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[Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH v3] QMP: Introduce the documentation for query-n


From: Luiz Capitulino
Subject: [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH v3] QMP: Introduce the documentation for query-netdev and info netdev
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2010 10:06:22 -0300

On Mon, 21 Jun 2010 17:31:28 -0300
Miguel Di Ciurcio Filho <address@hidden> wrote:

> These commands show the information about active backend network devices.
> 
> Changes from v2
> ---------------
> - Got rid of vlans, a separate command for them will be created if needed
> - Removed socket as a type (it is used to connect vlans)
> - 'script', 'downscript' and 'vhostfd' are now optional when type is 'tap'
> - Reworded the explanation of 'peer'
> 
> Signed-off-by: Miguel Di Ciurcio Filho <address@hidden>
> ---
>  qemu-monitor.hx |   96 
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 files changed, 96 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/qemu-monitor.hx b/qemu-monitor.hx
> index 9f62b94..cffd69e 100644
> --- a/qemu-monitor.hx
> +++ b/qemu-monitor.hx
> @@ -1674,6 +1674,102 @@ show the various VLANs and the associated devices
>  ETEXI
>  
>  STEXI
> address@hidden info netdev
> +show information about the current backend network devices
> +ETEXI
> +SQMP
> +query-netdev
> +------------
> +
> +Each device is represented by a json-object. The returned value is a 
> json-array
> +of all devices.
> +
> +Each json-object contains the following:
> +
> +- "id": the device's ID, must be unique (json-string)
> +- "type": device type (json-string)
> +    - Possible values: "tap", "user", "vde"

 What has happened to socket? Looks good otherwise.

> +- "peer": ID of the frontend guest device, if not available means that this
> +  netdev is not connected to a guest device yet (json-string, optional)
> +- "info": json-object containing the configuration information about the 
> device.
> +        - When "type" is "tap", the following values might be available:
> +            - "fd": available if connected to an already opened TAP interface
> +              (json-int, optional)
> +            - "script": path to an script used to configure the interface,
> +              available only if an script is used. (json-string, optional, 
> only
> +              present if "fd" is not present)
> +            - "downscript": path to an script used to deconfigure the 
> interface,
> +              available only if an script is used. (json-string, optional, 
> only
> +              present if "fd" is not present)
> +            - "ifname": name of the attached host interface (json-string, 
> only
> +              present if "fd" is not present)
> +            - "vhost": vhost acceleration status, true if enabled, false
> +              otherwise (json-boolean)
> +            - "vnet_hdr": true if the IFF_VNET_HDR flag must be set and is in
> +              use, false otherwise (json-boolean)
> +            - "vhostfd": fd used to connect the device to an already opened
> +              vhost net device (json-int, optional)
> +            - "sndbuf": send buffer size, in bytes (json-int)
> +        - When "type" is "vde", the following values might be available:
> +            - "sock": path to the VDE listening socket (json-string)
> +            - "port": port number connected to virtual switch (json-int)
> +            - "group": group name (json-string)
> +            - "mode": permission mode, in octal (json-int)
> +        - When "type" is "user", the following values might be available:
> +            - "hostname": client hostname reported by the builtin DHCP 
> server,
> +              (json-string, optional)
> +            - "restrict": true if guest is isolated from the host,
> +              false otherwise (json-boolean)
> +            - "net": network address (json-string)
> +            - "netmask": netmask (json-string)
> +            - "host": guest-visible address of the host (json-string)
> +            - "tftp": root directory of the built-in TFTP server 
> (json-string,
> +              optional)
> +            - "bootfile": BOOTP filename (json-string, optional)
> +            - "dhcpstart": the first of the 16 IPs the built-in DHCP server 
> can
> +              assign (json-string)
> +            - "dns": guest-visible address of the virtual nameserver
> +              (json-string)
> +            - "smb": root directory of the built-in SMB server (json-string,
> +              optional)
> +            - "smbserver": IP address of the built-in SMB server 
> (json-string,
> +              optional)
> +            - "hostfwd": guest port number to forward incoming TCP or UDP
> +              connections (json-int, optional)
> +            - "guestfwd": IP address and port to forward guest TCP 
> connections
> +              (json-int, optional)
> +
> +Example:
> +
> +-> { "execute": "query-netdev" }
> +<- {
> +      "return": [
> +         {
> +            "id": "tap.0",
> +            "type": "tap",
> +            "peer": "e1000.0",
> +            "info": {
> +               "script": "/etc/qemu-ifup",
> +               "downscript": "/etc/qemu-ifdown",
> +               "ifname": "tap0",
> +               "vhost": true
> +            },
> +         },
> +         {
> +            "id": "user.0",
> +            "type": "user",
> +            "peer": "e1000.0",
> +            "info": {
> +               "net": "10.0.2.0",
> +               "netmask": "255.255.255.0"
> +            },
> +         },
> +      ]
> +   }
> +
> +EQMP
> +
> +STEXI
>  @item info chardev
>  show the character devices
>  ETEXI




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