Re: [Qemu-devel] Addming new options to the QEMU monitor

[Vincent Palatin]

On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 11:28, Marco Boni <address@hidden> wrote:
> I would like to have some hints on how to implement new options in the QEMU
> monitor.
>
> In particular, I would like to add an instruction counter, so that I can
> press CTRL+ALT+2 and type something like "instruction_counter", and get the
> number of instructions that have been executed so far.

You should have a look at the "-icount" command line option and its
implementation.

> Is there any code practice to follow?

Yes, there are some requirements on the Wiki :
http://wiki.qemu.org/Contribute/SubmitAPatch

>Which source files should I put my
> hands on?

have a look at monitor.c and the hmp-command.hx to add simply a new command.

-- 
Vincent