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1# -*- Mode: Python -*-
2# vim: filetype=python
3#
4
5##
6# = Character devices
7##
8
9{ 'include': 'sockets.json' }
10
11##
12# @ChardevInfo:
13#
14# Information about a character device.
15#
16# @label: the label of the character device
17#
18# @filename: the filename of the character device
19#
20# @frontend-open: shows whether the frontend device attached to this backend
21#                 (eg. with the chardev=... option) is in open or closed state
22#                 (since 2.1)
23#
24# Notes: @filename is encoded using the QEMU command line character device
25#        encoding.  See the QEMU man page for details.
26#
27# Since: 0.14
28##
29{ 'struct': 'ChardevInfo',
30  'data': { 'label': 'str',
31            'filename': 'str',
32            'frontend-open': 'bool' } }
33
34##
35# @query-chardev:
36#
37# Returns information about current character devices.
38#
39# Returns: a list of @ChardevInfo
40#
41# Since: 0.14
42#
43# Example:
44#
45# -> { "execute": "query-chardev" }
46# <- {
47#       "return": [
48#          {
49#             "label": "charchannel0",
50#             "filename": "unix:/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/seabios.rhel6.agent,server=on",
51#             "frontend-open": false
52#          },
53#          {
54#             "label": "charmonitor",
55#             "filename": "unix:/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/seabios.rhel6.monitor,server=on",
56#             "frontend-open": true
57#          },
58#          {
59#             "label": "charserial0",
60#             "filename": "pty:/dev/pts/2",
61#             "frontend-open": true
62#          }
63#       ]
64#    }
65#
66##
67{ 'command': 'query-chardev', 'returns': ['ChardevInfo'],
68  'allow-preconfig': true }
69
70##
71# @ChardevBackendInfo:
72#
73# Information about a character device backend
74#
75# @name: The backend name
76#
77# Since: 2.0
78##
79{ 'struct': 'ChardevBackendInfo', 'data': {'name': 'str'} }
80
81##
82# @query-chardev-backends:
83#
84# Returns information about character device backends.
85#
86# Returns: a list of @ChardevBackendInfo
87#
88# Since: 2.0
89#
90# Example:
91#
92# -> { "execute": "query-chardev-backends" }
93# <- {
94#       "return":[
95#          {
96#             "name":"udp"
97#          },
98#          {
99#             "name":"tcp"
100#          },
101#          {
102#             "name":"unix"
103#          },
104#          {
105#             "name":"spiceport"
106#          }
107#       ]
108#    }
109#
110##
111{ 'command': 'query-chardev-backends', 'returns': ['ChardevBackendInfo'] }
112
113##
114# @DataFormat:
115#
116# An enumeration of data format.
117#
118# @utf8: Data is a UTF-8 string (RFC 3629)
119#
120# @base64: Data is Base64 encoded binary (RFC 3548)
121#
122# Since: 1.4
123##
124{ 'enum': 'DataFormat',
125  'data': [ 'utf8', 'base64' ] }
126
127##
128# @ringbuf-write:
129#
130# Write to a ring buffer character device.
131#
132# @device: the ring buffer character device name
133#
134# @data: data to write
135#
136# @format: data encoding (default 'utf8').
137#
138#          - base64: data must be base64 encoded text.  Its binary
139#            decoding gets written.
140#          - utf8: data's UTF-8 encoding is written
141#          - data itself is always Unicode regardless of format, like
142#            any other string.
143#
144# Returns: Nothing on success
145#
146# Since: 1.4
147#
148# Example:
149#
150# -> { "execute": "ringbuf-write",
151#      "arguments": { "device": "foo",
152#                     "data": "abcdefgh",
153#                     "format": "utf8" } }
154# <- { "return": {} }
155#
156##
157{ 'command': 'ringbuf-write',
158  'data': { 'device': 'str',
159            'data': 'str',
160           '*format': 'DataFormat'} }
161
162##
163# @ringbuf-read:
164#
165# Read from a ring buffer character device.
166#
167# @device: the ring buffer character device name
168#
169# @size: how many bytes to read at most
170#
171# @format: data encoding (default 'utf8').
172#
173#          - base64: the data read is returned in base64 encoding.
174#          - utf8: the data read is interpreted as UTF-8.
175#            Bug: can screw up when the buffer contains invalid UTF-8
176#            sequences, NUL characters, after the ring buffer lost
177#            data, and when reading stops because the size limit is
178#            reached.
179#          - The return value is always Unicode regardless of format,
180#            like any other string.
181#
182# Returns: data read from the device
183#
184# Since: 1.4
185#
186# Example:
187#
188# -> { "execute": "ringbuf-read",
189#      "arguments": { "device": "foo",
190#                     "size": 1000,
191#                     "format": "utf8" } }
192# <- { "return": "abcdefgh" }
193#
194##
195{ 'command': 'ringbuf-read',
196  'data': {'device': 'str', 'size': 'int', '*format': 'DataFormat'},
197  'returns': 'str' }
198
199##
200# @ChardevCommon:
201#
202# Configuration shared across all chardev backends
203#
204# @logfile: The name of a logfile to save output
205# @logappend: true to append instead of truncate
206#             (default to false to truncate)
207#
208# Since: 2.6
209##
210{ 'struct': 'ChardevCommon',
211  'data': { '*logfile': 'str',
212            '*logappend': 'bool' } }
213
214##
215# @ChardevFile:
216#
217# Configuration info for file chardevs.
218#
219# @in:  The name of the input file
220# @out: The name of the output file
221# @append: Open the file in append mode (default false to
222#          truncate) (Since 2.6)
223#
224# Since: 1.4
225##
226{ 'struct': 'ChardevFile',
227  'data': { '*in': 'str',
228            'out': 'str',
229            '*append': 'bool' },
230  'base': 'ChardevCommon' }
231
232##
233# @ChardevHostdev:
234#
235# Configuration info for device and pipe chardevs.
236#
237# @device: The name of the special file for the device,
238#          i.e. /dev/ttyS0 on Unix or COM1: on Windows
239#
240# Since: 1.4
241##
242{ 'struct': 'ChardevHostdev',
243  'data': { 'device': 'str' },
244  'base': 'ChardevCommon' }
245
246##
247# @ChardevSocket:
248#
249# Configuration info for (stream) socket chardevs.
250#
251# @addr: socket address to listen on (server=true)
252#        or connect to (server=false)
253# @tls-creds: the ID of the TLS credentials object (since 2.6)
254# @tls-authz: the ID of the QAuthZ authorization object against which
255#             the client's x509 distinguished name will be validated. This
256#             object is only resolved at time of use, so can be deleted
257#             and recreated on the fly while the chardev server is active.
258#             If missing, it will default to denying access (since 4.0)
259# @server: create server socket (default: true)
260# @wait: wait for incoming connection on server
261#        sockets (default: false).
262#        Silently ignored with server: false.  This use is deprecated.
263# @nodelay: set TCP_NODELAY socket option (default: false)
264# @telnet: enable telnet protocol on server
265#          sockets (default: false)
266# @tn3270: enable tn3270 protocol on server
267#          sockets (default: false) (Since: 2.10)
268# @websocket: enable websocket protocol on server
269#             sockets (default: false) (Since: 3.1)
270# @reconnect: For a client socket, if a socket is disconnected,
271#             then attempt a reconnect after the given number of seconds.
272#             Setting this to zero disables this function. (default: 0)
273#             (Since: 2.2)
274#
275# Since: 1.4
276##
277{ 'struct': 'ChardevSocket',
278  'data': { 'addr': 'SocketAddressLegacy',
279            '*tls-creds': 'str',
280            '*tls-authz'  : 'str',
281            '*server': 'bool',
282            '*wait': 'bool',
283            '*nodelay': 'bool',
284            '*telnet': 'bool',
285            '*tn3270': 'bool',
286            '*websocket': 'bool',
287            '*reconnect': 'int' },
288  'base': 'ChardevCommon' }
289
290##
291# @ChardevUdp:
292#
293# Configuration info for datagram socket chardevs.
294#
295# @remote: remote address
296# @local: local address
297#
298# Since: 1.5
299##
300{ 'struct': 'ChardevUdp',
301  'data': { 'remote': 'SocketAddressLegacy',
302            '*local': 'SocketAddressLegacy' },
303  'base': 'ChardevCommon' }
304
305##
306# @ChardevMux:
307#
308# Configuration info for mux chardevs.
309#
310# @chardev: name of the base chardev.
311#
312# Since: 1.5
313##
314{ 'struct': 'ChardevMux',
315  'data': { 'chardev': 'str' },
316  'base': 'ChardevCommon' }
317
318##
319# @ChardevStdio:
320#
321# Configuration info for stdio chardevs.
322#
323# @signal: Allow signals (such as SIGINT triggered by ^C)
324#          be delivered to qemu.  Default: true.
325#
326# Since: 1.5
327##
328{ 'struct': 'ChardevStdio',
329  'data': { '*signal': 'bool' },
330  'base': 'ChardevCommon' }
331
332
333##
334# @ChardevSpiceChannel:
335#
336# Configuration info for spice vm channel chardevs.
337#
338# @type: kind of channel (for example vdagent).
339#
340# Since: 1.5
341##
342{ 'struct': 'ChardevSpiceChannel',
343  'data': { 'type': 'str' },
344  'base': 'ChardevCommon',
345  'if': 'defined(CONFIG_SPICE)' }
346
347##
348# @ChardevSpicePort:
349#
350# Configuration info for spice port chardevs.
351#
352# @fqdn: name of the channel (see docs/spice-port-fqdn.txt)
353#
354# Since: 1.5
355##
356{ 'struct': 'ChardevSpicePort',
357  'data': { 'fqdn': 'str' },
358  'base': 'ChardevCommon',
359  'if': 'defined(CONFIG_SPICE)' }
360
361##
362# @ChardevVC:
363#
364# Configuration info for virtual console chardevs.
365#
366# @width:  console width,  in pixels
367# @height: console height, in pixels
368# @cols:   console width,  in chars
369# @rows:   console height, in chars
370#
371# Since: 1.5
372##
373{ 'struct': 'ChardevVC',
374  'data': { '*width': 'int',
375            '*height': 'int',
376            '*cols': 'int',
377            '*rows': 'int' },
378  'base': 'ChardevCommon' }
379
380##
381# @ChardevRingbuf:
382#
383# Configuration info for ring buffer chardevs.
384#
385# @size: ring buffer size, must be power of two, default is 65536
386#
387# Since: 1.5
388##
389{ 'struct': 'ChardevRingbuf',
390  'data': { '*size': 'int' },
391  'base': 'ChardevCommon' }
392
393##
394# @ChardevQemuVDAgent:
395#
396# Configuration info for qemu vdagent implementation.
397#
398# @mouse: enable/disable mouse, default is enabled.
399# @clipboard: enable/disable clipboard, default is disabled.
400#
401# Since: 6.1
402#
403##
404{ 'struct': 'ChardevQemuVDAgent',
405  'data': { '*mouse': 'bool',
406            '*clipboard': 'bool' },
407  'base': 'ChardevCommon',
408  'if': 'defined(CONFIG_SPICE_PROTOCOL)' }
409
410##
411# @ChardevBackend:
412#
413# Configuration info for the new chardev backend.
414#
415# Since: 1.4 (testdev since 2.2, wctablet since 2.9, vdagent since 6.1)
416##
417{ 'union': 'ChardevBackend',
418  'data': { 'file': 'ChardevFile',
419            'serial': 'ChardevHostdev',
420            'parallel': 'ChardevHostdev',
421            'pipe': 'ChardevHostdev',
422            'socket': 'ChardevSocket',
423            'udp': 'ChardevUdp',
424            'pty': 'ChardevCommon',
425            'null': 'ChardevCommon',
426            'mux': 'ChardevMux',
427            'msmouse': 'ChardevCommon',
428            'wctablet': 'ChardevCommon',
429            'braille': 'ChardevCommon',
430            'testdev': 'ChardevCommon',
431            'stdio': 'ChardevStdio',
432            'console': 'ChardevCommon',
433            'spicevmc': { 'type': 'ChardevSpiceChannel',
434                          'if': 'defined(CONFIG_SPICE)' },
435            'spiceport': { 'type': 'ChardevSpicePort',
436                           'if': 'defined(CONFIG_SPICE)' },
437            'qemu-vdagent': { 'type': 'ChardevQemuVDAgent',
438                              'if': 'defined(CONFIG_SPICE_PROTOCOL)' },
439            'vc': 'ChardevVC',
440            'ringbuf': 'ChardevRingbuf',
441            # next one is just for compatibility
442            'memory': 'ChardevRingbuf' } }
443
444##
445# @ChardevReturn:
446#
447# Return info about the chardev backend just created.
448#
449# @pty: name of the slave pseudoterminal device, present if
450#       and only if a chardev of type 'pty' was created
451#
452# Since: 1.4
453##
454{ 'struct' : 'ChardevReturn',
455  'data': { '*pty': 'str' } }
456
457##
458# @chardev-add:
459#
460# Add a character device backend
461#
462# @id: the chardev's ID, must be unique
463# @backend: backend type and parameters
464#
465# Returns: ChardevReturn.
466#
467# Since: 1.4
468#
469# Example:
470#
471# -> { "execute" : "chardev-add",
472#      "arguments" : { "id" : "foo",
473#                      "backend" : { "type" : "null", "data" : {} } } }
474# <- { "return": {} }
475#
476# -> { "execute" : "chardev-add",
477#      "arguments" : { "id" : "bar",
478#                      "backend" : { "type" : "file",
479#                                    "data" : { "out" : "/tmp/bar.log" } } } }
480# <- { "return": {} }
481#
482# -> { "execute" : "chardev-add",
483#      "arguments" : { "id" : "baz",
484#                      "backend" : { "type" : "pty", "data" : {} } } }
485# <- { "return": { "pty" : "/dev/pty/42" } }
486#
487##
488{ 'command': 'chardev-add',
489  'data': { 'id': 'str',
490            'backend': 'ChardevBackend' },
491  'returns': 'ChardevReturn' }
492
493##
494# @chardev-change:
495#
496# Change a character device backend
497#
498# @id: the chardev's ID, must exist
499# @backend: new backend type and parameters
500#
501# Returns: ChardevReturn.
502#
503# Since: 2.10
504#
505# Example:
506#
507# -> { "execute" : "chardev-change",
508#      "arguments" : { "id" : "baz",
509#                      "backend" : { "type" : "pty", "data" : {} } } }
510# <- { "return": { "pty" : "/dev/pty/42" } }
511#
512# -> {"execute" : "chardev-change",
513#     "arguments" : {
514#         "id" : "charchannel2",
515#         "backend" : {
516#             "type" : "socket",
517#             "data" : {
518#                 "addr" : {
519#                     "type" : "unix" ,
520#                     "data" : {
521#                         "path" : "/tmp/charchannel2.socket"
522#                     }
523#                  },
524#                  "server" : true,
525#                  "wait" : false }}}}
526# <- {"return": {}}
527#
528##
529{ 'command': 'chardev-change',
530  'data': { 'id': 'str',
531            'backend': 'ChardevBackend' },
532  'returns': 'ChardevReturn' }
533
534##
535# @chardev-remove:
536#
537# Remove a character device backend
538#
539# @id: the chardev's ID, must exist and not be in use
540#
541# Returns: Nothing on success
542#
543# Since: 1.4
544#
545# Example:
546#
547# -> { "execute": "chardev-remove", "arguments": { "id" : "foo" } }
548# <- { "return": {} }
549#
550##
551{ 'command': 'chardev-remove',
552  'data': { 'id': 'str' } }
553
554##
555# @chardev-send-break:
556#
557# Send a break to a character device
558#
559# @id: the chardev's ID, must exist
560#
561# Returns: Nothing on success
562#
563# Since: 2.10
564#
565# Example:
566#
567# -> { "execute": "chardev-send-break", "arguments": { "id" : "foo" } }
568# <- { "return": {} }
569#
570##
571{ 'command': 'chardev-send-break',
572  'data': { 'id': 'str' } }
573
574##
575# @VSERPORT_CHANGE:
576#
577# Emitted when the guest opens or closes a virtio-serial port.
578#
579# @id: device identifier of the virtio-serial port
580#
581# @open: true if the guest has opened the virtio-serial port
582#
583# Note: This event is rate-limited.
584#
585# Since: 2.1
586#
587# Example:
588#
589# <- { "event": "VSERPORT_CHANGE",
590#      "data": { "id": "channel0", "open": true },
591#      "timestamp": { "seconds": 1401385907, "microseconds": 422329 } }
592#
593##
594{ 'event': 'VSERPORT_CHANGE',
595  'data': { 'id': 'str',
596            'open': 'bool' } }
597