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author | Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com> | 2011-08-15 11:17:41 -0500 |
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committer | Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com> | 2011-08-22 10:17:44 -0500 |
commit | 2011fe5657f421e919eb6fed826ad2413e375673 (patch) | |
tree | 2a06819aed4bc1ea5a1bd5360659b29ac466c779 /qemu-char.h | |
parent | 903396ad3ea8f84b38362134ef7157c82b32071e (diff) | |
download | hqemu-2011fe5657f421e919eb6fed826ad2413e375673.zip hqemu-2011fe5657f421e919eb6fed826ad2413e375673.tar.gz |
char: document the functions that will be the public interface
Signed-off-by: Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'qemu-char.h')
-rw-r--r-- | qemu-char.h | 137 |
1 files changed, 130 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/qemu-char.h b/qemu-char.h index fba0290..eebbdd8 100644 --- a/qemu-char.h +++ b/qemu-char.h @@ -76,33 +76,156 @@ struct CharDriverState { QTAILQ_ENTRY(CharDriverState) next; }; -QemuOpts *qemu_chr_parse_compat(const char *label, const char *filename); +/** + * @qemu_chr_new_from_opts: + * + * Create a new character backend from a QemuOpts list. + * + * @opts see qemu-config.c for a list of valid options + * @init not sure.. + * + * Returns: a new character backend + */ CharDriverState *qemu_chr_new_from_opts(QemuOpts *opts, void (*init)(struct CharDriverState *s)); -CharDriverState *qemu_chr_new(const char *label, const char *filename, void (*init)(struct CharDriverState *s)); + +/** + * @qemu_chr_new: + * + * Create a new character backend from a URI. + * + * @label the name of the backend + * @filename the URI + * @init not sure.. + * + * Returns: a new character backend + */ +CharDriverState *qemu_chr_new(const char *label, const char *filename, + void (*init)(struct CharDriverState *s)); + +/** + * @qemu_chr_delete: + * + * Destroy a character backend. + */ +void qemu_chr_delete(CharDriverState *chr); + +/** + * @qemu_chr_fe_set_echo: + * + * Ask the backend to override its normal echo setting. This only really + * applies to the stdio backend and is used by the QMP server such that you + * can see what you type if you try to type QMP commands. + * + * @echo true to enable echo, false to disable echo + */ void qemu_chr_fe_set_echo(struct CharDriverState *chr, bool echo); + +/** + * @qemu_chr_fe_open: + * + * Open a character backend. This function call is an indication that the + * front end is ready to begin doing I/O. + */ void qemu_chr_fe_open(struct CharDriverState *chr); + +/** + * @qemu_chr_fe_close: + * + * Close a character backend. This function call indicates that the front end + * no longer is able to process I/O. To process I/O again, the front end will + * call @qemu_chr_fe_open. + */ void qemu_chr_fe_close(struct CharDriverState *chr); -void qemu_chr_delete(CharDriverState *chr); + +/** + * @qemu_chr_fe_printf: + * + * Write to a character backend using a printf style interface. + * + * @fmt see #printf + */ void qemu_chr_fe_printf(CharDriverState *s, const char *fmt, ...) GCC_FMT_ATTR(2, 3); + +/** + * @qemu_chr_fe_write: + * + * Write data to a character backend from the front end. This function will + * send data from the front end to the back end. + * + * @buf the data + * @len the number of bytes to send + * + * Returns: the number of bytes consumed + */ int qemu_chr_fe_write(CharDriverState *s, const uint8_t *buf, int len); + +/** + * @qemu_chr_fe_ioctl: + * + * Issue a device specific ioctl to a backend. + * + * @cmd see CHR_IOCTL_* + * @arg the data associated with @cmd + * + * Returns: if @cmd is not supported by the backend, -ENOTSUP, otherwise the + * return value depends on the semantics of @cmd + */ +int qemu_chr_fe_ioctl(CharDriverState *s, int cmd, void *arg); + +/** + * @qemu_chr_fe_get_msgfd: + * + * For backends capable of fd passing, return the latest file descriptor passed + * by a client. + * + * Returns: -1 if fd passing isn't supported or there is no pending file + * descriptor. If a file descriptor is returned, subsequent calls to + * this function will return -1 until a client sends a new file + * descriptor. + */ +int qemu_chr_fe_get_msgfd(CharDriverState *s); + +/** + * @qemu_chr_be_can_write: + * + * Determine how much data the front end can currently accept. This function + * returns the number of bytes the front end can accept. If it returns 0, the + * front end cannot receive data at the moment. The function must be polled + * to determine when data can be received. + * + * Returns: the number of bytes the front end can receive via @qemu_chr_be_write + */ +int qemu_chr_be_can_write(CharDriverState *s); + +/** + * @qemu_chr_be_write: + * + * Write data from the back end to the front end. Before issuing this call, + * the caller should call @qemu_chr_be_can_write to determine how much data + * the front end can currently accept. + * + * @buf a buffer to receive data from the front end + * @len the number of bytes to receive from the front end + */ +void qemu_chr_be_write(CharDriverState *s, uint8_t *buf, int len); + void qemu_chr_add_handlers(CharDriverState *s, IOCanReadHandler *fd_can_read, IOReadHandler *fd_read, IOEventHandler *fd_event, void *opaque); -int qemu_chr_fe_ioctl(CharDriverState *s, int cmd, void *arg); + void qemu_chr_generic_open(CharDriverState *s); -int qemu_chr_be_can_write(CharDriverState *s); -void qemu_chr_be_write(CharDriverState *s, uint8_t *buf, int len); -int qemu_chr_fe_get_msgfd(CharDriverState *s); void qemu_chr_accept_input(CharDriverState *s); int qemu_chr_add_client(CharDriverState *s, int fd); void qemu_chr_info_print(Monitor *mon, const QObject *ret_data); void qemu_chr_info(Monitor *mon, QObject **ret_data); CharDriverState *qemu_chr_find(const char *name); +QemuOpts *qemu_chr_parse_compat(const char *label, const char *filename); + /* add an eventfd to the qemu devices that are polled */ CharDriverState *qemu_chr_open_eventfd(int eventfd); |