With e.g.: <serial type='tcp'> <source mode='bind' host='127.0.0.1' service='4444'/> <protocol type='telnet'/> <target port='0'/> </serial> You currently get: Unknown option: listen qemu: could not open serial device 'telnet:127.0.0.1:4444,listen' With the telnet protocol, qemu expects "server" as an option rather than "listen". Signed-off-by: Mark McLoughlin <markmc@xxxxxxxxxx> Index: libvirt/src/qemu_conf.c =================================================================== --- libvirt.orig/src/qemu_conf.c 2008-08-13 18:14:34.000000000 +0100 +++ libvirt/src/qemu_conf.c 2008-08-13 18:35:20.000000000 +0100 @@ -685,12 +685,19 @@ break; case VIR_DOMAIN_CHR_TYPE_TCP: - if (snprintf(buf, buflen, "%s:%s:%s%s", - dev->data.tcp.protocol == VIR_DOMAIN_CHR_TCP_PROTOCOL_TELNET ? "telnet" : "tcp", - dev->data.tcp.host, - dev->data.tcp.service, - dev->data.tcp.listen ? ",listen" : "") >= buflen) - return -1; + if (dev->data.tcp.protocol == VIR_DOMAIN_CHR_TCP_PROTOCOL_TELNET) { + if (snprintf(buf, buflen, "telnet:%s:%s%s", + dev->data.tcp.host, + dev->data.tcp.service, + dev->data.tcp.listen ? ",server" : "") >= buflen) + return -1; + } else { + if (snprintf(buf, buflen, "tcp:%s:%s%s", + dev->data.tcp.host, + dev->data.tcp.service, + dev->data.tcp.listen ? ",listen" : "") >= buflen) + return -1; + } break; case VIR_DOMAIN_CHR_TYPE_UNIX: -- Libvir-list mailing list Libvir-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list