The driver is new in 1.4, with the documented name "ringbuf".
However, it's actual name is the completely undocumented "memory".
Screwed up in commit 3949e59. Fix code to match documentation.
Keep the undocumented name working as an alias for compatibility.
Cc: qemu-sta...@nongnu.org
Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster <arm...@redhat.com>
---
qemu-char.c | 5 ++++-
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/qemu-char.c b/qemu-char.c
index a8fad65..968f572 100644
--- a/qemu-char.c
+++ b/qemu-char.c
@@ -3755,7 +3755,7 @@ static void register_types(void)
register_char_driver_qapi("null", CHARDEV_BACKEND_KIND_NULL, NULL);
register_char_driver("socket", qemu_chr_open_socket);
register_char_driver("udp", qemu_chr_open_udp);
- register_char_driver_qapi("memory", CHARDEV_BACKEND_KIND_MEMORY,
+ register_char_driver_qapi("ringbuf", CHARDEV_BACKEND_KIND_MEMORY,
qemu_chr_parse_ringbuf);
register_char_driver_qapi("file", CHARDEV_BACKEND_KIND_FILE,
qemu_chr_parse_file_out);
@@ -3773,6 +3773,9 @@ static void register_types(void)
register_char_driver_qapi("console", CHARDEV_BACKEND_KIND_CONSOLE, NULL);
register_char_driver_qapi("pipe", CHARDEV_BACKEND_KIND_PIPE,
qemu_chr_parse_pipe);
+ /* Bug-compatibility: */
+ register_char_driver_qapi("memory", CHARDEV_BACKEND_KIND_MEMORY,
+ qemu_chr_parse_ringbuf);
}
type_init(register_types);
--
1.7.11.7
