuf-read",
185#      "arguments": { "device": "foo",
186#                     "size": 1000,
187#                     "format": "utf8" } }
188# <- { "return": "abcdefgh" }
189##
190{ 'command': 'ringbuf-read',
191  'data': {'device': 'str', 'size': 'int', '*format': 'DataFormat'},
192  'returns': 'str' }
193
194##
195# @ChardevCommon:
196#
197# Configuration shared across all chardev backends
198#
199# @logfile: The name of a logfile to save output
200#
201# @logappend: true to append instead of truncate (default to false to
202#     truncate)
203#
204# Since: 2.6
205##
206{ 'struct': 'ChardevCommon',
207  'data': { '*logfile': 'str',
208            '*logappend': 'bool' } }
209
210##
211# @ChardevFile:
212#
213# Configuration info for file chardevs.
214#
215# @in: The name of the input file
216#
217# @out: The name of the output file
218#
219# @append: Open the file in append mode (default false to truncate)
220#     (Since 2.6)
221#
222# Since: 1.4
223##
224{ 'struct': 'ChardevFile',
225  'data': { '*in': 'str',
226            'out': 'str',
227            '*append': 'bool' },
228  'base': 'ChardevCommon' }
229
230##
231# @ChardevHostdev:
232#
233# Configuration info for device and pipe chardevs.
234#
235# @device: The name of the special file for the device, i.e.
236#     /dev/ttyS0 on Unix or COM1: on Windows
237#
238# Since: 1.4
239##
240{ 'struct': 'ChardevHostdev',
241  'data': { 'device': 'str' },
242  'base': 'ChardevCommon' }
243
244##
245# @ChardevSocket:
246#
247# Configuration info for (stream) socket chardevs.
248#
249# @addr: socket address to listen on (server=true) or connect to
250#     (server=false)
251#
252# @tls-creds: the ID of the TLS credentials object (since 2.6)
253#
254# @tls-authz: the ID of the QAuthZ authorization object against which
255#     the client's x509 distinguished name will be validated.  This
256#     object is only resolved at time of use, so can be deleted and
257#     recreated on the fly while the chardev server is active.  If
258#     missing, it will default to denying access (since 4.0)
259#
260# @server: create server socket (default: true)
261#
262# @wait: wait for incoming connection on server sockets (default:
263#     false). Silently ignored with server: false.  This use is
264#     deprecated.
265#
266# @nodelay: set TCP_NODELAY socket option (default: false)
267#
268# @telnet: enable telnet protocol on server sockets (default: false)
269#
270# @tn3270: enable tn3270 protocol on server sockets (default: false)
271#     (Since: 2.10)
272#
273# @websocket: enable websocket protocol on server sockets
274#     (default: false) (Since: 3.1)
275#
276# @reconnect: For a client socket, if a socket is disconnected, then
277#     attempt a reconnect after the given number of seconds.  Setting
278#     this to zero disables this function.  (default: 0) (Since: 2.2)
279#
280# Since: 1.4
281##
282{ 'struct': 'ChardevSocket',
283  'data': { 'addr': 'SocketAddressLegacy',
284            '*tls-creds': 'str',
285            '*tls-authz'  : 'str',
286            '*server': 'bool',
287            '*wait': 'bool',
288            '*nodelay': 'bool',
289            '*telnet': 'bool',
290            '*tn3270': 'bool',
291            '*websocket': 'bool',
292            '*reconnect': 'int' },
293  'base': 'ChardevCommon' }
294
295##
296# @ChardevUdp:
297#
298# Configuration info for datagram socket chardevs.
299#
300# @remote: remote address
301#
302# @local: local address
303#
304# Since: 1.5
305##
306{ 'struct': 'ChardevUdp',
307  'data': { 'remote': 'SocketAddressLegacy',
308            '*local': 'SocketAddressLegacy' },
309  'base': 'ChardevCommon' }
310
311##
312# @ChardevMux:
313#
314# Configuration info for mux chardevs.
315#
316# @chardev: name of the base chardev.
317#
318# Since: 1.5
319##
320{ 'struct': 'ChardevMux',
321  'data': { 'chardev': 'str' },
322  'base': 'ChardevCommon' }
323
324##
325# @ChardevStdio:
326#
327# Configuration info for stdio chardevs.
328#
329# @signal: Allow signals (such as SIGINT triggered by ^C) be delivered
330#     to qemu.  Default: true.
331#
332# Since: 1.5
333##
334{ 'struct': 'ChardevStdio',
335  'data': { '*signal': 'bool' },
336  'base': 'ChardevCommon' }
337
338##
339# @ChardevSpiceChannel:
340#
341# Configuration info for spice vm channel chardevs.
342#
343# @type: kind of channel (for example vdagent).
344#
345# Since: 1.5
346##
347{ 'struct': 'ChardevSpiceChannel',
348  'data': { 'type': 'str' },
349  'base': 'ChardevCommon',
350  'if': 'CONFIG_SPICE' }
351
352##
353# @ChardevSpicePort:
354#
355# Configuration info for spice port chardevs.
356#
357# @fqdn: name of the channel (see docs/spice-port-fqdn.txt)
358#
359# Since: 1.5
360##
361{ 'struct': 'ChardevSpicePort',
362  'data': { 'fqdn': 'str' },
363  'base': 'ChardevCommon',
364  'if': 'CONFIG_SPICE' }
365
366##
367# @ChardevDBus:
368#
369# Configuration info for DBus chardevs.
370#
371# @name: name of the channel (following docs/spice-port-fqdn.txt)
372#
373# Since: 7.0
374##
375{ 'struct': 'ChardevDBus',
376  'data': { 'name': 'str' },
377  'base': 'ChardevCommon',
378  'if': 'CONFIG_DBUS_DISPLAY' }
379
380##
381# @ChardevVC:
382#
383# Configuration info for virtual console chardevs.
384#
385# @width: console width, in pixels
386#
387# @height: console height, in pixels
388#
389# @cols: console width, in chars
390#
391# @rows: console height, in chars
392#
393# Note: the options are only effective when the VNC or SDL graphical
394#     display backend is active.  They are ignored with the GTK,
395#     Spice, VNC and D-Bus display backends.
396#
397# Since: 1.5
398##
399{ 'struct': 'ChardevVC',
400  'data': { '*width': 'int',
401            '*height': 'int',
402            '*cols': 'int',
403            '*rows': 'int' },
404  'base': 'ChardevCommon' }
405
406##
407# @ChardevRingbuf:
408#
409# Configuration info for ring buffer chardevs.
410#
411# @size: ring buffer size, must be power of two, default is 65536
412#
413# Since: 1.5
414##
415{ 'struct': 'ChardevRingbuf',
416  'data': { '*size': 'int' },
417  'base': 'ChardevCommon' }
418
419##
420# @ChardevQemuVDAgent:
421#
422# Configuration info for qemu vdagent implementation.
423#
424# @mouse: enable/disable mouse, default is enabled.
425#
426# @clipboard: enable/disable clipboard, default is disabled.
427#
428# Since: 6.1
429##
430{ 'struct': 'ChardevQemuVDAgent',
431  'data': { '*mouse': 'bool',
432            '*clipboard': 'bool' },
433  'base': 'ChardevCommon',
434  'if': 'CONFIG_SPICE_PROTOCOL' }
435
436##
437# @ChardevBackendKind:
438#
439# @pipe: Since 1.5
440#
441# @udp: Since 1.5
442#
443# @mux: Since 1.5
444#
445# @msmouse: Since 1.5
446#
447# @wctablet: Since 2.9
448#
449# @braille: Since 1.5
450#
451# @testdev: Since 2.2
452#
453# @stdio: Since 1.5
454#
455# @console: Since 1.5
456#
457# @spicevmc: Since 1.5
458#
459# @spiceport: Since 1.5
460#
461# @qemu-vdagent: Since 6.1
462#
463# @dbus: Since 7.0
464#
465# @vc: v1.5
466#
467# @ringbuf: Since 1.6
468#
469# @memory: Since 1.5
470#
471# Features:
472#
473# @deprecated: Member @memory is deprecated.  Use @ringbuf instead.
474#
475# Since: 1.4
476##
477{ 'enum': 'ChardevBackendKind',
478  'data': [ 'file',
479            { 'name': 'serial', 'if': 'HAVE_CHARDEV_SERIAL' },
480            { 'name': 'parallel', 'if': 'HAVE_CHARDEV_PARALLEL' },
481            'pipe',
482            'socket',
483            'udp',
484            'pty',
485            'null',
486            'mux',
487            'msmouse',
488            'wctablet',
489            { 'name': 'braille', 'if': 'CONFIG_BRLAPI' },
490            'testdev',
491            'stdio',
492            { 'name': 'console', 'if': 'CONFIG_WIN32' },
493            { 'name': 'spicevmc', 'if': 'CONFIG_SPICE' },
494            { 'name': 'spiceport', 'if': 'CONFIG_SPICE' },
495            { 'name': 'qemu-vdagent', 'if': 'CONFIG_SPICE_PROTOCOL' },
496            { 'name': 'dbus', 'if': 'CONFIG_DBUS_DISPLAY' },
497            'vc',
498            'ringbuf',
499            { 'name': 'memory', 'features': [ 'deprecated' ] } ] }
500
501##
502# @ChardevFileWrapper:
503#
504# @data: Configuration info for file chardevs
505#
506# Since: 1.4
507##
508{ 'struct': 'ChardevFileWrapper',
509  'data': { 'data': 'ChardevFile' } }
510
511##
512# @ChardevHostdevWrapper:
513#
514# @data: Configuration info for device and pipe chardevs
515#
516# Since: 1.4
517##
518{ 'struct': 'ChardevHostdevWrapper',
519  'data': { 'data': 'ChardevHostdev' } }
520
521##
522# @ChardevSocketWrapper:
523#
524# @data: Configuration info for (stream) socket chardevs
525#
526# Since: 1.4
527##
528{ 'struct': 'ChardevSocketWrapper',
529  'data': { 'data': 'ChardevSocket' } }
530
531##
532# @ChardevUdpWrapper:
533#
534# @data: Configuration info for datagram socket chardevs
535#
536# Since: 1.5
537##
538{ 'struct': 'ChardevUdpWrapper',
539  'data': { 'data': 'ChardevUdp' } }
540
541##
542# @ChardevCommonWrapper:
543#
544# @data: Configuration shared across all chardev backends
545#
546# Since: 2.6
547##
548{ 'struct': 'ChardevCommonWrapper',
549  'data': { 'data': 'ChardevCommon' } }
550
551##
552# @ChardevMuxWrapper:
553#
554# @data: Configuration info for mux chardevs
555#
556# Since: 1.5
557##
558{ 'struct': 'ChardevMuxWrapper',
559  'data': { 'data': 'ChardevMux' } }
560
561##
562# @ChardevStdioWrapper:
563#
564# @data: Configuration info for stdio chardevs
565#
566# Since: 1.5
567##
568{ 'struct': 'ChardevStdioWrapper',
569  'data': { 'data': 'ChardevStdio' } }
570
571##
572# @ChardevSpiceChannelWrapper:
573#
574# @data: Configuration info for spice vm channel chardevs
575#
576# Since: 1.5
577##
578{ 'struct': 'ChardevSpiceChannelWrapper',
579  'data': { 'data': 'ChardevSpiceChannel' },
580  'if': 'CONFIG_SPICE' }
581
582##
583# @ChardevSpicePortWrapper:
584#
585# @data: Configuration info for spice port chardevs
586#
587# Since: 1.5
588##
589{ 'struct': 'ChardevSpicePortWrapper',
590  'data': { 'data': 'ChardevSpicePort' },
591  'if': 'CONFIG_SPICE' }
592
593##
594# @ChardevQemuVDAgentWrapper:
595#
596# @data: Configuration info for qemu vdagent implementation
597#
598# Since: 6.1
599##
600{ 'struct': 'ChardevQemuVDAgentWrapper',
601  'data': { 'data': 'ChardevQemuVDAgent' },
602  'if': 'CONFIG_SPICE_PROTOCOL' }
603
604##
605# @ChardevDBusWrapper:
606#
607# @data: Configuration info for DBus chardevs
608#
609# Since: 7.0
610##
611{ 'struct': 'ChardevDBusWrapper',
612  'data': { 'data': 'ChardevDBus' },
613  'if': 'CONFIG_DBUS_DISPLAY' }
614
615##
616# @ChardevVCWrapper:
617#
618# @data: Configuration info for virtual console chardevs
619#
620# Since: 1.5
621##
622{ 'struct': 'ChardevVCWrapper',
623  'data': { 'data': 'ChardevVC' } }
624
625##
626# @ChardevRingbufWrapper:
627#
628# @data: Configuration info for ring buffer chardevs
629#
630# Since: 1.5
631##
632{ 'struct': 'ChardevRingbufWrapper',
633  'data': { 'data': 'ChardevRingbuf' } }
634
635##
636# @ChardevBackend:
637#
638# Configuration info for the new chardev backend.
639#
640# @type: backend type
641#
642# Since: 1.4
643##
644{ 'union': 'ChardevBackend',
645  'base': { 'type': 'ChardevBackendKind' },
646  'discriminator': 'type',
647  'data': { 'file': 'ChardevFileWrapper',
648            'serial': { 'type': 'ChardevHostdevWrapper',
649                        'if': 'HAVE_CHARDEV_SERIAL' },
650            'parallel': { 'type': 'ChardevHostdevWrapper',
651                          'if': 'HAVE_CHARDEV_PARALLEL' },
652            'pipe': 'ChardevHostdevWrapper',
653            'socket': 'ChardevSocketWrapper',
654            'udp': 'ChardevUdpWrapper',
655            'pty': 'ChardevCommonWrapper',
656            'null': 'ChardevCommonWrapper',
657            'mux': 'ChardevMuxWrapper',
658            'msmouse': 'ChardevCommonWrapper',
659            'wctablet': 'ChardevCommonWrapper',
660            'braille': { 'type': 'ChardevCommonWrapper',
661                         'if': 'CONFIG_BRLAPI' },
662            'testdev': 'ChardevCommonWrapper',
663            'stdio': 'ChardevStdioWrapper',
664            'console': { 'type': 'ChardevCommonWrapper',
665                         'if': 'CONFIG_WIN32' },
666            'spicevmc': { 'type': 'ChardevSpiceChannelWrapper',
667                          'if': 'CONFIG_SPICE' },
668            'spiceport': { 'type': 'ChardevSpicePortWrapper',
669                           'if': 'CONFIG_SPICE' },
670            'qemu-vdagent': { 'type': 'ChardevQemuVDAgentWrapper',
671                              'if': 'CONFIG_SPICE_PROTOCOL' },
672            'dbus': { 'type': 'ChardevDBusWrapper',
673                      'if': 'CONFIG_DBUS_DISPLAY' },
674            'vc': 'ChardevVCWrapper',
675            'ringbuf': 'ChardevRingbufWrapper',
676            'memory': 'ChardevRingbufWrapper' } }
677
678##
679# @ChardevReturn:
680#
681# Return info about the chardev backend just created.
682#
683# @pty: name of the slave pseudoterminal device, present if and only
684#     if a chardev of type 'pty' was created
685#
686# Since: 1.4
687##
688{ 'struct' : 'ChardevReturn',
689  'data': { '*pty': 'str' } }
690
691##
692# @chardev-add:
693#
694# Add a character device backend
695#
696# @id: the chardev's ID, must be unique
697#
698# @backend: backend type and parameters
699#
700# Returns: ChardevReturn.
701#
702# Since: 1.4
703#
704# Examples:
705#
706# -> { "execute" : "chardev-add",
707#      "arguments" : { "id" : "foo",
708#                      "backend" : { "type" : "null", "data" : {} } } }
709# <- { "return": {} }
710#
711# -> { "execute" : "chardev-add",
712#      "arguments" : { "id" : "bar",
713#                      "backend" : { "type" : "file",
714#                                    "data" : { "out" : "/tmp/bar.log" } } } }
715# <- { "return": {} }
716#
717# -> { "execute" : "chardev-add",
718#      "arguments" : { "id" : "baz",
719#                      "backend" : { "type" : "pty", "data" : {} } } }
720# <- { "return": { "pty" : "/dev/pty/42" } }
721##
722{ 'command': 'chardev-add',
723  'data': { 'id': 'str',
724            'backend': 'ChardevBackend' },
725  'returns': 'ChardevReturn' }
726
727##
728# @chardev-change:
729#
730# Change a character device backend
731#
732# @id: the chardev's ID, must exist
733#
734# @backend: new backend type and parameters
735#
736# Returns: ChardevReturn.
737#
738# Since: 2.10
739#
740# Examples:
741#
742# -> { "execute" : "chardev-change",
743#      "arguments" : { "id" : "baz",
744#                      "backend" : { "type" : "pty", "data" : {} } } }
745# <- { "return": { "pty" : "/dev/pty/42" } }
746#
747# -> {"execute" : "chardev-change",
748#     "arguments" : {
749#         "id" : "charchannel2",
750#         "backend" : {
751#             "type" : "socket",
752#             "data" : {
753#                 "addr" : {
754#                     "type" : "unix" ,
755#                     "data" : {
756#                         "path" : "/tmp/charchannel2.socket"
757#                     }
758#                  },
759#                  "server" : true,
760#                  "wait" : false }}}}
761# <- {"return": {}}
762##
763{ 'command': 'chardev-change',
764  'data': { 'id': 'str',
765            'backend': 'ChardevBackend' },
766  'returns': 'ChardevReturn' }
767
768##
769# @chardev-remove:
770#
771# Remove a character device backend
772#
773# @id: the chardev's ID, must exist and not be in use
774#
775# Returns: Nothing on success
776#
777# Since: 1.4
778#
779# Example:
780#
781# -> { "execute": "chardev-remove", "arguments": { "id" : "foo" } }
782# <- { "return": {} }
783##
784{ 'command': 'chardev-remove',
785  'data': { 'id': 'str' } }
786
787##
788# @chardev-send-break:
789#
790# Send a break to a character device
791#
792# @id: the chardev's ID, must exist
793#
794# Returns: Nothing on success
795#
796# Since: 2.10
797#
798# Example:
799#
800# -> { "execute": "chardev-send-break", "arguments": { "id" : "foo" } }
801# <- { "return": {} }
802##
803{ 'command': 'chardev-send-break',
804  'data': { 'id': 'str' } }
805
806##
807# @VSERPORT_CHANGE:
808#
809# Emitted when the guest opens or closes a virtio-serial port.
810#
811# @id: device identifier of the virtio-serial port
812#
813# @open: true if the guest has opened the virtio-serial port
814#
815# Note: This event is rate-limited.
816#
817# Since: 2.1
818#
819# Example:
820#
821# <- { "event": "VSERPORT_CHANGE",
822#      "data": { "id": "channel0", "open": true },
823#      "timestamp": { "seconds": 1401385907, "microseconds": 422329 } }
824##
825{ 'event': 'VSERPORT_CHANGE',
826  'data': { 'id': 'str',
827            'open': 'bool' } }
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