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13270 devices
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4QEMU supports connecting an external 3270 terminal emulator (such as
5``x3270``) to make a single 3270 device available to a guest. Note that this
6supports basic features only.
7
8To provide a 3270 device to a guest, create a ``x-terminal3270`` linked to
9a ``tn3270`` chardev. The guest will see a 3270 channel device. In order
10to actually be able to use it, attach the ``x3270`` emulator to the chardev.
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12Example configuration
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15* Add a ``tn3270`` chardev and a ``x-terminal3270`` to the QEMU command line::
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17    -chardev socket,id=char_0,host=0.0.0.0,port=2300,nowait,server,tn3270
18    -device x-terminal3270,chardev=char_0,devno=fe.0.000a,id=terminal_0
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20* Start the guest. In the guest, use ``chccwdev -e 0.0.000a`` to enable
21  the device.
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23* On the host, start the ``x3270`` emulator::
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25    x3270 <host>:2300
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27* In the guest, locate the 3270 device node under ``/dev/3270/`` (say,
28  ``tty1``) and start a getty on it::
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30    systemctl start serial-getty@3270-tty1.service
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32This should get you an addtional tty for logging into the guest.
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