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: [email protected] Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster <[email protected]> --- qemu-char.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/qemu-char.c b/qemu-char.c index bd1aefb..742b73b 100644 --- a/qemu-char.c +++ b/qemu-char.c @@ -3774,7 +3774,7 @@ 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); @@ -3794,6 +3794,9 @@ static void register_types(void) qemu_chr_parse_pipe); register_char_driver_qapi("mux", CHARDEV_BACKEND_KIND_MUX, qemu_chr_parse_mux); + /* Bug-compatibility: */ + register_char_driver_qapi("memory", CHARDEV_BACKEND_KIND_MEMORY, + qemu_chr_parse_ringbuf); } type_init(register_types); -- 1.7.11.7
