Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3] chardev: Allow for pty path passing.

[Daniel P . Berrangé]

On Sat, Jan 26, 2019 at 02:33:55PM +0100, Paulo Neves wrote:
> If a user requires a virtual serial device like provided
> by the pty char device, the user needs to accept the
> returned device name. This makes the program need to
> have smarts to parse or communicate with qemu to get the
> pty device.
> With this patch the program can pass the path where
> a symlink to the pty device will be, removing the
> need for 2 way communication or smarts.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Paulo Neves <address@hidden>
> ---
>  chardev/char-pty.c | 41 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  chardev/char.c     |  6 +++++-
>  qapi/char.json     |  4 ++--
>  3 files changed, 47 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

qemu-options.hx needs updating to document the new syntax too


Regards,
Daniel
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