From 9b89b6a2872f1473ef82acdcb64c901982e0ef88 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Markus Armbruster Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2015 18:11:55 +0200 Subject: docs: Move files from docs/qmp/ to docs/ Giving QMP its own subdirectory in docs/ is hardly worthwhile when we have just four files, and one of them isn't even in the subdirectory. Move the files from docs/qmp/ to docs/, renaming docs/qmp/README to docs/qmp-intro. Update MAINTAINERS. The new pattern also captures the fourth file docs/writing-qmp-commands.txt. Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster Message-Id: <1443111117-29831-2-git-send-email-armbru@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Eric Blake Reviewed-by: Luiz Capitulino --- docs/qmp-intro.txt | 87 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 87 insertions(+) create mode 100644 docs/qmp-intro.txt (limited to 'docs/qmp-intro.txt') diff --git a/docs/qmp-intro.txt b/docs/qmp-intro.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f6a3a03 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/qmp-intro.txt @@ -0,0 +1,87 @@ + QEMU Machine Protocol + ===================== + +Introduction +------------ + +The QEMU Machine Protocol (QMP) allows applications to operate a +QEMU instance. + +QMP is JSON[1] based and features the following: + +- Lightweight, text-based, easy to parse data format +- Asynchronous messages support (ie. events) +- Capabilities Negotiation + +For detailed information on QMP's usage, please, refer to the following files: + +o qmp-spec.txt QEMU Machine Protocol current specification +o qmp-commands.txt QMP supported commands (auto-generated at build-time) +o qmp-events.txt List of available asynchronous events + +[1] http://www.json.org + +Usage +----- + +You can use the -qmp option to enable QMP. For example, the following +makes QMP available on localhost port 4444: + +$ qemu [...] -qmp tcp:localhost:4444,server,nowait + +However, for more flexibility and to make use of more options, the -mon +command-line option should be used. For instance, the following example +creates one HMP instance (human monitor) on stdio and one QMP instance +on localhost port 4444: + +$ qemu [...] -chardev stdio,id=mon0 -mon chardev=mon0,mode=readline \ + -chardev socket,id=mon1,host=localhost,port=4444,server,nowait \ + -mon chardev=mon1,mode=control,pretty=on + +Please, refer to QEMU's manpage for more information. + +Simple Testing +-------------- + +To manually test QMP one can connect with telnet and issue commands by hand: + +$ telnet localhost 4444 +Trying 127.0.0.1... +Connected to localhost. +Escape character is '^]'. +{ + "QMP": { + "version": { + "qemu": { + "micro": 50, + "minor": 6, + "major": 1 + }, + "package": "" + }, + "capabilities": [ + ] + } +} + +{ "execute": "qmp_capabilities" } +{ + "return": { + } +} + +{ "execute": "query-status" } +{ + "return": { + "status": "prelaunch", + "singlestep": false, + "running": false + } +} + +Please, refer to the qapi-schema.json file for a complete command reference. + +QMP wiki page +------------- + +http://wiki.qemu-project.org/QMP -- cgit v1.1