Character backends are actually QOM types. When a backend's compile-time conditional QOM type is not compiled in, creation fails with "'FOO' is not a valid char driver name". Okay, except introspecting chardev-add with query-qmp-schema doesn't work then: the backend type is there even though the QOM type isn't.
A management application can work around this issue by using qom-list-types instead. Fix the issue anyway: add the conditionals to the QAPI schema. Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster <arm...@redhat.com> --- qapi/char.json | 20 ++++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/qapi/char.json b/qapi/char.json index 6c6ad3b10c..2d74e66746 100644 --- a/qapi/char.json +++ b/qapi/char.json @@ -472,8 +472,8 @@ ## { 'enum': 'ChardevBackendKind', 'data': [ 'file', - 'serial', - 'parallel', + { 'name': 'serial', 'if': 'HAVE_CHARDEV_SERIAL' }, + { 'name': 'parallel', 'if': 'HAVE_CHARDEV_PARALLEL' }, 'pipe', 'socket', 'udp', @@ -482,10 +482,10 @@ 'mux', 'msmouse', 'wctablet', - 'braille', + { 'name': 'braille', 'if': 'CONFIG_BRLAPI' }, 'testdev', 'stdio', - 'console', + { 'name': 'console', 'if': 'CONFIG_WIN32' }, { 'name': 'spicevmc', 'if': 'CONFIG_SPICE' }, { 'name': 'spiceport', 'if': 'CONFIG_SPICE' }, { 'name': 'qemu-vdagent', 'if': 'CONFIG_SPICE_PROTOCOL' }, @@ -614,8 +614,10 @@ 'base': { 'type': 'ChardevBackendKind' }, 'discriminator': 'type', 'data': { 'file': 'ChardevFileWrapper', - 'serial': 'ChardevHostdevWrapper', - 'parallel': 'ChardevHostdevWrapper', + 'serial': { 'type': 'ChardevHostdevWrapper', + 'if': 'HAVE_CHARDEV_SERIAL' }, + 'parallel': { 'type': 'ChardevHostdevWrapper', + 'if': 'HAVE_CHARDEV_PARALLEL' }, 'pipe': 'ChardevHostdevWrapper', 'socket': 'ChardevSocketWrapper', 'udp': 'ChardevUdpWrapper', @@ -624,10 +626,12 @@ 'mux': 'ChardevMuxWrapper', 'msmouse': 'ChardevCommonWrapper', 'wctablet': 'ChardevCommonWrapper', - 'braille': 'ChardevCommonWrapper', + 'braille': { 'type': 'ChardevCommonWrapper', + 'if': 'CONFIG_BRLAPI' }, 'testdev': 'ChardevCommonWrapper', 'stdio': 'ChardevStdioWrapper', - 'console': 'ChardevCommonWrapper', + 'console': { 'type': 'ChardevCommonWrapper', + 'if': 'CONFIG_WIN32' }, 'spicevmc': { 'type': 'ChardevSpiceChannelWrapper', 'if': 'CONFIG_SPICE' }, 'spiceport': { 'type': 'ChardevSpicePortWrapper', -- 2.43.0