The high level `-qmp` and `-monitor` options can remain as convenience wrappers, but the low level `-mon` is completed obsoleted by the new `-object` support with 'monitor-qmp' and 'monitor-hmp' types. Reviewed-by: Marc-André Lureau <marcandre.lureau@redhat.com> Tested-by: Peter Krempa <pkrempa@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com> --- docs/about/deprecated.rst | 10 ++++++++++ docs/devel/writing-monitor-commands.rst | 4 ++-- docs/system/arm/xenpvh.rst | 4 ++-- docs/system/i386/xen.rst | 3 ++- docs/system/i386/xenpvh.rst | 4 ++-- qemu-options.hx | 8 ++++---- system/vl.c | 2 ++ 7 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/about/deprecated.rst b/docs/about/deprecated.rst index cf3e1a007c..ed2e0f8b4a 100644 --- a/docs/about/deprecated.rst +++ b/docs/about/deprecated.rst @@ -61,6 +61,16 @@ The ``debug-threads`` option of the ``-name`` argument is now ignored. Thread naming is unconditionally enabled for all platforms where it is supported. +``-mon`` option (since 11.1) +'''''''''''''''''''''''''''' + +The ``-mon`` option was the generic mechanism for creating monitor +objects if the convenience ``-qmp`` or ``-monitor`` options were not +flexible enough. The monitor objects have been converted to QOM, so +``-mon mode=readline`` is replaced by ``-object monitor-hmp`` and +``-mon mode=control`` is replaced by ``-object monitor-qmp``. The +short convenience options are not deprecated, only ``-mon``. + QEMU Machine Protocol (QMP) commands ------------------------------------ diff --git a/docs/devel/writing-monitor-commands.rst b/docs/devel/writing-monitor-commands.rst index 930da5cd06..7ae7efe327 100644 --- a/docs/devel/writing-monitor-commands.rst +++ b/docs/devel/writing-monitor-commands.rst @@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ shown here. First, QEMU should be started like this:: # qemu-system-TARGET [...] \ - -chardev socket,id=qmp,port=4444,host=localhost,server=on \ - -mon chardev=qmp,mode=control,pretty=on + -chardev socket,id=chrqmp0,port=4444,host=localhost,server=on \ + -object monitor-qmp,chardev=chrqmp0,pretty=on,id=qmp0 Then, in a different terminal:: diff --git a/docs/system/arm/xenpvh.rst b/docs/system/arm/xenpvh.rst index 430ac2c02e..511af63e3d 100644 --- a/docs/system/arm/xenpvh.rst +++ b/docs/system/arm/xenpvh.rst @@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ Sample QEMU xenpvh commands for running and connecting with Xen: qemu-system-aarch64 -xen-domid 1 \ -chardev socket,id=libxl-cmd,path=qmp-libxl-1,server=on,wait=off \ - -mon chardev=libxl-cmd,mode=control \ + -object monitor-qmp,id=qmp0,chardev=libxl-cmd \ -chardev socket,id=libxenstat-cmd,path=qmp-libxenstat-1,server=on,wait=off \ - -mon chardev=libxenstat-cmd,mode=control \ + -object monitor-qmp,id=qmp1,chardev=libxenstat-cmd \ -xen-attach -name guest0 -vnc none -display none -nographic \ -machine xenpvh -m 1301 \ -chardev socket,id=chrtpm,path=tmp/vtpm2/swtpm-sock \ diff --git a/docs/system/i386/xen.rst b/docs/system/i386/xen.rst index 46db5f34c1..6ff5cdb1e4 100644 --- a/docs/system/i386/xen.rst +++ b/docs/system/i386/xen.rst @@ -79,7 +79,8 @@ of type ``xen-console`` to connect to it. For the Xen console equivalent of the handy ``-serial mon:stdio`` option, for example: .. parsed-literal:: - -chardev stdio,mux=on,id=char0,signal=off -mon char0 \\ + -chardev stdio,mux=on,id=char0,signal=off \\ + -object monitor-hmp,chardev=char0,id=hmp0 \\ -device xen-console,chardev=char0 The Xen network device is ``xen-net-device``, which becomes the default NIC diff --git a/docs/system/i386/xenpvh.rst b/docs/system/i386/xenpvh.rst index 354250f073..904778e3f5 100644 --- a/docs/system/i386/xenpvh.rst +++ b/docs/system/i386/xenpvh.rst @@ -33,9 +33,9 @@ case you need to construct one manually: qemu-system-i386 -xen-domid 3 -no-shutdown \ -chardev socket,id=libxl-cmd,path=/var/run/xen/qmp-libxl-3,server=on,wait=off \ - -mon chardev=libxl-cmd,mode=control \ + -object monitor-qmp,id=qmp0,chardev=libxl-cmd \ -chardev socket,id=libxenstat-cmd,path=/var/run/xen/qmp-libxenstat-3,server=on,wait=off \ - -mon chardev=libxenstat-cmd,mode=control \ + -object monitor-qmp,id=qmp1,chardev=libxenstat-cmd \ -nodefaults \ -no-user-config \ -xen-attach -name g0 \ diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx index 1aa548c39b..8f72b709be 100644 --- a/qemu-options.hx +++ b/qemu-options.hx @@ -4154,7 +4154,7 @@ The general form of a character device option is: :: -chardev stdio,mux=on,id=char0 \ - -mon chardev=char0,mode=readline \ + -object monitor-hmp,id=hmp0,chardev=char0 \ -serial chardev:char0 \ -serial chardev:char0 @@ -4166,7 +4166,7 @@ The general form of a character device option is: :: -chardev stdio,mux=on,id=char0 \ - -mon chardev=char0,mode=readline \ + -object monitor-hmp,id=hmp0,chardev=char0 \ -parallel chardev:char0 \ -chardev tcp,...,mux=on,id=char1 \ -serial chardev:char1 \ @@ -5004,12 +5004,12 @@ SRST enables the QMP monitor on localhost port 4444 with pretty-printing. - The use of ``-mon mode=readline`` is historical syntax sugar + The use of ``-mon mode=readline`` is deprecated syntax sugar for the new ``-object monitor-hmp`` option, each use of which creates an object with the ID ``compat_monitorNNN`` where ``NNN`` is a counter starting from 0. - The use of ``-mon mode=control`` is historical syntax sugar + The use of ``-mon mode=control`` is deprecated syntax sugar for the new ``-object monitor-qmp`` option, each use of which creates an object with the ID ``compat_monitorNNN`` where ``NNN`` is a counter starting from 0. diff --git a/system/vl.c b/system/vl.c index 63bdd06dfa..061cbdf860 100644 --- a/system/vl.c +++ b/system/vl.c @@ -3239,6 +3239,8 @@ void qemu_init(int argc, char **argv) default_monitor = 0; break; case QEMU_OPTION_mon: + warn_report_once("'-mon' is deprecated, use '-object' with " + "'monitor-hmp' or 'monitor-qmp' types instead"); if (!qemu_opts_parse_noisily(qemu_find_opts("mon"), optarg, true)) { exit(1); -- 2.54.0