It is possible to pre-define a character device with the -chardev option
and reference its id as serial device. The man page does not mention this
feature.
Use case: Use stdio as serial, but do not terminate VM on Ctrl-C
-chardev stdio,id=mystdio,signal=off -serial chardev:mystdio
Signed-off-by: Ingo van Lil <ing...@gmx.de>
---
qemu-options.hx | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx
index bcfe9ea..56e5fdf 100644
--- a/qemu-options.hx
+++ b/qemu-options.hx
@@ -2419,6 +2419,8 @@ vc:80Cx24C
No device is allocated.
@item null
void device
+@item chardev:@var{id}
+Use a named character device defined with the @code{-chardev} option.
@item /dev/XXX
[Linux only] Use host tty, e.g. @file{/dev/ttyS0}. The host serial port
parameters are set according to the emulated ones.
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1.8.3.1
