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@@ -2152,6 +2152,7 @@ The general form of a character device option is:
ETEXI
DEF("chardev", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_chardev,
+ "-chardev help\n"
"-chardev null,id=id[,mux=on|off][,logfile=PATH][,logappend=on|off]\n"
"-chardev socket,id=id[,host=host],port=port[,to=to][,ipv4][,ipv6][,nodelay][,reconnect=seconds]\n"
" [,server][,nowait][,telnet][,reconnect=seconds][,mux=on|off]\n"
@@ -2217,6 +2218,8 @@ Backend is one of:
@option{spiceport}.
The specific backend will determine the applicable options.
+Use "-chardev help" to print all available chardev backend types.
+
All devices must have an id, which can be any string up to 127 characters long.
It is used to uniquely identify this device in other command line directives.