Although qemu-ga has supported vsock since 2016 it was not documented on
the man page.
Also add the socket address representation to the qga --help output.
Fixes: 586ef5dee77180fc32e33bc08051600030630239
("qga: add vsock-listen method")
Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
---
docs/interop/qemu-ga.rst | 5 +++--
qga/main.c | 4 +++-
2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/docs/interop/qemu-ga.rst b/docs/interop/qemu-ga.rst
index 1313a4ae1c..3063357bb5 100644
--- a/docs/interop/qemu-ga.rst
+++ b/docs/interop/qemu-ga.rst
@@ -36,13 +36,14 @@ Options
.. option:: -m, --method=METHOD
Transport method: one of ``unix-listen``, ``virtio-serial``, or
- ``isa-serial`` (``virtio-serial`` is the default).
+ ``isa-serial``, or ``vsock-listen`` (``virtio-serial`` is the default).
.. option:: -p, --path=PATH
Device/socket path (the default for virtio-serial is
``/dev/virtio-ports/org.qemu.guest_agent.0``,
- the default for isa-serial is ``/dev/ttyS0``)
+ the default for isa-serial is ``/dev/ttyS0``). Socket addresses for
+ vsock-listen are written as ``<cid>:<port>``.
.. option:: -l, --logfile=PATH
diff --git a/qga/main.c b/qga/main.c
index 8ee2736f8e..f0e454f28d 100644
--- a/qga/main.c
+++ b/qga/main.c
@@ -234,7 +234,9 @@ QEMU_COPYRIGHT "\n"
" -p, --path device/socket path (the default for virtio-serial is:\n"
" %s,\n"
" the default for isa-serial is:\n"
-" %s)\n"
+" %s).\n"
+" Socket addresses for vsock-listen are written as\n"
+" <cid>:<port>.\n"
" -l, --logfile set logfile path, logs to stderr by default\n"
" -f, --pidfile specify pidfile (default is %s)\n"
#ifdef CONFIG_FSFREEZE
--
2.24.1
Hi
On Mon, Mar 23, 2020 at 12:04 PM Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> Although qemu-ga has supported vsock since 2016 it was not documented on
> the man page.
>
> Also add the socket address representation to the qga --help output.
>
> Fixes: 586ef5dee77180fc32e33bc08051600030630239
> ("qga: add vsock-listen method")
> Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Marc-André Lureau <marcandre.lureau@redhat.com>
> ---
> docs/interop/qemu-ga.rst | 5 +++--
> qga/main.c | 4 +++-
> 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/docs/interop/qemu-ga.rst b/docs/interop/qemu-ga.rst
> index 1313a4ae1c..3063357bb5 100644
> --- a/docs/interop/qemu-ga.rst
> +++ b/docs/interop/qemu-ga.rst
> @@ -36,13 +36,14 @@ Options
> .. option:: -m, --method=METHOD
>
> Transport method: one of ``unix-listen``, ``virtio-serial``, or
> - ``isa-serial`` (``virtio-serial`` is the default).
> + ``isa-serial``, or ``vsock-listen`` (``virtio-serial`` is the default).
>
> .. option:: -p, --path=PATH
>
> Device/socket path (the default for virtio-serial is
> ``/dev/virtio-ports/org.qemu.guest_agent.0``,
> - the default for isa-serial is ``/dev/ttyS0``)
> + the default for isa-serial is ``/dev/ttyS0``). Socket addresses for
> + vsock-listen are written as ``<cid>:<port>``.
>
> .. option:: -l, --logfile=PATH
>
> diff --git a/qga/main.c b/qga/main.c
> index 8ee2736f8e..f0e454f28d 100644
> --- a/qga/main.c
> +++ b/qga/main.c
> @@ -234,7 +234,9 @@ QEMU_COPYRIGHT "\n"
> " -p, --path device/socket path (the default for virtio-serial is:\n"
> " %s,\n"
> " the default for isa-serial is:\n"
> -" %s)\n"
> +" %s).\n"
> +" Socket addresses for vsock-listen are written as\n"
> +" <cid>:<port>.\n"
> " -l, --logfile set logfile path, logs to stderr by default\n"
> " -f, --pidfile specify pidfile (default is %s)\n"
> #ifdef CONFIG_FSFREEZE
> --
> 2.24.1
>
--
Marc-André Lureau
On Mon, Mar 23, 2020 at 11:04:08AM +0000, Stefan Hajnoczi wrote:
> Although qemu-ga has supported vsock since 2016 it was not documented on
> the man page.
>
> Also add the socket address representation to the qga --help output.
>
> Fixes: 586ef5dee77180fc32e33bc08051600030630239
> ("qga: add vsock-listen method")
> Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
> ---
> docs/interop/qemu-ga.rst | 5 +++--
> qga/main.c | 4 +++-
> 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/docs/interop/qemu-ga.rst b/docs/interop/qemu-ga.rst
> index 1313a4ae1c..3063357bb5 100644
> --- a/docs/interop/qemu-ga.rst
> +++ b/docs/interop/qemu-ga.rst
> @@ -36,13 +36,14 @@ Options
> .. option:: -m, --method=METHOD
>
> Transport method: one of ``unix-listen``, ``virtio-serial``, or
> - ``isa-serial`` (``virtio-serial`` is the default).
> + ``isa-serial``, or ``vsock-listen`` (``virtio-serial`` is the default).
>
> .. option:: -p, --path=PATH
>
> Device/socket path (the default for virtio-serial is
> ``/dev/virtio-ports/org.qemu.guest_agent.0``,
> - the default for isa-serial is ``/dev/ttyS0``)
> + the default for isa-serial is ``/dev/ttyS0``). Socket addresses for
> + vsock-listen are written as ``<cid>:<port>``.
>
> .. option:: -l, --logfile=PATH
>
> diff --git a/qga/main.c b/qga/main.c
> index 8ee2736f8e..f0e454f28d 100644
> --- a/qga/main.c
> +++ b/qga/main.c
> @@ -234,7 +234,9 @@ QEMU_COPYRIGHT "\n"
> " -p, --path device/socket path (the default for virtio-serial is:\n"
> " %s,\n"
> " the default for isa-serial is:\n"
> -" %s)\n"
> +" %s).\n"
> +" Socket addresses for vsock-listen are written as\n"
> +" <cid>:<port>.\n"
> " -l, --logfile set logfile path, logs to stderr by default\n"
> " -f, --pidfile specify pidfile (default is %s)\n"
> #ifdef CONFIG_FSFREEZE
> --
> 2.24.1
>
Thanks to update it!
I updated the wiki page some months ago, adding an example, but I forgot to
check the most important man page and --help output.
Reviewed-by: Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@redhat.com>
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