On 06/26/2017 02:01 PM, Cole Robinson wrote:
> AFAIK there aren't any cases where we will/should hit the old code
> path for our supported qemu versions, so drop the old code.
>
> Massive test suite churn follows
>
> Signed-off-by: Cole Robinson <crobinso@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
I trimmed all the test suite churn so it didn't hit mailing list limits. Full
patch is attached
- Cole
>From 3ee20d5b2792f4f535a6c461c522e83d49283129 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
Message-Id: <3ee20d5b2792f4f535a6c461c522e83d49283129.1498501090.git.crobinso@xxxxxxxxxx>
From: Cole Robinson <crobinso@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2017 10:40:39 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] qemu: command: always use -chardev for monitor config
AFAIK there aren't any cases where we will/should hit the old code
path for our supported qemu versions, so drop the old code.
Massive test suite churn follows
Signed-off-by: Cole Robinson <crobinso@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
src/qemu/qemu_command.c | 38 +++++++---------------
.../qemuxml2argv-aarch64-aavmf-virtio-mmio.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-aarch64-acpi-uefi.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-aarch64-cpu-passthrough.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-aarch64-gic-host.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-aarch64-gic-none-tcg.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-aarch64-gic-v2.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-aarch64-gic-v3.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-aarch64-kvm-32-on-64.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-aarch64-noacpi-nouefi.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-aarch64-noacpi-uefi.args | 4 ++-
...muxml2argv-aarch64-usb-controller-nec-xhci.args | 4 ++-
...uxml2argv-aarch64-usb-controller-qemu-xhci.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-aarch64-video-virtio-gpu-pci.args | 4 ++-
...l2argv-aarch64-virt-2.6-virtio-pci-default.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-aarch64-virt-default-nic.args | 5 +--
.../qemuxml2argv-aarch64-virt-virtio.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-aarch64-virtio-pci-default.args | 4 ++-
...l2argv-aarch64-virtio-pci-manual-addresses.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-acpi-table.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-arm-vexpressa9-basic.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-arm-vexpressa9-nodevs.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-arm-vexpressa9-virtio.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-arm-virt-virtio.args | 4 ++-
tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-autoindex.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-balloon-ccw-deflate.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-balloon-device-auto.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-balloon-device-deflate-off.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-balloon-device-deflate.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-balloon-device-period.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-balloon-device.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-balloon-mmio-deflate.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-bios-nvram-secure.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-bios-nvram.args | 4 ++-
tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-bios.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-blkdeviotune-group-num.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-blkdeviotune-max-length.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-blkdeviotune-max.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-blkdeviotune.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-blkiotune-device.args | 4 ++-
tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-blkiotune.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-boot-cdrom.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-boot-complex-bootindex.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-boot-complex.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-boot-floppy-q35.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-boot-floppy.args | 4 ++-
...xml2argv-boot-menu-disable-drive-bootindex.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-boot-menu-disable-drive.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-boot-menu-disable.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-boot-menu-enable-bootindex.args | 4 ++-
...qemuxml2argv-boot-menu-enable-with-timeout.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-boot-menu-enable.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-boot-multi.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-boot-network.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-boot-order.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-boot-strict.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-bootindex-floppy-q35.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-channel-spicevmc-old.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-channel-spicevmc.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-clock-catchup.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-clock-france.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-clock-hpet-off.args | 4 ++-
...muxml2argv-clock-localtime-basis-localtime.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-clock-localtime.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-clock-timer-hyperv-rtc.args | 4 ++-
tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-clock-utc.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-clock-variable.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-console-compat-auto.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-console-compat.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-cpu-Haswell-noTSX.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-Haswell.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-cpu-Haswell2.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-cpu-Haswell3.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-cpu-cache-disable.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-cpu-cache-disable2.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-cpu-cache-disable3.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-cpu-cache-emulate-l3.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-cpu-cache-passthrough.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-cpu-cache-passthrough2.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-cpu-check-default-none.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-cpu-check-default-none2.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-cpu-check-default-partial.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-cpu-check-default-partial2.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-cpu-check-none.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-cpu-eoi-disabled.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-cpu-eoi-enabled.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-exact1.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-cpu-exact2-nofallback.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-exact2.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-cpu-fallback.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-cpu-host-kvmclock.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-cpu-host-model-cmt.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-cpu-host-model-fallback.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-cpu-host-model-vendor.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-cpu-host-model.args | 4 ++-
...qemuxml2argv-cpu-host-passthrough-features.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-cpu-host-passthrough.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-cpu-hotplug-startup.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-cpu-kvmclock.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-cpu-minimum1.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-cpu-minimum2.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-cpu-numa-disjoint.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-cpu-numa-memshared.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-cpu-numa-no-memory-element.args | 4 ++-
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tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-numa2.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-cpu-s390-features.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-cpu-s390-zEC12.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-strict1.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-cpu-topology1.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-cpu-topology2.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-cpu-topology3.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-cpu-tsc-frequency.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-cputune-numatune.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-cputune-zero-shares.args | 4 ++-
tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cputune.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-debug-threads.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-default-kvm-host-arch.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-default-qemu-host-arch.args | 4 ++-
tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-aio.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-disk-blockio.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-disk-cdrom-empty.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-disk-cdrom-network-ftp.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-disk-cdrom-network-ftps.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-disk-cdrom-network-http.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-disk-cdrom-network-https.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-disk-cdrom-network-tftp.args | 4 ++-
...qemuxml2argv-disk-cdrom-tray-no-device-cap.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-disk-cdrom-tray.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-cdrom.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-disk-copy_on_read.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-boot-cdrom.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-boot-disk.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-cache-directsync.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-cache-unsafe.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-cache-v2-none.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-cache-v2-wb.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-cache-v2-wt.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-copy-on-read.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-detect-zeroes.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-discard.args | 4 ++-
...uxml2argv-disk-drive-error-policy-enospace.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-error-policy-stop.args | 4 ++-
...gv-disk-drive-error-policy-wreport-rignore.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-fmt-qcow.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-network-gluster.args | 4 ++-
...qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-network-iscsi-auth.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-network-iscsi-lun.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-network-iscsi.args | 4 ++-
...qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-network-nbd-export.args | 4 ++-
...ml2argv-disk-drive-network-nbd-ipv6-export.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-network-nbd-ipv6.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-network-nbd-unix.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-network-nbd.args | 4 ++-
...muxml2argv-disk-drive-network-rbd-auth-AES.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-network-rbd-auth.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-network-rbd-ipv6.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-network-rbd.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-network-sheepdog.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-no-boot.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-readonly-disk.args | 4 ++-
...qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-readonly-no-device.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-shared.args | 4 ++-
...emuxml2argv-disk-floppy-tray-no-device-cap.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-disk-floppy-tray.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-floppy.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-disk-geometry.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-disk-ide-drive-split.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-disk-ide-wwn.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-disk-ioeventfd.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-iscsi.args | 4 ++-
tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-many.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-order.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-disk-sata-device.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-disk-scsi-device-auto.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-disk-scsi-device.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-disk-scsi-disk-split.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-disk-scsi-disk-vpd.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-disk-scsi-disk-wwn.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-disk-scsi-lun-passthrough.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-disk-scsi-megasas.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-disk-scsi-mptsas1068.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-disk-scsi-virtio-scsi.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-disk-scsi-vscsi.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-serial.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-disk-snapshot.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-disk-source-pool-mode.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-disk-source-pool.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-disk-usb-device-removable.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-disk-usb-device.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-disk-virtio-ccw-many.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-disk-virtio-ccw.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-disk-virtio-s390.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-disk-virtio-scsi-ccw.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-disk-virtio-scsi-cmd_per_lun.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-disk-virtio-scsi-ioeventfd.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-disk-virtio-scsi-max_sectors.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-disk-virtio-scsi-num_queues.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-virtio.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-encrypted-disk-usage.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-encrypted-disk.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-eoi-disabled.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-eoi-enabled.args | 4 ++-
tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-event_idx.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-fd-memory-no-numa-topology.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-fd-memory-numa-topology.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-fd-memory-numa-topology2.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-fd-memory-numa-topology3.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-fips-enabled.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-floppy-drive-fat.args | 4 ++-
tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-fs9p-ccw.args | 4 ++-
tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-fs9p.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-graphics-sdl-fullscreen.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-graphics-sdl.args | 4 ++-
...emuxml2argv-graphics-spice-agent-file-xfer.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-graphics-spice-agentmouse.args | 4 ++-
...emuxml2argv-graphics-spice-auto-socket-cfg.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-graphics-spice-auto-socket.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-graphics-spice-compression.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-graphics-spice-no-args.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-graphics-spice-qxl-vga.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-graphics-spice-sasl.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-graphics-spice-socket.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-graphics-spice-timeout.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-graphics-spice.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-graphics-vnc-auto-socket-cfg.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-graphics-vnc-auto-socket.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-graphics-vnc-no-listen-attr.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-graphics-vnc-none.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-graphics-vnc-policy.args | 4 ++-
...2argv-graphics-vnc-remove-generated-socket.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-graphics-vnc-sasl.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-graphics-vnc-socket.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-graphics-vnc-tls.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-graphics-vnc-websocket.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-graphics-vnc.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-hostdev-mdev-precreated.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-hostdev-pci-address-device.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-hostdev-pci-address.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-hostdev-scsi-lsi-iscsi-auth.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-hostdev-scsi-lsi-iscsi.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-hostdev-scsi-lsi.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-hostdev-scsi-readonly.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-hostdev-scsi-vhost-scsi-ccw.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-hostdev-scsi-vhost-scsi-pci.args | 4 ++-
...emuxml2argv-hostdev-scsi-virtio-iscsi-auth.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-hostdev-scsi-virtio-iscsi.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-hostdev-scsi-virtio-scsi.args | 4 ++-
...muxml2argv-hostdev-usb-address-device-boot.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-hostdev-usb-address-device.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-hostdev-usb-address.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-hostdev-vfio-multidomain.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-hostdev-vfio.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-hotplug-base.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-hugepages-memaccess.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-hugepages-memaccess2.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-hugepages-numa.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-hugepages-pages.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-hugepages-pages2.args | 5 +--
.../qemuxml2argv-hugepages-pages3.args | 5 +--
.../qemuxml2argv-hugepages-pages5.args | 5 +--
.../qemuxml2argv-hugepages-pages6.args | 5 +--
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tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hugepages.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hyperv-off.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-hyperv-panic.args | 4 ++-
tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hyperv.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-input-usbmouse-addr.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-input-usbmouse.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-input-usbtablet.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-intel-iommu-caching-mode.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-intel-iommu-device-iotlb.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-intel-iommu-eim.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-intel-iommu-ioapic.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-intel-iommu-machine.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-intel-iommu.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-iothreads-disk-virtio-ccw.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-iothreads-disk.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-iothreads-ids-partial.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-iothreads-ids.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-iothreads-virtio-scsi-ccw.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-iothreads-virtio-scsi-pci.args | 4 ++-
tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-iothreads.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-kvm-features-off.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-kvm-features.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-kvm-pit-delay.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-kvm-pit-discard.args | 4 ++-
tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-kvm.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-kvmclock+eoi-disabled.args | 4 ++-
tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-kvmclock.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-luks-disks.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-machine-aeskeywrap-off-cap.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-machine-aeskeywrap-off-caps.args | 4 ++-
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.../qemuxml2argv-machine-aeskeywrap-on-caps.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-machine-aliases1.args | 4 ++-
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.../qemuxml2argv-machine-core-cfg-off.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-machine-core-off.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-machine-core-on.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-machine-deakeywrap-off-cap.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-machine-deakeywrap-off-caps.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-machine-deakeywrap-on-cap.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-machine-deakeywrap-on-caps.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-machine-keywrap-none-caps.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-machine-keywrap-none.args | 4 ++-
...-machine-loadparm-multiple-disks-nets-s390.args | 4 ++-
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.../qemuxml2argv-machine-loadparm-s390.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-machine-smm-opt.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-machine-usb-opt.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-machine-vmport-opt.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-master-key.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-memory-hotplug-dimm-addr.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-memory-hotplug-dimm.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-memory-hotplug-nvdimm-access.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-memory-hotplug-nvdimm-label.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-memory-hotplug-nvdimm.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-memory-hotplug-ppc64-nonuma.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-memory-hotplug.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-memtune-unlimited.args | 4 ++-
tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-memtune.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-migrate-numa-unaligned.args | 4 ++-
tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-migrate.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-minimal-msg-timestamp.args | 4 ++-
tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-minimal.args | 4 ++-
tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-misc-acpi.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-misc-disable-s3.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-misc-disable-suspends.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-misc-enable-s4.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-misc-no-reboot.args | 4 ++-
tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-misc-uuid.args | 4 ++-
tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-mlock-off.args | 4 ++-
tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-mlock-on.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-mlock-unsupported.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-multifunction-pci-device.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-net-client.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-net-eth-hostip.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-net-eth-ifname.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-net-eth-names.args | 4 ++-
tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-net-eth.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-net-hostdev-multidomain.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-net-hostdev-vfio-multidomain.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-net-hostdev-vfio.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-net-hostdev.args | 4 ++-
tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-net-mcast.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-net-server.args | 4 ++-
tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-net-udp.args | 4 ++-
tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-net-user.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-net-vhostuser-multiq.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-net-vhostuser.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-net-virtio-ccw.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-net-virtio-device.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-net-virtio-disable-offloads.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-net-virtio-netdev.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-net-virtio-rxqueuesize.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-net-virtio-s390.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-net-virtio.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-no-kvm-pit-device.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-nographics-display.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-nographics-vga.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-nographics.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-nosharepages.args | 4 ++-
...qemuxml2argv-numad-auto-memory-vcpu-cpuset.args | 4 ++-
...d-auto-memory-vcpu-no-cpuset-and-placement.args | 4 ++-
...muxml2argv-numad-auto-vcpu-static-numatune.args | 4 ++-
...qemuxml2argv-numad-static-memory-auto-vcpu.args | 4 ++-
tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-numad.args | 4 ++-
...qemuxml2argv-numatune-auto-nodeset-invalid.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-numatune-auto-prefer.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-numatune-memnode-no-memory.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-numatune-memnode.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-numatune-memory.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-panic-double.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-panic-no-address.args | 4 ++-
tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-panic.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-pci-autoadd-addr.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-pci-autoadd-idx.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-pci-autofill-addr.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-pci-bridge-many-disks.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pci-bridge.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-pci-expander-bus.args | 4 ++-
tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pci-many.args | 4 ++-
tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pci-rom.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-pcie-expander-bus.args | 5 +--
.../qemuxml2argv-pcie-root-port-model-generic.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-pcie-root-port-model-ioh3420.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-pcie-root-port.args | 4 ++-
tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pcie-root.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-pcie-switch-downstream-port.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-pcie-switch-upstream-port.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-pcihole64-q35.args | 4 ++-
tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pcihole64.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-pmu-feature-off.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pmu-feature.args | 4 ++-
tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-ppc-dtb.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-ppc64-usb-controller-legacy.args | 4 ++-
...emuxml2argv-ppc64-usb-controller-qemu-xhci.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-ppc64-usb-controller.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-pseries-nvram.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-pv-spinlock-disabled.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-pv-spinlock-enabled.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-q35-acpi-nouefi.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-q35-acpi-uefi.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-q35-default-devices-only.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-q35-multifunction.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-q35-noacpi-nouefi.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-q35-pci-force-address.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-q35-pcie-autoadd.args | 4 ++-
tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-q35-pcie.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-q35-pm-disable-fallback.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-q35-pm-disable.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-q35-usb2-multi.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-q35-usb2-reorder.args | 4 ++-
tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-q35-usb2.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-q35-virt-manager-basic.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-q35-virtio-pci.args | 4 ++-
tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-q35.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-qemu-ns-commandline-ns0.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-qemu-ns-commandline-ns1.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-qemu-ns-commandline.args | 4 ++-
...emuxml2argv-qemu-ns-domain-commandline-ns0.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-qemu-ns-domain-commandline.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-qemu-ns-domain-ns0.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-qemu-ns-no-env.args | 4 ++-
tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-qemu-ns.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-reboot-timeout-disabled.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-reboot-timeout-enabled.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-restore-v2-fd.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-restore-v2.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-seclabel-dac-none.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-seclabel-dynamic-baselabel.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-seclabel-dynamic-labelskip.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-seclabel-dynamic-override.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-seclabel-dynamic-relabel.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-seclabel-dynamic.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-seclabel-none.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-seclabel-static-labelskip.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-seclabel-static-relabel.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-seclabel-static.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-serial-dev.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-serial-file.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-serial-many.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-serial-pty.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-serial-spiceport-nospice.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-serial-tcp-telnet.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-serial-tcp.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-serial-udp.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-serial-unix.args | 4 ++-
tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-serial-vc.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-shmem-plain-doorbell.args | 4 ++-
tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-shmem.args | 4 ++-
tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-smbios.args | 4 ++-
tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-smp.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-sound-device.args | 4 ++-
tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-sound.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-tpm-passthrough.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-usb-controller-default-q35.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-usb-controller-explicit-q35.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-usb-controller-qemu-xhci.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-vcpu-placement-static.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-video-device-pciaddr-default.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-video-qxl-device-vgamem.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-video-qxl-device.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-video-qxl-heads.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-video-qxl-nodevice.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-video-qxl-noheads.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-video-qxl-sec-device-vgamem.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-video-qxl-sec-device.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-video-vga-device-vgamem.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-video-vga-device.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-video-vga-nodevice.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-video-vga-qxl-heads.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-video-virtio-gpu-device.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-video-virtio-gpu-secondary.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-video-virtio-gpu-spice-gl.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-video-virtio-gpu-virgl.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-video-virtio-vga.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-virtio-input-passthrough.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-virtio-input.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-virtio-lun.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-virtio-options.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-virtio-rng-default.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-virtio-rng-egd.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-virtio-rng-multiple.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-virtio-rng-random.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-watchdog-device.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-watchdog-dump.args | 4 ++-
.../qemuxml2argv-watchdog-injectnmi.args | 4 ++-
tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-watchdog.args | 4 ++-
490 files changed, 1479 insertions(+), 521 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
index ca9329bb5..056e62129 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
@@ -5630,33 +5630,19 @@ qemuBuildMonitorCommandLine(virLogManagerPtr logManager,
if (!monitor_chr)
return 0;
- /* Use -chardev if it's available */
- if (virQEMUCapsGet(qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_CHARDEV)) {
-
- if (!(chrdev = qemuBuildChrChardevStr(logManager, cmd, cfg, def,
- monitor_chr, "monitor",
- qemuCaps, true,
- chardevStdioLogd)))
- return -1;
- virCommandAddArg(cmd, "-chardev");
- virCommandAddArg(cmd, chrdev);
- VIR_FREE(chrdev);
-
- virCommandAddArg(cmd, "-mon");
- virCommandAddArgFormat(cmd,
- "chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=%s",
- monitor_json ? "control" : "readline");
- } else {
- const char *prefix = NULL;
- if (monitor_json)
- prefix = "control,";
+ if (!(chrdev = qemuBuildChrChardevStr(logManager, cmd, cfg, def,
+ monitor_chr, "monitor",
+ qemuCaps, true,
+ chardevStdioLogd)))
+ return -1;
+ virCommandAddArg(cmd, "-chardev");
+ virCommandAddArg(cmd, chrdev);
+ VIR_FREE(chrdev);
- virCommandAddArg(cmd, "-monitor");
- if (!(chrdev = qemuBuildChrArgStr(monitor_chr, prefix)))
- return -1;
- virCommandAddArg(cmd, chrdev);
- VIR_FREE(chrdev);
- }
+ virCommandAddArg(cmd, "-mon");
+ virCommandAddArgFormat(cmd,
+ "chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=%s",
+ monitor_json ? "control" : "readline");
return 0;
}
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-aavmf-virtio-mmio.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-aavmf-virtio-mmio.args
index 68fb61b1e..ffb37a55a 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-aavmf-virtio-mmio.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-aavmf-virtio-mmio.args
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-nographic \
-nodefconfig \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-aarch64test/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,\
+path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-aarch64test/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-kernel /aarch64.kernel \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-acpi-uefi.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-acpi-uefi.args
index 36371ba02..d715a97b7 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-acpi-uefi.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-acpi-uefi.args
@@ -18,5 +18,7 @@ unit=1 \
-uuid 496d7ea8-9739-544b-4ebd-ef08be936e8b \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-guest/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-guest/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-boot c
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-cpu-passthrough.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-cpu-passthrough.args
index 9c8c001f1..511b27c22 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-cpu-passthrough.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-cpu-passthrough.args
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-nographic \
-nodefconfig \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-aarch64test/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,\
+path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-aarch64test/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-drive file=/aarch64.raw,format=raw,if=none,id=drive-virtio-disk0 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-gic-host.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-gic-host.args
index 23276ad71..3574ab0c4 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-gic-host.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-gic-host.args
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid 6ba410c5-1e5c-4d57-bee7-2228e7ffa32f \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-aarch64test/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,\
+path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-aarch64test/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-gic-none-tcg.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-gic-none-tcg.args
index 52b699696..4e3c0eee2 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-gic-none-tcg.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-gic-none-tcg.args
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid 6ba410c5-1e5c-4d57-bee7-2228e7ffa32f \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-guest/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-guest/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-gic-v2.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-gic-v2.args
index f79c1c60e..7e88bbde3 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-gic-v2.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-gic-v2.args
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid 6ba410c5-1e5c-4d57-bee7-2228e7ffa32f \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-aarch64test/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,\
+path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-aarch64test/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-gic-v3.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-gic-v3.args
index fce9308b0..6e6105cfe 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-gic-v3.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-gic-v3.args
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid 6ba410c5-1e5c-4d57-bee7-2228e7ffa32f \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-aarch64test/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,\
+path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-aarch64test/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-kvm-32-on-64.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-kvm-32-on-64.args
index 4c3599171..3af4564ad 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-kvm-32-on-64.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-kvm-32-on-64.args
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-nographic \
-nodefconfig \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-armtest/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-armtest/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-boot c \
-kernel /arm.kernel \
-initrd /arm.initrd \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-noacpi-nouefi.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-noacpi-nouefi.args
index 301eda89e..a282bbf45 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-noacpi-nouefi.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-noacpi-nouefi.args
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid 496d7ea8-9739-544b-4ebd-ef08be936e8b \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-guest/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-guest/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-kernel /var/lib/libvirt/images/guest.vmlinuz \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-noacpi-uefi.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-noacpi-uefi.args
index c62de750f..34e088d73 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-noacpi-uefi.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-noacpi-uefi.args
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ unit=1 \
-uuid 496d7ea8-9739-544b-4ebd-ef08be936e8b \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-guest/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-guest/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-usb-controller-nec-xhci.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-usb-controller-nec-xhci.args
index e97431f8b..d9d476bfc 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-usb-controller-nec-xhci.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-usb-controller-nec-xhci.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-device nec-usb-xhci,id=usb,bus=pcie.0,addr=0x1
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-usb-controller-qemu-xhci.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-usb-controller-qemu-xhci.args
index 0aa27f7ab..456b4dfea 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-usb-controller-qemu-xhci.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-usb-controller-qemu-xhci.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-device qemu-xhci,id=usb,bus=pcie.0,addr=0x1
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-video-virtio-gpu-pci.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-video-virtio-gpu-pci.args
index f145e3698..5730646da 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-video-virtio-gpu-pci.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-video-virtio-gpu-pci.args
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-nographic \
-nodefconfig \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-aarch64-vgpu/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,\
+path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-aarch64-vgpu/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-device ioh3420,port=0x8,chassis=1,id=pci.1,bus=pcie.0,multifunction=on,\
addr=0x1 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-virt-2.6-virtio-pci-default.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-virt-2.6-virtio-pci-default.args
index e99d412a7..c640edc6f 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-virt-2.6-virtio-pci-default.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-virt-2.6-virtio-pci-default.args
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-nographic \
-nodefconfig \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-aarch64test/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,\
+path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-aarch64test/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-kernel /aarch64.kernel \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-virt-default-nic.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-virt-default-nic.args
index 47d77618b..f27fe0a1d 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-virt-default-nic.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-virt-default-nic.args
@@ -15,8 +15,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-nographic \
-nodefconfig \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-aarch64-virt-default/monitor.sock,server,\
-nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,\
+path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-aarch64-virt-default/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-kernel /aarch64.kernel \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-virt-virtio.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-virt-virtio.args
index 5fef3b488..eca4c4bac 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-virt-virtio.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-virt-virtio.args
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-nographic \
-nodefconfig \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-aarch64test/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,\
+path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-aarch64test/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-kernel /aarch64.kernel \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-virtio-pci-default.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-virtio-pci-default.args
index 23a5fffd0..a5bc66ecd 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-virtio-pci-default.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-virtio-pci-default.args
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-nographic \
-nodefconfig \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-aarch64test/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,\
+path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-aarch64test/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-kernel /aarch64.kernel \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-virtio-pci-manual-addresses.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-virtio-pci-manual-addresses.args
index 54244fdcf..d3a68eae4 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-virtio-pci-manual-addresses.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-virtio-pci-manual-addresses.args
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-nographic \
-nodefconfig \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-aarch64test/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,\
+path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-aarch64test/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-kernel /aarch64.kernel \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-acpi-table.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-acpi-table.args
index 9c6e9940c..b6634e588 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-acpi-table.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-acpi-table.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-boot c \
-acpitable sig=SLIC,file=/var/lib/libvirt/acpi/slic.dat \
-usb
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-arm-vexpressa9-basic.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-arm-vexpressa9-basic.args
index e91c628a7..198e663d6 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-arm-vexpressa9-basic.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-arm-vexpressa9-basic.args
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-nographic \
-nodefconfig \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-armtest/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-armtest/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-boot c \
-kernel /arm.kernel \
-initrd /arm.initrd \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-arm-vexpressa9-nodevs.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-arm-vexpressa9-nodevs.args
index 49fccd8b9..f8a6237dd 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-arm-vexpressa9-nodevs.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-arm-vexpressa9-nodevs.args
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-nographic \
-nodefconfig \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-armtest/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-armtest/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-boot c \
-kernel /arm.kernel \
-initrd /arm.initrd \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-arm-vexpressa9-virtio.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-arm-vexpressa9-virtio.args
index 747e36026..1402fead1 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-arm-vexpressa9-virtio.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-arm-vexpressa9-virtio.args
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-nographic \
-nodefconfig \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-armtest/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-armtest/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-boot c \
-kernel /arm.kernel \
-initrd /arm.initrd \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-arm-virt-virtio.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-arm-virt-virtio.args
index 800c5f52a..d391a4d02 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-arm-virt-virtio.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-arm-virt-virtio.args
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-nographic \
-nodefconfig \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-armtest/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-armtest/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-boot c \
-kernel /arm.kernel \
-initrd /arm.initrd \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-autoindex.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-autoindex.args
index 67ec3f92a..7951f49b6 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-autoindex.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-autoindex.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid 11dbdcdd-4c3b-482b-8903-9bdb8c0a2774 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-q35-test/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-q35-test/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-device i82801b11-bridge,id=pci.1,bus=pcie.0,addr=0x1e \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-balloon-ccw-deflate.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-balloon-ccw-deflate.args
index 383b62061..689c9d4b5 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-balloon-ccw-deflate.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-balloon-ccw-deflate.args
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-nographic \
-nodefconfig \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-boot c \
-device virtio-balloon-ccw,id=balloon0,devno=fe.0.000a,deflate-on-oom=on
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-balloon-device-auto.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-balloon-device-auto.args
index b36fca941..6a99ebf12 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-balloon-device-auto.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-balloon-device-auto.args
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-nographic \
-nodefconfig \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-balloon-device-deflate-off.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-balloon-device-deflate-off.args
index df85fb8f1..33b5965a7 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-balloon-device-deflate-off.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-balloon-device-deflate-off.args
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-nographic \
-nodefconfig \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-balloon-device-deflate.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-balloon-device-deflate.args
index 01801d728..b87b43908 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-balloon-device-deflate.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-balloon-device-deflate.args
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-nographic \
-nodefconfig \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-balloon-device-period.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-balloon-device-period.args
index 438148cb8..80e44d023 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-balloon-device-period.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-balloon-device-period.args
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-nographic \
-nodefconfig \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-balloon-device.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-balloon-device.args
index 438148cb8..80e44d023 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-balloon-device.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-balloon-device.args
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-nographic \
-nodefconfig \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-balloon-mmio-deflate.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-balloon-mmio-deflate.args
index e568e3c39..0b0dc9f1a 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-balloon-mmio-deflate.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-balloon-mmio-deflate.args
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-nographic \
-nodefconfig \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-aarch64test/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,\
+path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-aarch64test/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-kernel /aarch64.kernel \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-bios-nvram-secure.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-bios-nvram-secure.args
index 7be339853..887e8b3bb 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-bios-nvram-secure.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-bios-nvram-secure.args
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ readonly=on \
-uuid 362d1fc1-df7d-193e-5c18-49a71bd1da66 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-test-bios/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-test-bios/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-boot c \
-device i82801b11-bridge,id=pci.1,bus=pcie.0,addr=0x1e \
-device pci-bridge,chassis_nr=2,id=pci.2,bus=pci.1,addr=0x0 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-bios-nvram.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-bios-nvram.args
index 13e52afab..395d5bbdd 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-bios-nvram.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-bios-nvram.args
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ readonly=on \
-uuid 362d1fc1-df7d-193e-5c18-49a71bd1da66 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-test-bios/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-test-bios/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-boot c \
-usb \
-drive file=/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1,format=raw,if=none,id=drive-ide0-0-0 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-bios.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-bios.args
index 2ee28c45a..6f4d66de4 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-bios.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-bios.args
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
-device sga \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-test-bios/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-test-bios/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-blkdeviotune-group-num.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-blkdeviotune-group-num.args
index 5a5072944..301b518df 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-blkdeviotune-group-num.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-blkdeviotune-group-num.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-blkdeviotune-max-length.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-blkdeviotune-max-length.args
index f5874b9b4..05160e02c 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-blkdeviotune-max-length.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-blkdeviotune-max-length.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-blkdeviotune-max.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-blkdeviotune-max.args
index 66df02daf..c727f522b 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-blkdeviotune-max.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-blkdeviotune-max.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-blkdeviotune.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-blkdeviotune.args
index 008e51fa4..d83e0e044 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-blkdeviotune.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-blkdeviotune.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-blkiotune-device.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-blkiotune-device.args
index dbb8ee2d7..51e49d7fc 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-blkiotune-device.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-blkiotune-device.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-blkiotune.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-blkiotune.args
index dbb8ee2d7..51e49d7fc 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-blkiotune.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-blkiotune.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-boot-cdrom.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-boot-cdrom.args
index afbe9faf3..c0e885421 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-boot-cdrom.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-boot-cdrom.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot d \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-boot-complex-bootindex.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-boot-complex-bootindex.args
index 9b71af3de..a503781a1 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-boot-complex-bootindex.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-boot-complex-bootindex.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-usb \
-drive file=/tmp/vda.img,format=raw,if=none,id=drive-virtio-disk0 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-boot-complex.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-boot-complex.args
index 15e866781..600d39350 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-boot-complex.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-boot-complex.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot dnca \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-boot-floppy-q35.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-boot-floppy-q35.args
index cb9f82421..0f07d3056 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-boot-floppy-q35.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-boot-floppy-q35.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot a \
-drive file=/tmp/firmware.img,format=raw,if=none,id=drive-fdc0-0-0 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-boot-floppy.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-boot-floppy.args
index f280cf7dc..6a5bfbf14 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-boot-floppy.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-boot-floppy.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot a \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-boot-menu-disable-drive-bootindex.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-boot-menu-disable-drive-bootindex.args
index e263950b8..9fe4e13a3 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-boot-menu-disable-drive-bootindex.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-boot-menu-disable-drive-bootindex.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot menu=off \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-boot-menu-disable-drive.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-boot-menu-disable-drive.args
index 2f3f15739..31b2e2033 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-boot-menu-disable-drive.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-boot-menu-disable-drive.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot order=d,menu=off \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-boot-menu-disable.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-boot-menu-disable.args
index 2f3f15739..31b2e2033 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-boot-menu-disable.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-boot-menu-disable.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot order=d,menu=off \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-boot-menu-enable-bootindex.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-boot-menu-enable-bootindex.args
index 35c62091a..3b5fcd64f 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-boot-menu-enable-bootindex.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-boot-menu-enable-bootindex.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot menu=on \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-boot-menu-enable-with-timeout.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-boot-menu-enable-with-timeout.args
index ed43b1699..760299198 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-boot-menu-enable-with-timeout.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-boot-menu-enable-with-timeout.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot order=d,menu=on,splash-time=3000 \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-boot-menu-enable.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-boot-menu-enable.args
index f9f03abe7..861cbac03 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-boot-menu-enable.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-boot-menu-enable.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot order=d,menu=on \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-boot-multi.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-boot-multi.args
index e42944129..37cf3a202 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-boot-multi.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-boot-multi.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot order=dcna,menu=on \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-boot-network.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-boot-network.args
index 35a8bdda6..24801611a 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-boot-network.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-boot-network.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot n \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-boot-order.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-boot-order.args
index ae271a320..66eb4cdba 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-boot-order.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-boot-order.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-usb \
-drive file=/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1,format=raw,if=none,id=drive-ide0-0-0 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-boot-strict.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-boot-strict.args
index fbbacbb1b..d9712f2d6 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-boot-strict.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-boot-strict.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot strict=on \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-bootindex-floppy-q35.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-bootindex-floppy-q35.args
index fdb5aec4c..1d8735776 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-bootindex-floppy-q35.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-bootindex-floppy-q35.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-drive file=/tmp/firmware.img,format=raw,if=none,id=drive-fdc0-0-0 \
-device isa-fdc,driveA=drive-fdc0-0-0,bootindexA=1
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-channel-spicevmc-old.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-channel-spicevmc-old.args
index 4bbdaecf3..19f7e11d2 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-channel-spicevmc-old.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-channel-spicevmc-old.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=spice \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nodefconfig \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-device virtio-serial-pci,id=virtio-serial1,bus=pci.0,addr=0xa \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-channel-spicevmc.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-channel-spicevmc.args
index 1af132e77..fa9f4c527 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-channel-spicevmc.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-channel-spicevmc.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=spice \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nodefconfig \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-device virtio-serial-pci,id=virtio-serial1,bus=pci.0,addr=0xa \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-clock-catchup.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-clock-catchup.args
index 89dbb3b66..de652faa2 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-clock-catchup.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-clock-catchup.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-rtc base=utc,driftfix=slew \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-clock-france.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-clock-france.args
index 758d28492..9bde6d967 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-clock-france.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-clock-france.args
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ TZ=Europe/Paris \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-rtc base=localtime \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-clock-hpet-off.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-clock-hpet-off.args
index 55d95e3d2..ab48c2df1 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-clock-hpet-off.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-clock-hpet-off.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-rtc base=utc,driftfix=slew \
-no-kvm-pit-reinjection \
-no-hpet \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-clock-localtime-basis-localtime.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-clock-localtime-basis-localtime.args
index 17d6f97f8..322a98957 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-clock-localtime-basis-localtime.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-clock-localtime-basis-localtime.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid 1c15a1f6-f4f0-4d3c-9002-667ddb458736 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-rtc base=2009-02-14T00:01:30 \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-clock-localtime.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-clock-localtime.args
index 958ebc8e7..d92652c57 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-clock-localtime.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-clock-localtime.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-localtime \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-clock-timer-hyperv-rtc.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-clock-timer-hyperv-rtc.args
index c076b86b0..adfb24a12 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-clock-timer-hyperv-rtc.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-clock-timer-hyperv-rtc.args
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot n \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-clock-utc.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-clock-utc.args
index a19de04ae..e29ea0bd7 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-clock-utc.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-clock-utc.args
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-nographic \
-nodefconfig \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-clock-variable.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-clock-variable.args
index 0560d3f41..480f8b740 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-clock-variable.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-clock-variable.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-rtc base=2009-02-15T09:49:06 \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-console-compat-auto.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-console-compat-auto.args
index 5cde8aa45..5b2673367 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-console-compat-auto.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-console-compat-auto.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-console-compat.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-console-compat.args
index b92fde74e..be3ed2e30 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-console-compat.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-console-compat.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-Haswell-noTSX.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-Haswell-noTSX.args
index b4784e61c..84430aa86 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-Haswell-noTSX.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-Haswell-noTSX.args
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot n \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-Haswell.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-Haswell.args
index 27ec8dbc7..06c9eed5b 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-Haswell.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-Haswell.args
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot n \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-Haswell2.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-Haswell2.args
index 9910c0cad..78e0310c8 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-Haswell2.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-Haswell2.args
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot n \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-Haswell3.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-Haswell3.args
index 8aeab23d1..553b91c83 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-Haswell3.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-Haswell3.args
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot n \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-cache-disable.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-cache-disable.args
index b4976a53c..d3361f64a 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-cache-disable.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-cache-disable.args
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-foo/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-foo/monitor.sock,server,\
+nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-cache-disable2.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-cache-disable2.args
index b024d8209..6b9dd49e8 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-cache-disable2.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-cache-disable2.args
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-foo/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-foo/monitor.sock,server,\
+nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-cache-disable3.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-cache-disable3.args
index 19a2e9609..06f23713f 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-cache-disable3.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-cache-disable3.args
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-foo/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-foo/monitor.sock,server,\
+nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-cache-emulate-l3.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-cache-emulate-l3.args
index 31fbadaaf..2aa015019 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-cache-emulate-l3.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-cache-emulate-l3.args
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-foo/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-foo/monitor.sock,server,\
+nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-cache-passthrough.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-cache-passthrough.args
index fdc73b493..212ef389a 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-cache-passthrough.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-cache-passthrough.args
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-foo/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-foo/monitor.sock,server,\
+nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-cache-passthrough2.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-cache-passthrough2.args
index cf4c55ca3..4a8986da0 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-cache-passthrough2.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-cache-passthrough2.args
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-foo/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-foo/monitor.sock,server,\
+nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-check-default-none.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-check-default-none.args
index a01497409..704248dcd 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-check-default-none.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-check-default-none.args
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot n \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-check-default-none2.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-check-default-none2.args
index 2cb937b4d..7fd694c2b 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-check-default-none2.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-check-default-none2.args
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot n \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-check-default-partial.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-check-default-partial.args
index eeffae5da..2daa056f7 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-check-default-partial.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-check-default-partial.args
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot n \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-check-default-partial2.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-check-default-partial2.args
index 2cb937b4d..7fd694c2b 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-check-default-partial2.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-check-default-partial2.args
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot n \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-check-none.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-check-none.args
index 2cb937b4d..7fd694c2b 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-check-none.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-check-none.args
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot n \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-eoi-disabled.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-eoi-disabled.args
index 4f40d6117..44c6e9c7e 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-eoi-disabled.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-eoi-disabled.args
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-boot n \
-usb \
-device virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-eoi-enabled.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-eoi-enabled.args
index 0e82ac27d..43af8100b 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-eoi-enabled.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-eoi-enabled.args
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-boot n \
-usb \
-device virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-exact1.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-exact1.args
index 98bd5d6e2..7d2b357d8 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-exact1.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-exact1.args
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot n \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-exact2-nofallback.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-exact2-nofallback.args
index 4b0970243..b1ca05675 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-exact2-nofallback.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-exact2-nofallback.args
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot n \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-exact2.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-exact2.args
index 4b0970243..b1ca05675 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-exact2.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-exact2.args
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot n \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-fallback.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-fallback.args
index 70c00077c..fd58ca10a 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-fallback.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-fallback.args
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot n \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-host-kvmclock.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-host-kvmclock.args
index 509561700..1e45f0558 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-host-kvmclock.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-host-kvmclock.args
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot n \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-host-model-cmt.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-host-model-cmt.args
index 3338f6427..ef45d9830 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-host-model-cmt.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-host-model-cmt.args
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot n \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-host-model-fallback.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-host-model-fallback.args
index ba7342656..b7df01a6a 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-host-model-fallback.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-host-model-fallback.args
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot n \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-host-model-vendor.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-host-model-vendor.args
index ea249db49..0d9bc3667 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-host-model-vendor.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-host-model-vendor.args
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot n \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-host-model.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-host-model.args
index eeffae5da..2daa056f7 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-host-model.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-host-model.args
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot n \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-host-passthrough-features.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-host-passthrough-features.args
index 09548c1b4..fabab1128 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-host-passthrough-features.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-host-passthrough-features.args
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-host-passthrough.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-host-passthrough.args
index a01497409..704248dcd 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-host-passthrough.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-host-passthrough.args
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot n \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-hotplug-startup.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-hotplug-startup.args
index c7b6d2694..be48bc356 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-hotplug-startup.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-hotplug-startup.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot n \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-kvmclock.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-kvmclock.args
index 6b524cfdd..358b9be05 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-kvmclock.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-kvmclock.args
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot n \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-minimum1.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-minimum1.args
index ca2331e70..1c9fc3779 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-minimum1.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-minimum1.args
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot n \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-minimum2.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-minimum2.args
index 65fc5e221..0fef837be 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-minimum2.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-minimum2.args
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot n \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-numa-disjoint.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-numa-disjoint.args
index 7cef2dd2a..f405b3ccf 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-numa-disjoint.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-numa-disjoint.args
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot n \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-numa-memshared.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-numa-memshared.args
index cceffce3a..5700c3413 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-numa-memshared.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-numa-memshared.args
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ share=no,size=112197632 \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot n \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-numa-no-memory-element.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-numa-no-memory-element.args
index 8cf90965c..5c9a7cc8d 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-numa-no-memory-element.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-numa-no-memory-element.args
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot n \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-numa1.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-numa1.args
index 8cf90965c..5c9a7cc8d 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-numa1.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-numa1.args
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot n \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-numa2.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-numa2.args
index 8cf90965c..5c9a7cc8d 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-numa2.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-numa2.args
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot n \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-s390-features.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-s390-features.args
index 43dc13f44..c6d15f51e 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-s390-features.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-s390-features.args
@@ -14,5 +14,7 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-guest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-guest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-boot c
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-s390-zEC12.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-s390-zEC12.args
index 0f7c08f5b..f1596ef0f 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-s390-zEC12.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-s390-zEC12.args
@@ -14,5 +14,7 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-guest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-guest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-boot c
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-strict1.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-strict1.args
index 20032555e..7b262f297 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-strict1.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-strict1.args
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot n \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-topology1.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-topology1.args
index 9eaa76a2e..7cda074b6 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-topology1.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-topology1.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot n \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-topology2.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-topology2.args
index 1f5f2f7e0..b487d3128 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-topology2.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-topology2.args
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot n \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-topology3.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-topology3.args
index 9eaa76a2e..7cda074b6 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-topology3.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-topology3.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot n \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-tsc-frequency.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-tsc-frequency.args
index 32e3d4430..3e2da0f24 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-tsc-frequency.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-tsc-frequency.args
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cputune-numatune.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cputune-numatune.args
index eacf9c224..e47c8b314 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cputune-numatune.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cputune-numatune.args
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid 4d92ec27-9ebf-400b-ae91-20c71c647c19 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-dummy2/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-dummy2/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cputune-zero-shares.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cputune-zero-shares.args
index 0e48316d1..239671e96 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cputune-zero-shares.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cputune-zero-shares.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cputune.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cputune.args
index 0e48316d1..239671e96 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cputune.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cputune.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-debug-threads.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-debug-threads.args
index b1f3fc5dd..3669f9abc 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-debug-threads.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-debug-threads.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-default-kvm-host-arch.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-default-kvm-host-arch.args
index 093af38e0..0a8de3613 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-default-kvm-host-arch.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-default-kvm-host-arch.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid d091ea82-29e6-2e34-3005-f02617b36e87 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-kvm/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-kvm/monitor.sock,server,\
+nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-default-qemu-host-arch.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-default-qemu-host-arch.args
index 039681023..727206923 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-default-qemu-host-arch.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-default-qemu-host-arch.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid d091ea82-29e6-2e34-3005-f02617b36e87 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-qemu-host/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-qemu-host/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-aio.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-aio.args
index 068e81085..32c0b77b4 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-aio.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-aio.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-blockio.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-blockio.args
index f7c5c9cb2..a1c19ba95 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-blockio.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-blockio.args
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-nographic \
-nodefconfig \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-cdrom-empty.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-cdrom-empty.args
index 9f9576413..1550cc128 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-cdrom-empty.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-cdrom-empty.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-cdrom-network-ftp.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-cdrom-network-ftp.args
index 8562c2487..1cb062db1 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-cdrom-network-ftp.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-cdrom-network-ftp.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-boot d \
-usb \
-drive file=ftp://host.name:21/url/path/file.iso,format=raw,if=none,\
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-cdrom-network-ftps.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-cdrom-network-ftps.args
index 0961339a5..a6d2435f6 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-cdrom-network-ftps.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-cdrom-network-ftps.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-boot d \
-usb \
-drive file=ftps://host.name:990/url/path/file.iso,format=raw,if=none,\
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-cdrom-network-http.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-cdrom-network-http.args
index 2367acf18..edd632441 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-cdrom-network-http.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-cdrom-network-http.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-boot d \
-usb \
-drive file=http://host.name:80/url/path/file.iso,format=raw,if=none,\
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-cdrom-network-https.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-cdrom-network-https.args
index 05d827e2d..fbfd23610 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-cdrom-network-https.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-cdrom-network-https.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-boot d \
-usb \
-drive file=https://host.name:443/url/path/file.iso,format=raw,if=none,\
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-cdrom-network-tftp.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-cdrom-network-tftp.args
index fead6f38b..f8843c438 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-cdrom-network-tftp.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-cdrom-network-tftp.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-boot d \
-usb \
-drive file=tftp://host.name:69/url/path/file.iso,format=raw,if=none,\
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-cdrom-tray-no-device-cap.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-cdrom-tray-no-device-cap.args
index bb2aaae66..7442147f6 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-cdrom-tray-no-device-cap.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-cdrom-tray-no-device-cap.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-cdrom-tray.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-cdrom-tray.args
index 5fdd938d8..0c7ca8742 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-cdrom-tray.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-cdrom-tray.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid 3fa02811-7832-34bd-004d-1ff56a9286ff \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-test/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-test/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot dc \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-cdrom.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-cdrom.args
index 69d0bbd5f..de46167a1 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-cdrom.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-cdrom.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-copy_on_read.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-copy_on_read.args
index cd49016a6..046b7e01e 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-copy_on_read.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-copy_on_read.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid 468404ad-d49c-40f2-9e14-02294f9c1be3 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-test/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-test/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot dc \
-device virtio-serial-pci,id=virtio-serial0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x6 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-boot-cdrom.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-boot-cdrom.args
index c0fcd1820..cae8f0503 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-boot-cdrom.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-boot-cdrom.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot d \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-boot-disk.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-boot-disk.args
index ceaa432bb..3294ce1de 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-boot-disk.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-boot-disk.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-cache-directsync.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-cache-directsync.args
index f5e4e590a..5f5b20b75 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-cache-directsync.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-cache-directsync.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-cache-unsafe.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-cache-unsafe.args
index ea67080fb..a3c3e7f7f 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-cache-unsafe.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-cache-unsafe.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-cache-v2-none.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-cache-v2-none.args
index 2b4753ead..889328915 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-cache-v2-none.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-cache-v2-none.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-cache-v2-wb.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-cache-v2-wb.args
index 87beaf0f3..3657004b6 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-cache-v2-wb.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-cache-v2-wb.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-cache-v2-wt.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-cache-v2-wt.args
index 8d26c7bfc..17e14113c 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-cache-v2-wt.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-cache-v2-wt.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-copy-on-read.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-copy-on-read.args
index 03f86c1cd..f4c049fea 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-copy-on-read.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-copy-on-read.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-detect-zeroes.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-detect-zeroes.args
index 4dfc24e0f..f4d81e167 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-detect-zeroes.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-detect-zeroes.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid 92d7a226-cfae-425b-a6d3-00bbf9ec5c9e \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-test/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-test/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot dc \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-discard.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-discard.args
index d03bbf4a1..dfd6b010c 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-discard.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-discard.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid 92d7a226-cfae-425b-a6d3-00bbf9ec5c9e \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-test/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-test/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot dc \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-error-policy-enospace.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-error-policy-enospace.args
index 262982dd7..8a0e03efd 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-error-policy-enospace.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-error-policy-enospace.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor control,unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=control \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-error-policy-stop.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-error-policy-stop.args
index d6a549c7f..169efc38e 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-error-policy-stop.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-error-policy-stop.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor control,unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=control \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-error-policy-wreport-rignore.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-error-policy-wreport-rignore.args
index be9195a31..a11743f0c 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-error-policy-wreport-rignore.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-error-policy-wreport-rignore.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor control,unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=control \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-fmt-qcow.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-fmt-qcow.args
index 502b74697..4c65fa598 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-fmt-qcow.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-fmt-qcow.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-network-gluster.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-network-gluster.args
index f3bab1424..990616955 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-network-gluster.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-network-gluster.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-network-iscsi-auth.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-network-iscsi-auth.args
index 1bfb59413..756e49ca1 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-network-iscsi-auth.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-network-iscsi-auth.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-network-iscsi-lun.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-network-iscsi-lun.args
index 0a2b46246..b25f3a0d6 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-network-iscsi-lun.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-network-iscsi-lun.args
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-nographic \
-nodefconfig \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-device virtio-scsi-pci,id=scsi0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-network-iscsi.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-network-iscsi.args
index 55b5ca4d8..a1d93af10 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-network-iscsi.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-network-iscsi.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-network-nbd-export.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-network-nbd-export.args
index 08b03cb28..296b9799f 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-network-nbd-export.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-network-nbd-export.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-network-nbd-ipv6-export.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-network-nbd-ipv6-export.args
index 19b74b746..eeafb2365 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-network-nbd-ipv6-export.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-network-nbd-ipv6-export.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-network-nbd-ipv6.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-network-nbd-ipv6.args
index 560c58650..993f84c5b 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-network-nbd-ipv6.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-network-nbd-ipv6.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-network-nbd-unix.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-network-nbd-unix.args
index 34a5e7489..27ca82a87 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-network-nbd-unix.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-network-nbd-unix.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-network-nbd.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-network-nbd.args
index 09e13c198..4be795d5c 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-network-nbd.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-network-nbd.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-network-rbd-auth-AES.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-network-rbd-auth-AES.args
index a8b3652cb..eb90eeb0b 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-network-rbd-auth-AES.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-network-rbd-auth-AES.args
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ file=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/master-key.aes \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-device virtio-scsi-pci,id=scsi0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-network-rbd-auth.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-network-rbd-auth.args
index 2fd6f84bb..e3958e571 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-network-rbd-auth.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-network-rbd-auth.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-network-rbd-ipv6.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-network-rbd-ipv6.args
index 312c61947..a87319db6 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-network-rbd-ipv6.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-network-rbd-ipv6.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-network-rbd.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-network-rbd.args
index ce726331c..c7923a51b 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-network-rbd.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-network-rbd.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-network-sheepdog.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-network-sheepdog.args
index 3de46359f..895f34e50 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-network-sheepdog.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-network-sheepdog.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-no-boot.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-no-boot.args
index dd05dc90c..5efae6dd8 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-no-boot.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-no-boot.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-usb \
-drive file=/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1,format=raw,if=none,id=drive-ide0-0-0 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-readonly-disk.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-readonly-disk.args
index fd6e713ae..a207e49f2 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-readonly-disk.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-readonly-disk.args
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-nographic \
-nodefconfig \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-readonly-no-device.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-readonly-no-device.args
index fd6e713ae..a207e49f2 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-readonly-no-device.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-readonly-no-device.args
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-nographic \
-nodefconfig \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-shared.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-shared.args
index d15efe9bf..502157bf8 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-shared.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-shared.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-floppy-tray-no-device-cap.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-floppy-tray-no-device-cap.args
index bcc089c25..7d567b3ca 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-floppy-tray-no-device-cap.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-floppy-tray-no-device-cap.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-floppy-tray.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-floppy-tray.args
index bcc089c25..7d567b3ca 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-floppy-tray.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-floppy-tray.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-floppy.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-floppy.args
index 5aed16e06..7f47ef52c 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-floppy.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-floppy.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-geometry.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-geometry.args
index c59200b8b..3badaae28 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-geometry.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-geometry.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-ide-drive-split.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-ide-drive-split.args
index 65a6d8ded..4c446de53 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-ide-drive-split.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-ide-drive-split.args
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-nographic \
-nodefconfig \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-ide-wwn.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-ide-wwn.args
index afee6bb11..f2fb372a2 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-ide-wwn.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-ide-wwn.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-ioeventfd.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-ioeventfd.args
index b5bfa2c5a..29fc7ba8b 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-ioeventfd.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-ioeventfd.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid 8c273d77-39b0-47c4-9714-6dddcad56b88 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-test/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-test/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot dc \
-device virtio-serial-pci,id=virtio-serial0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x6 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-iscsi.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-iscsi.args
index 5e715ed97..f190c541b 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-iscsi.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-iscsi.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-many.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-many.args
index 01ae8b83b..1bf27d559 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-many.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-many.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-order.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-order.args
index e7df9355a..63dc49d51 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-order.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-order.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-sata-device.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-sata-device.args
index d9d5fbc06..4e36e6f69 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-sata-device.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-sata-device.args
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-nographic \
-nodefconfig \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-device ahci,id=sata0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-scsi-device-auto.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-scsi-device-auto.args
index 881798afd..500b420b8 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-scsi-device-auto.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-scsi-device-auto.args
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-nographic \
-nodefconfig \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-device lsi,id=scsi0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-scsi-device.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-scsi-device.args
index 881798afd..500b420b8 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-scsi-device.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-scsi-device.args
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-nographic \
-nodefconfig \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-device lsi,id=scsi0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-scsi-disk-split.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-scsi-disk-split.args
index f4c49ceb9..d50003768 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-scsi-disk-split.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-scsi-disk-split.args
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-nographic \
-nodefconfig \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-device virtio-scsi-pci,id=scsi0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-scsi-disk-vpd.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-scsi-disk-vpd.args
index e41beeb0f..4fd00ae59 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-scsi-disk-vpd.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-scsi-disk-vpd.args
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-nographic \
-nodefconfig \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-device virtio-scsi-pci,id=scsi0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-scsi-disk-wwn.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-scsi-disk-wwn.args
index 460b9734e..02073d52e 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-scsi-disk-wwn.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-scsi-disk-wwn.args
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-nographic \
-nodefconfig \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-device virtio-scsi-pci,id=scsi0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-scsi-lun-passthrough.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-scsi-lun-passthrough.args
index 5e296cec6..046f04b70 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-scsi-lun-passthrough.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-scsi-lun-passthrough.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-device virtio-scsi-pci,id=scsi0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-scsi-megasas.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-scsi-megasas.args
index 0bd459e19..d47961f9e 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-scsi-megasas.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-scsi-megasas.args
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-nographic \
-nodefconfig \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-device megasas,id=scsi0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-scsi-mptsas1068.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-scsi-mptsas1068.args
index 45e254758..f94dce401 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-scsi-mptsas1068.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-scsi-mptsas1068.args
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-nographic \
-nodefconfig \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-device mptsas1068,id=scsi0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-scsi-virtio-scsi.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-scsi-virtio-scsi.args
index 135752a0c..0ca5f2cde 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-scsi-virtio-scsi.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-scsi-virtio-scsi.args
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-nographic \
-nodefconfig \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-device virtio-scsi-pci,id=scsi0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-scsi-vscsi.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-scsi-vscsi.args
index fedc55979..f2d01edb8 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-scsi-vscsi.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-scsi-vscsi.args
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-nographic \
-nodefconfig \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-device spapr-vscsi,id=scsi0,reg=0x2000 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-serial.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-serial.args
index 371361675..6f512352b 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-serial.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-serial.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-snapshot.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-snapshot.args
index 1d61b4b49..cf70560e9 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-snapshot.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-snapshot.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-source-pool-mode.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-source-pool-mode.args
index 8e9a286d3..7cda627f2 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-source-pool-mode.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-source-pool-mode.args
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-nographic \
-nodefconfig \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-source-pool.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-source-pool.args
index c23ceb5f7..99fba3730 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-source-pool.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-source-pool.args
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-nographic \
-nodefconfig \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-usb-device-removable.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-usb-device-removable.args
index ed73d0a72..fbf89b492 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-usb-device-removable.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-usb-device-removable.args
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-nographic \
-nodefconfig \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-usb-device.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-usb-device.args
index 90e706645..2a7a5082d 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-usb-device.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-usb-device.args
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-nographic \
-nodefconfig \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-virtio-ccw-many.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-virtio-ccw-many.args
index 759c0529e..38abc9a0e 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-virtio-ccw-many.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-virtio-ccw-many.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-boot c \
-drive file=/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1,format=raw,if=none,id=drive-virtio-disk0 \
-device virtio-blk-ccw,devno=0.0.0007,drive=drive-virtio-disk0,id=virtio-disk0 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-virtio-ccw.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-virtio-ccw.args
index 67362b749..ee0500bde 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-virtio-ccw.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-virtio-ccw.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-boot c \
-drive file=/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1,format=raw,if=none,id=drive-virtio-disk0 \
-device virtio-blk-ccw,devno=fe.0.0000,drive=drive-virtio-disk0,\
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-virtio-s390.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-virtio-s390.args
index 01132b781..aafc0b04d 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-virtio-s390.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-virtio-s390.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-boot c \
-drive file=/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1,format=raw,if=none,id=drive-virtio-disk0 \
-device virtio-blk-s390,drive=drive-virtio-disk0,id=virtio-disk0
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-virtio-scsi-ccw.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-virtio-scsi-ccw.args
index 48434abe2..ad512f4c4 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-virtio-scsi-ccw.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-virtio-scsi-ccw.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-boot c \
-device virtio-scsi-ccw,id=scsi0,devno=fe.0.0001 \
-drive file=/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1,format=raw,if=none,id=drive-virtio-disk0 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-virtio-scsi-cmd_per_lun.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-virtio-scsi-cmd_per_lun.args
index 1e60f9980..e25593a9a 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-virtio-scsi-cmd_per_lun.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-virtio-scsi-cmd_per_lun.args
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-nographic \
-nodefconfig \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-device virtio-scsi-pci,id=scsi0,cmd_per_lun=50,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-virtio-scsi-ioeventfd.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-virtio-scsi-ioeventfd.args
index 4a382759b..098d21e21 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-virtio-scsi-ioeventfd.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-virtio-scsi-ioeventfd.args
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-nographic \
-nodefconfig \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-device virtio-scsi-pci,id=scsi0,ioeventfd=on,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-virtio-scsi-max_sectors.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-virtio-scsi-max_sectors.args
index 10c96dede..1569ac503 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-virtio-scsi-max_sectors.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-virtio-scsi-max_sectors.args
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-nographic \
-nodefconfig \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-device virtio-scsi-pci,id=scsi0,max_sectors=512,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-virtio-scsi-num_queues.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-virtio-scsi-num_queues.args
index aefb8be42..090acc95f 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-virtio-scsi-num_queues.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-virtio-scsi-num_queues.args
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-nographic \
-nodefconfig \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-device virtio-scsi-pci,id=scsi0,num_queues=8,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-virtio.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-virtio.args
index 4daa9725e..47afebaf2 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-virtio.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-virtio.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-encrypted-disk-usage.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-encrypted-disk-usage.args
index 4f9eb798b..07cf773fa 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-encrypted-disk-usage.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-encrypted-disk-usage.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid 496898a6-e6ff-f7c8-5dc2-3cf410945ee9 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-encryptdisk/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,\
+path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-encryptdisk/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-encrypted-disk.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-encrypted-disk.args
index 4f9eb798b..07cf773fa 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-encrypted-disk.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-encrypted-disk.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid 496898a6-e6ff-f7c8-5dc2-3cf410945ee9 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-encryptdisk/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,\
+path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-encryptdisk/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-eoi-disabled.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-eoi-disabled.args
index 4f40d6117..44c6e9c7e 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-eoi-disabled.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-eoi-disabled.args
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-boot n \
-usb \
-device virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-eoi-enabled.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-eoi-enabled.args
index 0e82ac27d..43af8100b 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-eoi-enabled.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-eoi-enabled.args
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-boot n \
-usb \
-device virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-event_idx.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-event_idx.args
index 4ddd2a405..d1399bddd 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-event_idx.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-event_idx.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid bba65c0e-c049-934f-b6aa-4e2c0582acdf \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-test/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-test/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot dc \
-device virtio-serial-pci,id=virtio-serial0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x6 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-fd-memory-no-numa-topology.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-fd-memory-no-numa-topology.args
index 951a7cb95..8df5b35f9 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-fd-memory-no-numa-topology.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-fd-memory-no-numa-topology.args
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid 126f2720-6f8e-45ab-a886-ec9277079a67 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-instance-00000092/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,\
+path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-instance-00000092/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-fd-memory-numa-topology.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-fd-memory-numa-topology.args
index bef81362f..12f3d8ab8 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-fd-memory-numa-topology.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-fd-memory-numa-topology.args
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ share=yes,size=15032385536 \
-uuid 126f2720-6f8e-45ab-a886-ec9277079a67 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-instance-00000092/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,\
+path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-instance-00000092/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-fd-memory-numa-topology2.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-fd-memory-numa-topology2.args
index e36f98b90..585e4d506 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-fd-memory-numa-topology2.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-fd-memory-numa-topology2.args
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ share=yes,size=15032385536 \
-uuid 126f2720-6f8e-45ab-a886-ec9277079a67 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-instance-00000092/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,\
+path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-instance-00000092/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-fd-memory-numa-topology3.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-fd-memory-numa-topology3.args
index 4d98aa04b..e9a57a69e 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-fd-memory-numa-topology3.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-fd-memory-numa-topology3.args
@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ share=no,size=15032385536 \
-uuid 126f2720-6f8e-45ab-a886-ec9277079a67 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-instance-00000092/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,\
+path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-instance-00000092/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-fips-enabled.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-fips-enabled.args
index 3c1ba313e..79f24ba45 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-fips-enabled.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-fips-enabled.args
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-floppy-drive-fat.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-floppy-drive-fat.args
index 8886d6d27..214067b50 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-floppy-drive-fat.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-floppy-drive-fat.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot a \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-fs9p-ccw.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-fs9p-ccw.args
index ad4a5722f..6fc2e7874 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-fs9p-ccw.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-fs9p-ccw.args
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-nographic \
-nodefconfig \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-boot c \
-drive file=/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1,format=raw,if=none,id=drive-virtio-disk0 \
-device virtio-blk-ccw,devno=fe.0.0000,drive=drive-virtio-disk0,\
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-fs9p.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-fs9p.args
index 08c0b98f4..9e741ec22 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-fs9p.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-fs9p.args
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-nographic \
-nodefconfig \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-graphics-sdl-fullscreen.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-graphics-sdl-fullscreen.args
index 6cf6afa97..cc833970c 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-graphics-sdl-fullscreen.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-graphics-sdl-fullscreen.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ DISPLAY=:0.1 \
-smp 1,sockets=1,cores=1,threads=1 \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-graphics-sdl.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-graphics-sdl.args
index 424bae6fa..b9492e83f 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-graphics-sdl.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-graphics-sdl.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ DISPLAY=:0.1 \
-smp 1,sockets=1,cores=1,threads=1 \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-graphics-spice-agent-file-xfer.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-graphics-spice-agent-file-xfer.args
index 56976f863..949245883 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-graphics-spice-agent-file-xfer.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-graphics-spice-agent-file-xfer.args
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=spice \
-smp 1,sockets=1,cores=1,threads=1 \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-graphics-spice-agentmouse.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-graphics-spice-agentmouse.args
index 403636911..a45ab2205 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-graphics-spice-agentmouse.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-graphics-spice-agentmouse.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=spice \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nodefconfig \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-device virtio-serial-pci,id=virtio-serial1,bus=pci.0,addr=0xa \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-graphics-spice-auto-socket-cfg.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-graphics-spice-auto-socket-cfg.args
index fc9786c80..b0c16077d 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-graphics-spice-auto-socket-cfg.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-graphics-spice-auto-socket-cfg.args
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=spice \
-smp 1,sockets=1,cores=1,threads=1 \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-graphics-spice-auto-socket.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-graphics-spice-auto-socket.args
index fc9786c80..b0c16077d 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-graphics-spice-auto-socket.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-graphics-spice-auto-socket.args
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=spice \
-smp 1,sockets=1,cores=1,threads=1 \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-graphics-spice-compression.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-graphics-spice-compression.args
index d3f75d1c1..07a1d12bd 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-graphics-spice-compression.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-graphics-spice-compression.args
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=spice \
-smp 1,sockets=1,cores=1,threads=1 \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-graphics-spice-no-args.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-graphics-spice-no-args.args
index 7e09def98..e7b402169 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-graphics-spice-no-args.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-graphics-spice-no-args.args
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=spice \
-smp 1,sockets=1,cores=1,threads=1 \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-graphics-spice-qxl-vga.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-graphics-spice-qxl-vga.args
index b35eacc97..f6c25af18 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-graphics-spice-qxl-vga.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-graphics-spice-qxl-vga.args
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=spice \
-smp 1,sockets=1,cores=1,threads=1 \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-graphics-spice-sasl.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-graphics-spice-sasl.args
index aaa18f09a..6198510aa 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-graphics-spice-sasl.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-graphics-spice-sasl.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=spice \
-smp 1,sockets=1,cores=1,threads=1 \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-graphics-spice-socket.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-graphics-spice-socket.args
index e2829879d..34a4dced0 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-graphics-spice-socket.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-graphics-spice-socket.args
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=spice \
-smp 1,sockets=1,cores=1,threads=1 \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-graphics-spice-timeout.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-graphics-spice-timeout.args
index 891557c1d..9b06db12c 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-graphics-spice-timeout.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-graphics-spice-timeout.args
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=spice \
-smp 2,sockets=1,cores=2,threads=1 \
-uuid 553effab-b5e1-2d80-dfe3-da4344826c43 \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-f14/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-f14/monitor.sock,server,\
+nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-boot dc \
-device virtio-serial-pci,id=virtio-serial0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x6 \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-graphics-spice.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-graphics-spice.args
index 381761ea7..d5d186964 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-graphics-spice.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-graphics-spice.args
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=spice \
-smp 1,sockets=1,cores=1,threads=1 \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-graphics-vnc-auto-socket-cfg.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-graphics-vnc-auto-socket-cfg.args
index 416246cb0..7a5549c95 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-graphics-vnc-auto-socket-cfg.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-graphics-vnc-auto-socket-cfg.args
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-smp 1,sockets=1,cores=1,threads=1 \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-graphics-vnc-auto-socket.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-graphics-vnc-auto-socket.args
index 260587766..ca4c1d271 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-graphics-vnc-auto-socket.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-graphics-vnc-auto-socket.args
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-smp 1,sockets=1,cores=1,threads=1 \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-graphics-vnc-no-listen-attr.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-graphics-vnc-no-listen-attr.args
index 74e1f1d24..2ce77972f 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-graphics-vnc-no-listen-attr.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-graphics-vnc-no-listen-attr.args
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-smp 1,sockets=1,cores=1,threads=1 \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-graphics-vnc-none.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-graphics-vnc-none.args
index 64d409024..d0ab02827 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-graphics-vnc-none.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-graphics-vnc-none.args
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-smp 1,sockets=1,cores=1,threads=1 \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-graphics-vnc-policy.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-graphics-vnc-policy.args
index d0e77c7a1..9466c1d4d 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-graphics-vnc-policy.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-graphics-vnc-policy.args
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-smp 1,sockets=1,cores=1,threads=1 \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-graphics-vnc-remove-generated-socket.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-graphics-vnc-remove-generated-socket.args
index 0bb934f69..63ec15cf8 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-graphics-vnc-remove-generated-socket.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-graphics-vnc-remove-generated-socket.args
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-smp 1,sockets=1,cores=1,threads=1 \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-graphics-vnc-sasl.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-graphics-vnc-sasl.args
index 11623953d..113462309 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-graphics-vnc-sasl.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-graphics-vnc-sasl.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-smp 1,sockets=1,cores=1,threads=1 \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-graphics-vnc-socket.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-graphics-vnc-socket.args
index 7ce2fe034..3ef6e812f 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-graphics-vnc-socket.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-graphics-vnc-socket.args
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-smp 1,sockets=1,cores=1,threads=1 \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-graphics-vnc-tls.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-graphics-vnc-tls.args
index aaacbcd67..01c124953 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-graphics-vnc-tls.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-graphics-vnc-tls.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-smp 1,sockets=1,cores=1,threads=1 \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-graphics-vnc-websocket.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-graphics-vnc-websocket.args
index d84578aaf..f3cbd2160 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-graphics-vnc-websocket.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-graphics-vnc-websocket.args
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-smp 1,sockets=1,cores=1,threads=1 \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-graphics-vnc.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-graphics-vnc.args
index 74e1f1d24..2ce77972f 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-graphics-vnc.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-graphics-vnc.args
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-smp 1,sockets=1,cores=1,threads=1 \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hostdev-mdev-precreated.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hostdev-mdev-precreated.args
index 06e4d7a6b..b061aa2e5 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hostdev-mdev-precreated.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hostdev-mdev-precreated.args
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-nographic \
-nodefconfig \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest2/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest2/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hostdev-pci-address-device.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hostdev-pci-address-device.args
index 3adf6541b..a250082e1 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hostdev-pci-address-device.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hostdev-pci-address-device.args
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-nographic \
-nodefconfig \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest2/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest2/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hostdev-pci-address.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hostdev-pci-address.args
index 92de916e1..1f3a2443b 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hostdev-pci-address.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hostdev-pci-address.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9466-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest2/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest2/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hostdev-scsi-lsi-iscsi-auth.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hostdev-scsi-lsi-iscsi-auth.args
index ff2ff475a..b70cdf711 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hostdev-scsi-lsi-iscsi-auth.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hostdev-scsi-lsi-iscsi-auth.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9466-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest2/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest2/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-device lsi,id=scsi0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hostdev-scsi-lsi-iscsi.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hostdev-scsi-lsi-iscsi.args
index a79080a27..43c555a50 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hostdev-scsi-lsi-iscsi.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hostdev-scsi-lsi-iscsi.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9466-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest2/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest2/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-device lsi,id=scsi0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hostdev-scsi-lsi.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hostdev-scsi-lsi.args
index 52c2c42f2..5c34a036d 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hostdev-scsi-lsi.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hostdev-scsi-lsi.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9466-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest2/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest2/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-device lsi,id=scsi0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hostdev-scsi-readonly.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hostdev-scsi-readonly.args
index 3319f2b78..29efdf870 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hostdev-scsi-readonly.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hostdev-scsi-readonly.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9466-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest2/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest2/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-device virtio-scsi-pci,id=scsi0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hostdev-scsi-vhost-scsi-ccw.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hostdev-scsi-vhost-scsi-ccw.args
index cc95acbb7..667c65863 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hostdev-scsi-vhost-scsi-ccw.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hostdev-scsi-vhost-scsi-ccw.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9466-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest2/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest2/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-boot c \
-device virtio-scsi-ccw,id=scsi0,devno=fe.0.0001 \
-drive file=/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest2,format=raw,if=none,id=drive-virtio-disk0 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hostdev-scsi-vhost-scsi-pci.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hostdev-scsi-vhost-scsi-pci.args
index 43ac17c9d..4a5176bb1 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hostdev-scsi-vhost-scsi-pci.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hostdev-scsi-vhost-scsi-pci.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9466-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest2/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest2/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-device virtio-scsi-pci,id=scsi0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hostdev-scsi-virtio-iscsi-auth.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hostdev-scsi-virtio-iscsi-auth.args
index 4853093ab..ed7ecf228 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hostdev-scsi-virtio-iscsi-auth.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hostdev-scsi-virtio-iscsi-auth.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9466-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest2/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest2/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-device virtio-scsi-pci,id=scsi0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hostdev-scsi-virtio-iscsi.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hostdev-scsi-virtio-iscsi.args
index 1fe680fb5..a78e3092c 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hostdev-scsi-virtio-iscsi.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hostdev-scsi-virtio-iscsi.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9466-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest2/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest2/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-device virtio-scsi-pci,id=scsi0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hostdev-scsi-virtio-scsi.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hostdev-scsi-virtio-scsi.args
index f971bc62a..63f1a6624 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hostdev-scsi-virtio-scsi.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hostdev-scsi-virtio-scsi.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9466-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest2/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest2/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-device virtio-scsi-pci,id=scsi0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hostdev-usb-address-device-boot.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hostdev-usb-address-device-boot.args
index 1520671c7..d03aba2dc 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hostdev-usb-address-device-boot.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hostdev-usb-address-device-boot.args
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-nographic \
-nodefconfig \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-usb \
-drive file=/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1,format=raw,if=none,id=drive-ide0-0-0 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hostdev-usb-address-device.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hostdev-usb-address-device.args
index f575a5962..a925945ab 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hostdev-usb-address-device.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hostdev-usb-address-device.args
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-nographic \
-nodefconfig \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hostdev-usb-address.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hostdev-usb-address.args
index f557e5ea9..c8586526c 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hostdev-usb-address.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hostdev-usb-address.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hostdev-vfio-multidomain.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hostdev-vfio-multidomain.args
index a80b37ffb..492e9b35e 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hostdev-vfio-multidomain.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hostdev-vfio-multidomain.args
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-nographic \
-nodefconfig \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest2/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest2/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hostdev-vfio.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hostdev-vfio.args
index ab95bb28a..ba54d03e8 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hostdev-vfio.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hostdev-vfio.args
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-nographic \
-nodefconfig \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest2/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest2/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hotplug-base.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hotplug-base.args
index 9de360062..baa601a70 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hotplug-base.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hotplug-base.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid d091ea82-29e6-2e34-3005-f02617b36e87 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-hotplug/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-hotplug/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-boot c \
-device virtio-scsi-pci,id=scsi0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3 \
-device virtio-serial-pci,id=virtio-serial0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x4 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hugepages-memaccess.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hugepages-memaccess.args
index d584d465b..2386acf00 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hugepages-memaccess.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hugepages-memaccess.args
@@ -33,7 +33,9 @@ host-nodes=0-3,policy=bind \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hugepages-memaccess2.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hugepages-memaccess2.args
index 11985232a..55db49171 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hugepages-memaccess2.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hugepages-memaccess2.args
@@ -30,7 +30,9 @@ host-nodes=0-3,policy=bind \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hugepages-numa.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hugepages-numa.args
index 1b2a52bcc..90ffa6fa8 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hugepages-numa.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hugepages-numa.args
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ host-nodes=1-3,policy=bind \
-device pc-dimm,node=0,memdev=memdimm0,id=dimm0,slot=0 \
-uuid 63840878-0deb-4095-97e6-fc444d9bc9fa \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-fedora/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-fedora/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-rtc base=utc,driftfix=slew \
-no-kvm-pit-reinjection \
-no-hpet \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hugepages-pages.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hugepages-pages.args
index facb8a741..e4de6df79 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hugepages-pages.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hugepages-pages.args
@@ -29,7 +29,9 @@ host-nodes=3,policy=bind \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hugepages-pages2.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hugepages-pages2.args
index 8c5c9c11e..7ea277a7c 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hugepages-pages2.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hugepages-pages2.args
@@ -17,8 +17,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid ef1bdff4-27f3-4e85-a807-5fb4d58463cc \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-SomeDummyHugepagesGu/monitor.sock,server,\
-nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,\
+path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-SomeDummyHugepagesGu/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hugepages-pages3.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hugepages-pages3.args
index 98e893672..2291d6d72 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hugepages-pages3.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hugepages-pages3.args
@@ -18,8 +18,9 @@ mem-path=/dev/hugepages1G/libvirt/qemu/-1-SomeDummyHugepagesGu,size=805306368 \
-uuid ef1bdff4-27f3-4e85-a807-5fb4d58463cc \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-SomeDummyHugepagesGu/monitor.sock,server,\
-nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,\
+path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-SomeDummyHugepagesGu/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hugepages-pages5.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hugepages-pages5.args
index 9b854db43..c5bf7784e 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hugepages-pages5.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hugepages-pages5.args
@@ -15,8 +15,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid ef1bdff4-27f3-4e85-a807-5fb4d58463cc \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-SomeDummyHugepagesGu/monitor.sock,server,\
-nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,\
+path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-SomeDummyHugepagesGu/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hugepages-pages6.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hugepages-pages6.args
index 8e91ed814..c1cc0017f 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hugepages-pages6.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hugepages-pages6.args
@@ -13,8 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid ef1bdff4-27f3-4e85-a807-5fb4d58463cc \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-SomeDummyHugepagesGu/monitor.sock,server,\
-nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,\
+path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-SomeDummyHugepagesGu/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hugepages-shared.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hugepages-shared.args
index c3f2c5397..a0e7e4aa6 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hugepages-shared.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hugepages-shared.args
@@ -29,7 +29,9 @@ host-nodes=3,policy=bind \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hugepages.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hugepages.args
index 3cb1beba8..0a9cbc908 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hugepages.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hugepages.args
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hyperv-off.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hyperv-off.args
index 8b4841694..e708feece 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hyperv-off.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hyperv-off.args
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-boot n \
-usb \
-device virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hyperv-panic.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hyperv-panic.args
index d94657da0..aa2dd7208 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hyperv-panic.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hyperv-panic.args
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-boot n \
-usb
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hyperv.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hyperv.args
index 84bcb9b9d..0c3481fa1 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hyperv.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hyperv.args
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ hv_synic,hv_stimer,hv_reset,hv_vendor_id=KVM Hv' \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-boot n \
-usb
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-input-usbmouse-addr.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-input-usbmouse-addr.args
index 61365756d..6bc8c281a 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-input-usbmouse-addr.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-input-usbmouse-addr.args
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-nographic \
-nodefconfig \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-input-usbmouse.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-input-usbmouse.args
index 97bbf5597..16e7c27da 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-input-usbmouse.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-input-usbmouse.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-input-usbtablet.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-input-usbtablet.args
index b7876bacc..9a2825939 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-input-usbtablet.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-input-usbtablet.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-intel-iommu-caching-mode.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-intel-iommu-caching-mode.args
index 1bec6d00b..5d12aabf4 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-intel-iommu-caching-mode.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-intel-iommu-caching-mode.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-device intel-iommu,intremap=on,caching-mode=on \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-intel-iommu-device-iotlb.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-intel-iommu-device-iotlb.args
index 6d8f8e218..bbb91918b 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-intel-iommu-device-iotlb.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-intel-iommu-device-iotlb.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-device intel-iommu,intremap=on,device-iotlb=on
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-intel-iommu-eim.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-intel-iommu-eim.args
index ebf7c49bf..f5cc87ed3 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-intel-iommu-eim.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-intel-iommu-eim.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-device intel-iommu,intremap=on,eim=on
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-intel-iommu-ioapic.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-intel-iommu-ioapic.args
index c6539878a..8e70bf910 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-intel-iommu-ioapic.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-intel-iommu-ioapic.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-device intel-iommu,intremap=on
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-intel-iommu-machine.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-intel-iommu-machine.args
index 8b08e3564..02ddf512a 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-intel-iommu-machine.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-intel-iommu-machine.args
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-intel-iommu.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-intel-iommu.args
index 205a15729..4ea5eba5f 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-intel-iommu.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-intel-iommu.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-device intel-iommu
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-iothreads-disk-virtio-ccw.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-iothreads-disk-virtio-ccw.args
index fa083ab08..c5b7a9f3f 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-iothreads-disk-virtio-ccw.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-iothreads-disk-virtio-ccw.args
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-boot c \
-drive file=/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1,format=raw,if=none,id=drive-virtio-disk0 \
-device virtio-blk-ccw,iothread=iothread1,devno=fe.0.0000,\
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-iothreads-disk.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-iothreads-disk.args
index 42ff23d73..a9fee8a1e 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-iothreads-disk.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-iothreads-disk.args
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-iothreads-ids-partial.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-iothreads-ids-partial.args
index 67ed43740..aed18e89d 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-iothreads-ids-partial.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-iothreads-ids-partial.args
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-iothreads-ids.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-iothreads-ids.args
index d340d6519..961ca4112 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-iothreads-ids.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-iothreads-ids.args
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-iothreads-virtio-scsi-ccw.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-iothreads-virtio-scsi-ccw.args
index 773d138bb..4f37d3e69 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-iothreads-virtio-scsi-ccw.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-iothreads-virtio-scsi-ccw.args
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-boot c \
-device virtio-scsi-ccw,iothread=iothread2,id=scsi0,devno=fe.0.0001 \
-drive file=/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1,format=raw,if=none,id=drive-virtio-disk0 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-iothreads-virtio-scsi-pci.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-iothreads-virtio-scsi-pci.args
index 1120728e6..1f1420410 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-iothreads-virtio-scsi-pci.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-iothreads-virtio-scsi-pci.args
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-device virtio-scsi-pci,iothread=iothread2,id=scsi0,bus=pci.0,addr=0xb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-iothreads.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-iothreads.args
index f964f11fa..22bb7877e 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-iothreads.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-iothreads.args
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-kvm-features-off.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-kvm-features-off.args
index 8b4841694..e708feece 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-kvm-features-off.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-kvm-features-off.args
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-boot n \
-usb \
-device virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-kvm-features.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-kvm-features.args
index 0b4dd6cf3..70300904d 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-kvm-features.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-kvm-features.args
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-boot n \
-usb
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-kvm-pit-delay.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-kvm-pit-delay.args
index 6b49f4898..8171b404f 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-kvm-pit-delay.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-kvm-pit-delay.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-global kvm-pit.lost_tick_policy=delay \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-kvm-pit-discard.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-kvm-pit-discard.args
index 4cb5b7e0e..4ec9a8708 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-kvm-pit-discard.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-kvm-pit-discard.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-global kvm-pit.lost_tick_policy=discard \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-kvm.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-kvm.args
index 12883794c..bfcc22c63 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-kvm.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-kvm.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid d091ea82-29e6-2e34-3005-f02617b36e87 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-kvm/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-kvm/monitor.sock,server,\
+nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-kvmclock+eoi-disabled.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-kvmclock+eoi-disabled.args
index 7fd3785bc..432a75550 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-kvmclock+eoi-disabled.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-kvmclock+eoi-disabled.args
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-boot n \
-usb \
-device virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-kvmclock.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-kvmclock.args
index d283066df..ad5d686a7 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-kvmclock.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-kvmclock.args
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot n \
-usb
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-luks-disks.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-luks-disks.args
index 5bd7ee995..4e018f6ff 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-luks-disks.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-luks-disks.args
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ file=/tmp/lib/domain--1-encryptdisk/master-key.aes \
-uuid 496898a6-e6ff-f7c8-5dc2-3cf410945ee9 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-encryptdisk/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,\
+path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-encryptdisk/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-machine-aeskeywrap-off-cap.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-machine-aeskeywrap-off-cap.args
index c718084db..1c70bf8a2 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-machine-aeskeywrap-off-cap.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-machine-aeskeywrap-off-cap.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-boot c \
-drive file=/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1,format=raw,if=none,id=drive-virtio-disk0 \
-device virtio-blk-ccw,devno=fe.0.0000,drive=drive-virtio-disk0,\
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-machine-aeskeywrap-off-caps.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-machine-aeskeywrap-off-caps.args
index c718084db..1c70bf8a2 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-machine-aeskeywrap-off-caps.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-machine-aeskeywrap-off-caps.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-boot c \
-drive file=/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1,format=raw,if=none,id=drive-virtio-disk0 \
-device virtio-blk-ccw,devno=fe.0.0000,drive=drive-virtio-disk0,\
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-machine-aeskeywrap-on-cap.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-machine-aeskeywrap-on-cap.args
index c6eaa244b..9e58194e1 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-machine-aeskeywrap-on-cap.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-machine-aeskeywrap-on-cap.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-boot c \
-drive file=/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1,format=raw,if=none,id=drive-virtio-disk0 \
-device virtio-blk-ccw,devno=fe.0.0000,drive=drive-virtio-disk0,\
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-machine-aeskeywrap-on-caps.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-machine-aeskeywrap-on-caps.args
index c6eaa244b..9e58194e1 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-machine-aeskeywrap-on-caps.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-machine-aeskeywrap-on-caps.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-boot c \
-drive file=/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1,format=raw,if=none,id=drive-virtio-disk0 \
-device virtio-blk-ccw,devno=fe.0.0000,drive=drive-virtio-disk0,\
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-machine-aliases1.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-machine-aliases1.args
index 78d953913..59ce28108 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-machine-aliases1.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-machine-aliases1.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-machine-aliases2.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-machine-aliases2.args
index 78d953913..59ce28108 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-machine-aliases2.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-machine-aliases2.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-machine-core-cfg-off.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-machine-core-cfg-off.args
index f85b146ba..f414343ed 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-machine-core-cfg-off.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-machine-core-cfg-off.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-machine-core-off.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-machine-core-off.args
index f85b146ba..f414343ed 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-machine-core-off.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-machine-core-off.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-machine-core-on.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-machine-core-on.args
index 1c96e98b6..d39d6dbf9 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-machine-core-on.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-machine-core-on.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-machine-deakeywrap-off-cap.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-machine-deakeywrap-off-cap.args
index 434f5061e..0a3000473 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-machine-deakeywrap-off-cap.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-machine-deakeywrap-off-cap.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-boot c \
-drive file=/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1,format=raw,if=none,id=drive-virtio-disk0 \
-device virtio-blk-ccw,devno=fe.0.0000,drive=drive-virtio-disk0,\
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-machine-deakeywrap-off-caps.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-machine-deakeywrap-off-caps.args
index 434f5061e..0a3000473 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-machine-deakeywrap-off-caps.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-machine-deakeywrap-off-caps.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-boot c \
-drive file=/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1,format=raw,if=none,id=drive-virtio-disk0 \
-device virtio-blk-ccw,devno=fe.0.0000,drive=drive-virtio-disk0,\
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-machine-deakeywrap-on-cap.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-machine-deakeywrap-on-cap.args
index 24e2035a3..aefc0b4bc 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-machine-deakeywrap-on-cap.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-machine-deakeywrap-on-cap.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-boot c \
-drive file=/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1,format=raw,if=none,id=drive-virtio-disk0 \
-device virtio-blk-ccw,devno=fe.0.0000,drive=drive-virtio-disk0,\
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-machine-deakeywrap-on-caps.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-machine-deakeywrap-on-caps.args
index 24e2035a3..aefc0b4bc 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-machine-deakeywrap-on-caps.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-machine-deakeywrap-on-caps.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-boot c \
-drive file=/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1,format=raw,if=none,id=drive-virtio-disk0 \
-device virtio-blk-ccw,devno=fe.0.0000,drive=drive-virtio-disk0,\
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-machine-keywrap-none-caps.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-machine-keywrap-none-caps.args
index acde08a4b..f1a920cc6 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-machine-keywrap-none-caps.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-machine-keywrap-none-caps.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-boot c \
-drive file=/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1,format=raw,if=none,id=drive-virtio-disk0 \
-device virtio-blk-ccw,devno=fe.0.0000,drive=drive-virtio-disk0,\
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-machine-keywrap-none.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-machine-keywrap-none.args
index acde08a4b..f1a920cc6 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-machine-keywrap-none.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-machine-keywrap-none.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-boot c \
-drive file=/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1,format=raw,if=none,id=drive-virtio-disk0 \
-device virtio-blk-ccw,devno=fe.0.0000,drive=drive-virtio-disk0,\
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-machine-loadparm-multiple-disks-nets-s390.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-machine-loadparm-multiple-disks-nets-s390.args
index ac0f6bc30..46b553086 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-machine-loadparm-multiple-disks-nets-s390.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-machine-loadparm-multiple-disks-nets-s390.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-drive file=/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1,format=raw,if=none,id=drive-virtio-disk0 \
-device virtio-blk-ccw,devno=fe.0.0002,drive=drive-virtio-disk0,\
id=virtio-disk0,bootindex=1 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-machine-loadparm-net-s390.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-machine-loadparm-net-s390.args
index d745c155f..c9d8ff7f1 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-machine-loadparm-net-s390.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-machine-loadparm-net-s390.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-device virtio-net-ccw,vlan=0,id=net0,mac=00:11:22:33:44:54,devno=fe.0.0000,\
bootindex=1 \
-net user,vlan=0,name=hostnet0 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-machine-loadparm-s390.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-machine-loadparm-s390.args
index 07412e34a..9c9fea593 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-machine-loadparm-s390.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-machine-loadparm-s390.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-drive file=/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1,format=raw,if=none,id=drive-virtio-disk0 \
-device virtio-blk-ccw,devno=fe.0.0000,drive=drive-virtio-disk0,\
id=virtio-disk0,bootindex=1 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-machine-smm-opt.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-machine-smm-opt.args
index e60164b9d..40c826a43 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-machine-smm-opt.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-machine-smm-opt.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-device i82801b11-bridge,id=pci.1,bus=pcie.0,addr=0x1e \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-machine-usb-opt.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-machine-usb-opt.args
index e36835835..28211cc60 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-machine-usb-opt.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-machine-usb-opt.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-machine-vmport-opt.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-machine-vmport-opt.args
index 41aa594b4..120f5ca82 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-machine-vmport-opt.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-machine-vmport-opt.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-master-key.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-master-key.args
index b563b0a76..5a22af82f 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-master-key.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-master-key.args
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ file=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/master-key.aes \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-memory-hotplug-dimm-addr.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-memory-hotplug-dimm-addr.args
index d9631fb7b..87bf93866 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-memory-hotplug-dimm-addr.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-memory-hotplug-dimm-addr.args
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ host-nodes=1-3,policy=bind \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-memory-hotplug-dimm.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-memory-hotplug-dimm.args
index c2402df82..fb3896ebd 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-memory-hotplug-dimm.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-memory-hotplug-dimm.args
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ host-nodes=1-3,policy=bind \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-memory-hotplug-nvdimm-access.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-memory-hotplug-nvdimm-access.args
index 885a9756a..1824b3b19 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-memory-hotplug-nvdimm-access.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-memory-hotplug-nvdimm-access.args
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ share=no,size=536870912 \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-memory-hotplug-nvdimm-label.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-memory-hotplug-nvdimm-label.args
index b3e1514df..4c5fc5933 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-memory-hotplug-nvdimm-label.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-memory-hotplug-nvdimm-label.args
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ share=no,size=536870912 \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-memory-hotplug-nvdimm.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-memory-hotplug-nvdimm.args
index 931fb4be6..302ae0f5e 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-memory-hotplug-nvdimm.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-memory-hotplug-nvdimm.args
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ size=536870912 \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-memory-hotplug-ppc64-nonuma.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-memory-hotplug-ppc64-nonuma.args
index 88ed6b615..8d8b6e915 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-memory-hotplug-ppc64-nonuma.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-memory-hotplug-ppc64-nonuma.args
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid 49545eb3-75e1-2d0a-acdd-f0294406c99e \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-boot c \
-kernel /media/ram/uImage \
-initrd /media/ram/ramdisk \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-memory-hotplug.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-memory-hotplug.args
index 0af2c4a04..00d3f54a3 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-memory-hotplug.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-memory-hotplug.args
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-memtune-unlimited.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-memtune-unlimited.args
index dbb8ee2d7..51e49d7fc 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-memtune-unlimited.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-memtune-unlimited.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-memtune.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-memtune.args
index dbb8ee2d7..51e49d7fc 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-memtune.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-memtune.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-migrate-numa-unaligned.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-migrate-numa-unaligned.args
index e8ec34ce8..9f460ec19 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-migrate-numa-unaligned.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-migrate-numa-unaligned.args
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@ host-nodes=5,host-nodes=7,policy=bind \
-uuid 9f4b6512-e73a-4a25-93e8-5307802821ce \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-migrate.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-migrate.args
index da3a95141..f25a6a0cb 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-migrate.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-migrate.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-minimal-msg-timestamp.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-minimal-msg-timestamp.args
index 9b61d6980..280968fe1 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-minimal-msg-timestamp.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-minimal-msg-timestamp.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-minimal.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-minimal.args
index dbb8ee2d7..51e49d7fc 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-minimal.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-minimal.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-misc-acpi.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-misc-acpi.args
index 1c0633170..b34c20af4 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-misc-acpi.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-misc-acpi.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-boot c \
-usb \
-drive file=/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1,format=raw,if=none,id=drive-ide0-0-0 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-misc-disable-s3.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-misc-disable-s3.args
index 195456713..e5230cd5e 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-misc-disable-s3.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-misc-disable-s3.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid 8caaa98c-e7bf-5845-126a-1fc316bd1089 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-global PIIX4_PM.disable_s3=1 \
-boot c \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-misc-disable-suspends.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-misc-disable-suspends.args
index d07a947d5..c6be8a182 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-misc-disable-suspends.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-misc-disable-suspends.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid 8caaa98c-e7bf-5845-126a-1fc316bd1089 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-global PIIX4_PM.disable_s3=1 \
-global PIIX4_PM.disable_s4=1 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-misc-enable-s4.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-misc-enable-s4.args
index 991d6f617..7c01cf02e 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-misc-enable-s4.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-misc-enable-s4.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid 8caaa98c-e7bf-5845-126a-1fc316bd1089 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-global PIIX4_PM.disable_s4=0 \
-boot c \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-misc-no-reboot.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-misc-no-reboot.args
index 4138308cc..541efaa01 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-misc-no-reboot.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-misc-no-reboot.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-reboot \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-misc-uuid.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-misc-uuid.args
index 1c0633170..b34c20af4 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-misc-uuid.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-misc-uuid.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-boot c \
-usb \
-drive file=/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1,format=raw,if=none,id=drive-ide0-0-0 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-mlock-off.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-mlock-off.args
index c302f6e90..1c21b4a24 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-mlock-off.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-mlock-off.args
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-mlock-on.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-mlock-on.args
index 774759cf2..c59a5d1ed 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-mlock-on.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-mlock-on.args
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-mlock-unsupported.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-mlock-unsupported.args
index c20345d53..555eb9b99 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-mlock-unsupported.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-mlock-unsupported.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-multifunction-pci-device.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-multifunction-pci-device.args
index f3ec27b01..d2bafbb18 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-multifunction-pci-device.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-multifunction-pci-device.args
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-nographic \
-nodefconfig \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-device lsi,id=scsi0,bus=pci.0,multifunction=off,addr=0x3 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-net-client.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-net-client.args
index a0afd344e..93c0ca0bf 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-net-client.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-net-client.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-net-eth-hostip.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-net-eth-hostip.args
index 1c2855c74..bc70ef598 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-net-eth-hostip.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-net-eth-hostip.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-net-eth-ifname.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-net-eth-ifname.args
index 1c2855c74..bc70ef598 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-net-eth-ifname.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-net-eth-ifname.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-net-eth-names.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-net-eth-names.args
index 40b59ad1e..a47725063 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-net-eth-names.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-net-eth-names.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-net-eth.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-net-eth.args
index 1c2855c74..bc70ef598 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-net-eth.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-net-eth.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-net-hostdev-multidomain.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-net-hostdev-multidomain.args
index 216d895b9..7d2796471 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-net-hostdev-multidomain.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-net-hostdev-multidomain.args
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-nographic \
-nodefconfig \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-net-hostdev-vfio-multidomain.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-net-hostdev-vfio-multidomain.args
index 5bfb2f06c..9c286f238 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-net-hostdev-vfio-multidomain.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-net-hostdev-vfio-multidomain.args
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-nographic \
-nodefconfig \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-net-hostdev-vfio.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-net-hostdev-vfio.args
index 89e639e59..7247c6c1f 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-net-hostdev-vfio.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-net-hostdev-vfio.args
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-nographic \
-nodefconfig \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-net-hostdev.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-net-hostdev.args
index c376be2b9..e137a0a5b 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-net-hostdev.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-net-hostdev.args
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-nographic \
-nodefconfig \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-net-mcast.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-net-mcast.args
index c7b7f8532..707e258cf 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-net-mcast.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-net-mcast.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-net-server.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-net-server.args
index 91ad929cb..f849d2fd6 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-net-server.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-net-server.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-net-udp.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-net-udp.args
index 8fc647848..064204ce3 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-net-udp.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-net-udp.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-net-user.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-net-user.args
index f0f5d1a04..3dc94b9b5 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-net-user.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-net-user.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-net-vhostuser-multiq.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-net-vhostuser-multiq.args
index 8cabe301c..b69ebd8ba 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-net-vhostuser-multiq.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-net-vhostuser-multiq.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-net-vhostuser.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-net-vhostuser.args
index 47f560684..ae5bd975e 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-net-vhostuser.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-net-vhostuser.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-net-virtio-ccw.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-net-virtio-ccw.args
index b9b8c6cc9..663e0680e 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-net-virtio-ccw.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-net-virtio-ccw.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-boot c \
-device virtio-net-ccw,vlan=0,id=net0,mac=00:11:22:33:44:55,devno=fe.0.0001 \
-net user,vlan=0,name=hostnet0 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-net-virtio-device.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-net-virtio-device.args
index 26f9c168b..24e1456b7 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-net-virtio-device.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-net-virtio-device.args
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-nographic \
-nodefconfig \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-net-virtio-disable-offloads.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-net-virtio-disable-offloads.args
index 4445fb39e..2ec4ccd3a 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-net-virtio-disable-offloads.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-net-virtio-disable-offloads.args
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-nographic \
-nodefconfig \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-net-virtio-netdev.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-net-virtio-netdev.args
index 5d8a99057..f5d51327e 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-net-virtio-netdev.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-net-virtio-netdev.args
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-nographic \
-nodefconfig \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-net-virtio-rxqueuesize.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-net-virtio-rxqueuesize.args
index 0df11c633..07c358a02 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-net-virtio-rxqueuesize.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-net-virtio-rxqueuesize.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-net-virtio-s390.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-net-virtio-s390.args
index c44ef0c82..616fe5751 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-net-virtio-s390.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-net-virtio-s390.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-boot c \
-device virtio-net-s390,vlan=0,id=net0,mac=00:11:22:33:44:55 \
-net user,vlan=0,name=hostnet0
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-net-virtio.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-net-virtio.args
index 41bc8037e..4adef1811 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-net-virtio.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-net-virtio.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-no-kvm-pit-device.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-no-kvm-pit-device.args
index ff6367a4e..b2147597c 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-no-kvm-pit-device.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-no-kvm-pit-device.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-kvm-pit-reinjection \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-nographics-display.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-nographics-display.args
index beaedf281..0813690ab 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-nographics-display.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-nographics-display.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-display none \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-nographics-vga.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-nographics-vga.args
index 284131141..edfc84d80 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-nographics-vga.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-nographics-vga.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-nographics.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-nographics.args
index dbb8ee2d7..51e49d7fc 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-nographics.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-nographics.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-nosharepages.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-nosharepages.args
index 42599ad40..7fc669d05 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-nosharepages.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-nosharepages.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-numad-auto-memory-vcpu-cpuset.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-numad-auto-memory-vcpu-cpuset.args
index 0e48316d1..239671e96 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-numad-auto-memory-vcpu-cpuset.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-numad-auto-memory-vcpu-cpuset.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-numad-auto-memory-vcpu-no-cpuset-and-placement.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-numad-auto-memory-vcpu-no-cpuset-and-placement.args
index 0e48316d1..239671e96 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-numad-auto-memory-vcpu-no-cpuset-and-placement.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-numad-auto-memory-vcpu-no-cpuset-and-placement.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-numad-auto-vcpu-static-numatune.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-numad-auto-vcpu-static-numatune.args
index 0e48316d1..239671e96 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-numad-auto-vcpu-static-numatune.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-numad-auto-vcpu-static-numatune.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-numad-static-memory-auto-vcpu.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-numad-static-memory-auto-vcpu.args
index 0e48316d1..239671e96 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-numad-static-memory-auto-vcpu.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-numad-static-memory-auto-vcpu.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-numad.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-numad.args
index 0e48316d1..239671e96 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-numad.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-numad.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-numatune-auto-nodeset-invalid.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-numatune-auto-nodeset-invalid.args
index 0e48316d1..239671e96 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-numatune-auto-nodeset-invalid.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-numatune-auto-nodeset-invalid.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-numatune-auto-prefer.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-numatune-auto-prefer.args
index 44e76c082..c3ccaaa80 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-numatune-auto-prefer.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-numatune-auto-prefer.args
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid 9f4b6512-e73a-4a25-93e8-5307802821ce \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-numatune-memnode-no-memory.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-numatune-memnode-no-memory.args
index 76e56b83d..8b6e12cf3 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-numatune-memnode-no-memory.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-numatune-memnode-no-memory.args
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ policy=preferred \
-uuid 9f4b6512-e73a-4a25-93e8-5307802821ce \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-numatune-memnode.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-numatune-memnode.args
index 6169393c0..53aa6790b 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-numatune-memnode.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-numatune-memnode.args
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@ host-nodes=5,host-nodes=7,policy=bind \
-uuid 9f4b6512-e73a-4a25-93e8-5307802821ce \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-numatune-memory.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-numatune-memory.args
index 0e48316d1..239671e96 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-numatune-memory.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-numatune-memory.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-panic-double.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-panic-double.args
index 92cae217f..8f96e1268 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-panic-double.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-panic-double.args
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-nographic \
-nodefconfig \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-boot n \
-usb \
-device pvpanic,ioport=1285
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-panic-no-address.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-panic-no-address.args
index a70c9dbfd..5754e2001 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-panic-no-address.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-panic-no-address.args
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-nographic \
-nodefconfig \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-panic.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-panic.args
index fdee6274e..c76b2eef5 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-panic.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-panic.args
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-nographic \
-nodefconfig \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pci-autoadd-addr.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pci-autoadd-addr.args
index d28b7d25a..0d3f25913 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pci-autoadd-addr.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pci-autoadd-addr.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid 3ec6cbe1-b5a2-4515-b800-31a61855df41 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-fdr-br/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-fdr-br/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-boot c \
-device pci-bridge,chassis_nr=1,id=pci.1,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3 \
-device pci-bridge,chassis_nr=2,id=pci.2,bus=pci.0,addr=0x4 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pci-autoadd-idx.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pci-autoadd-idx.args
index 87ccc73cf..6b2f21bba 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pci-autoadd-idx.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pci-autoadd-idx.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid 3ec6cbe1-b5a2-4515-b800-31a61855df41 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-fdr-br/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-fdr-br/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-boot c \
-device pci-bridge,chassis_nr=8,id=pci.8,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3 \
-device pci-bridge,chassis_nr=1,id=pci.1,bus=pci.0,addr=0x4 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pci-autofill-addr.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pci-autofill-addr.args
index b86957d17..236f34889 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pci-autofill-addr.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pci-autofill-addr.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid 3ec6cbe1-b5a2-4515-b800-31a61855df41 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-fdr-br/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-fdr-br/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pci-bridge-many-disks.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pci-bridge-many-disks.args
index 220f766c7..755169d24 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pci-bridge-many-disks.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pci-bridge-many-disks.args
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid 04872dc1-e1de-434b-ab21-e3e80e416349 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-lots-of-disks/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,\
+path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-lots-of-disks/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-boot c \
-device pci-bridge,chassis_nr=1,id=pci.1,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3 \
-device pci-bridge,chassis_nr=2,id=pci.2,bus=pci.0,addr=0x4 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pci-bridge.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pci-bridge.args
index aeceda194..616713d35 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pci-bridge.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pci-bridge.args
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-smp 2,sockets=2,cores=1,threads=1 \
-uuid 3ec6cbe1-b5a2-4515-b800-31a61855df41 \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-fdr-br/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-fdr-br/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-boot c \
-device pci-bridge,chassis_nr=1,id=pci.1,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3 \
-device pci-bridge,chassis_nr=2,id=pci.2,bus=pci.0,addr=0x4 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pci-expander-bus.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pci-expander-bus.args
index b608cf6ce..7327afbc4 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pci-expander-bus.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pci-expander-bus.args
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid 3ec6cbe1-b5a2-4515-b800-31a61855df41 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-expander-test/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,\
+path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-expander-test/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-device pxb,bus_nr=254,id=pci.1,numa_node=1,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pci-many.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pci-many.args
index addd74c41..538f6fbd0 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pci-many.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pci-many.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid 3ec6cbe1-b5a2-4515-b800-31a61855df41 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-fdr-br/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-fdr-br/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-boot c \
-usb \
-drive file=/var/iso/f18kde.iso,format=raw,if=none,media=cdrom,\
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pci-rom.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pci-rom.args
index 25fa8105e..b50581283 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pci-rom.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pci-rom.args
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-nographic \
-nodefconfig \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest2/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest2/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pcie-expander-bus.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pcie-expander-bus.args
index 2f553b34d..23852b45e 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pcie-expander-bus.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pcie-expander-bus.args
@@ -15,8 +15,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid 11dbdcdd-4c3b-482b-8903-9bdb8c0a2774 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-pcie-expander-bus-te/monitor.sock,server,\
-nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,\
+path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-pcie-expander-bus-te/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-device pxb-pcie,bus_nr=254,id=pci.1,numa_node=0,bus=pcie.0,addr=0x4 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pcie-root-port-model-generic.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pcie-root-port-model-generic.args
index 96239bd31..befbd4b51 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pcie-root-port-model-generic.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pcie-root-port-model-generic.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid 11dbdcdd-4c3b-482b-8903-9bdb8c0a2774 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-guest/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-guest/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-device pcie-root-port,port=0x10,chassis=1,id=pci.1,bus=pcie.0,\
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pcie-root-port-model-ioh3420.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pcie-root-port-model-ioh3420.args
index 73f533bd0..89ac4cd56 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pcie-root-port-model-ioh3420.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pcie-root-port-model-ioh3420.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid 11dbdcdd-4c3b-482b-8903-9bdb8c0a2774 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-guest/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-guest/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-device ioh3420,port=0x10,chassis=1,id=pci.1,bus=pcie.0,multifunction=on,\
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pcie-root-port.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pcie-root-port.args
index 0d612ad44..e1872ec8e 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pcie-root-port.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pcie-root-port.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid 11dbdcdd-4c3b-482b-8903-9bdb8c0a2774 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-q35-test/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-q35-test/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-device ioh3420,port=0x10,chassis=1,id=pci.1,bus=pcie.0,multifunction=on,\
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pcie-root.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pcie-root.args
index 7847c5123..c120173f6 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pcie-root.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pcie-root.args
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid 11dbdcdd-4c3b-482b-8903-9bdb8c0a2774 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-q35-test/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-q35-test/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pcie-switch-downstream-port.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pcie-switch-downstream-port.args
index fef3a9d4a..4d7334aa6 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pcie-switch-downstream-port.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pcie-switch-downstream-port.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid 11dbdcdd-4c3b-482b-8903-9bdb8c0a2774 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-q35-test/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-q35-test/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-device ioh3420,port=0x10,chassis=1,id=pci.1,bus=pcie.0,addr=0x2 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pcie-switch-upstream-port.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pcie-switch-upstream-port.args
index 32dce2b94..d1a9b3f15 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pcie-switch-upstream-port.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pcie-switch-upstream-port.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid 11dbdcdd-4c3b-482b-8903-9bdb8c0a2774 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-q35-test/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-q35-test/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-device ioh3420,port=0x10,chassis=1,id=pci.1,bus=pcie.0,multifunction=on,\
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pcihole64-q35.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pcihole64-q35.args
index f987dba72..c4bceb324 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pcihole64-q35.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pcihole64-q35.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid 11dbdcdd-4c3b-482b-8903-9bdb8c0a2774 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-q35-test/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-q35-test/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-global q35-pcihost.pci-hole64-size=1048576K \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pcihole64.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pcihole64.args
index c95472cb5..09ac04066 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pcihole64.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pcihole64.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid 3c7c30b5-7866-4b05-8a29-efebccba52a0 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-foo/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-foo/monitor.sock,server,\
+nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-global i440FX-pcihost.pci-hole64-size=1048576K \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pmu-feature-off.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pmu-feature-off.args
index 719731f24..7044d19fe 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pmu-feature-off.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pmu-feature-off.args
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-boot n \
-usb
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pmu-feature.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pmu-feature.args
index 36466d50b..196f0d37e 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pmu-feature.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pmu-feature.args
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-boot n \
-usb
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-ppc-dtb.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-ppc-dtb.args
index 10ddca0dc..182744c23 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-ppc-dtb.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-ppc-dtb.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid 49545eb3-75e1-2d0a-acdd-f0294406c99e \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-boot c \
-kernel /media/ram/uImage \
-initrd /media/ram/ramdisk \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-ppc64-usb-controller-legacy.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-ppc64-usb-controller-legacy.args
index afe6186f5..b1fabe32d 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-ppc64-usb-controller-legacy.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-ppc64-usb-controller-legacy.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-boot c \
-usb \
-device virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x6
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-ppc64-usb-controller-qemu-xhci.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-ppc64-usb-controller-qemu-xhci.args
index 0f19eb7e6..f59a0302a 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-ppc64-usb-controller-qemu-xhci.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-ppc64-usb-controller-qemu-xhci.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-boot c \
-device qemu-xhci,id=usb,bus=pci.0,addr=0x1 \
-device virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x6
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-ppc64-usb-controller.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-ppc64-usb-controller.args
index 995ddd0d6..5dd277adc 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-ppc64-usb-controller.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-ppc64-usb-controller.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-boot c \
-device pci-ohci,id=usb,bus=pci.0,addr=0x1 \
-device virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x6
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pseries-nvram.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pseries-nvram.args
index 904b9518e..1c777b3ff 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pseries-nvram.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pseries-nvram.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid 1ccfd97d-5eb4-478a-bbe6-88d254c16db7 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-boot c \
-usb \
-global spapr-nvram.reg=0x4000
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pv-spinlock-disabled.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pv-spinlock-disabled.args
index a84869aa1..96a251c07 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pv-spinlock-disabled.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pv-spinlock-disabled.args
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-boot n \
-usb \
-device virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pv-spinlock-enabled.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pv-spinlock-enabled.args
index 6c1f39077..922d293ce 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pv-spinlock-enabled.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pv-spinlock-enabled.args
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-boot n \
-usb \
-device virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-q35-acpi-nouefi.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-q35-acpi-nouefi.args
index eea422dd4..503045de6 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-q35-acpi-nouefi.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-q35-acpi-nouefi.args
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid 496d7ea8-9739-544b-4ebd-ef08be936e8b \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-guest/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-guest/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-boot c \
-kernel /var/lib/libvirt/images/guest.vmlinuz \
-initrd /var/lib/libvirt/images/guest.initramfs \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-q35-acpi-uefi.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-q35-acpi-uefi.args
index 9dfa583d2..fbbbcf981 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-q35-acpi-uefi.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-q35-acpi-uefi.args
@@ -18,5 +18,7 @@ unit=1 \
-uuid 496d7ea8-9739-544b-4ebd-ef08be936e8b \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-guest/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-guest/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-boot c
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-q35-default-devices-only.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-q35-default-devices-only.args
index 5980340d1..00aab9459 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-q35-default-devices-only.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-q35-default-devices-only.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid 11dbdcdd-4c3b-482b-8903-9bdb8c0a2774 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-q35-test/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-q35-test/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-device ioh3420,port=0x8,chassis=1,id=pci.1,bus=pcie.0,multifunction=on,\
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-q35-multifunction.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-q35-multifunction.args
index d222a12f6..dd06b3caf 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-q35-multifunction.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-q35-multifunction.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid 11dbdcdd-4c3b-482b-8903-9bdb8c0a2774 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-q35-test/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-q35-test/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-device ioh3420,port=0x10,chassis=1,id=pci.1,bus=pcie.0,multifunction=on,\
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-q35-noacpi-nouefi.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-q35-noacpi-nouefi.args
index ba0f59cdd..de2a7f30b 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-q35-noacpi-nouefi.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-q35-noacpi-nouefi.args
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid 496d7ea8-9739-544b-4ebd-ef08be936e8b \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-guest/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-guest/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-kernel /var/lib/libvirt/images/guest.vmlinuz \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-q35-pci-force-address.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-q35-pci-force-address.args
index 5b9f675e3..bbd606680 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-q35-pci-force-address.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-q35-pci-force-address.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid 11dbdcdd-4c3b-482b-8903-9bdb8c0a2774 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-q35-test/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-q35-test/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-device i82801b11-bridge,id=pci.1,bus=pcie.0,addr=0x1e \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-q35-pcie-autoadd.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-q35-pcie-autoadd.args
index cca6c833b..5cb4244ca 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-q35-pcie-autoadd.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-q35-pcie-autoadd.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid 11dbdcdd-4c3b-482b-8903-9bdb8c0a2774 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-q35-test/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-q35-test/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-device ioh3420,port=0x10,chassis=1,id=pci.1,bus=pcie.0,multifunction=on,\
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-q35-pcie.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-q35-pcie.args
index 0a9c99ce8..9ae15b8b4 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-q35-pcie.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-q35-pcie.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid 11dbdcdd-4c3b-482b-8903-9bdb8c0a2774 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-q35-test/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-q35-test/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-device i82801b11-bridge,id=pci.1,bus=pcie.0,addr=0x1e \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-q35-pm-disable-fallback.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-q35-pm-disable-fallback.args
index a09138d7f..4ec4a2fe5 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-q35-pm-disable-fallback.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-q35-pm-disable-fallback.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid 56f5055c-1b8d-490c-844a-ad646a1caaaa \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-q35/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-q35/monitor.sock,server,\
+nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-global PIIX4_PM.disable_s3=1 \
-global PIIX4_PM.disable_s4=1 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-q35-pm-disable.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-q35-pm-disable.args
index 6b2bd0760..c108e42f1 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-q35-pm-disable.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-q35-pm-disable.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid 56f5055c-1b8d-490c-844a-ad646a1caaaa \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-q35/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-q35/monitor.sock,server,\
+nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-global ICH9-LPC.disable_s3=1 \
-global ICH9-LPC.disable_s4=1 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-q35-usb2-multi.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-q35-usb2-multi.args
index f6cf0123e..a032a1e10 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-q35-usb2-multi.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-q35-usb2-multi.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid 11dbdcdd-4c3b-482b-8903-9bdb8c0a2774 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-q35-test/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-q35-test/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-device i82801b11-bridge,id=pci.1,bus=pcie.0,addr=0x1e \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-q35-usb2-reorder.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-q35-usb2-reorder.args
index e5644d7a0..7b3046f53 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-q35-usb2-reorder.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-q35-usb2-reorder.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid 11dbdcdd-4c3b-482b-8903-9bdb8c0a2774 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-q35-test/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-q35-test/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-device i82801b11-bridge,id=pci.1,bus=pcie.0,addr=0x1e \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-q35-usb2.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-q35-usb2.args
index 90314f582..d08ec6502 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-q35-usb2.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-q35-usb2.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid 11dbdcdd-4c3b-482b-8903-9bdb8c0a2774 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-q35-test/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-q35-test/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-device i82801b11-bridge,id=pci.1,bus=pcie.0,addr=0x1e \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-q35-virt-manager-basic.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-q35-virt-manager-basic.args
index ee97aa965..0d659590c 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-q35-virt-manager-basic.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-q35-virt-manager-basic.args
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=spice \
-smp 2,sockets=2,cores=1,threads=1 \
-uuid 1b826c23-8767-47ad-a6b5-c83a88277f71 \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-virt-manager-basic/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,\
+path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-virt-manager-basic/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-rtc base=utc,driftfix=slew \
-no-kvm-pit-reinjection \
-no-hpet \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-q35-virtio-pci.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-q35-virtio-pci.args
index 85bbdbdb6..5c3047167 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-q35-virtio-pci.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-q35-virtio-pci.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid 11dbdcdd-4c3b-482b-8903-9bdb8c0a2774 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-q35-test/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-q35-test/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-device i82801b11-bridge,id=pci.1,bus=pcie.0,addr=0x1e \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-q35.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-q35.args
index ca8bb68b0..41af72e86 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-q35.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-q35.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid 11dbdcdd-4c3b-482b-8903-9bdb8c0a2774 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-q35-test/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-q35-test/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-device ich9-usb-ehci1,id=usb,bus=pcie.0,addr=0x1d.0x7 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-qemu-ns-commandline-ns0.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-qemu-ns-commandline-ns0.args
index b2b35f5b3..910c88fab 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-qemu-ns-commandline-ns0.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-qemu-ns-commandline-ns0.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-qemu-ns-commandline-ns1.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-qemu-ns-commandline-ns1.args
index b2b35f5b3..910c88fab 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-qemu-ns-commandline-ns1.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-qemu-ns-commandline-ns1.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-qemu-ns-commandline.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-qemu-ns-commandline.args
index b2b35f5b3..910c88fab 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-qemu-ns-commandline.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-qemu-ns-commandline.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-qemu-ns-domain-commandline-ns0.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-qemu-ns-domain-commandline-ns0.args
index b2b35f5b3..910c88fab 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-qemu-ns-domain-commandline-ns0.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-qemu-ns-domain-commandline-ns0.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-qemu-ns-domain-commandline.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-qemu-ns-domain-commandline.args
index b2b35f5b3..910c88fab 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-qemu-ns-domain-commandline.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-qemu-ns-domain-commandline.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-qemu-ns-domain-ns0.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-qemu-ns-domain-ns0.args
index b2b35f5b3..910c88fab 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-qemu-ns-domain-ns0.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-qemu-ns-domain-ns0.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-qemu-ns-no-env.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-qemu-ns-no-env.args
index 7ea4b135d..2f6dda09f 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-qemu-ns-no-env.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-qemu-ns-no-env.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-qemu-ns.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-qemu-ns.args
index 562b562f4..9650e7478 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-qemu-ns.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-qemu-ns.args
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ BAR='' \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-reboot-timeout-disabled.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-reboot-timeout-disabled.args
index a46ee64e7..49bd2eb9b 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-reboot-timeout-disabled.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-reboot-timeout-disabled.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot order=n,reboot-timeout=-1 \
-usb
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-reboot-timeout-enabled.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-reboot-timeout-enabled.args
index 4322b9911..3e4a2a080 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-reboot-timeout-enabled.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-reboot-timeout-enabled.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot order=n,reboot-timeout=128 \
-usb
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-restore-v2-fd.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-restore-v2-fd.args
index a65b1e119..d9b38b081 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-restore-v2-fd.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-restore-v2-fd.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-restore-v2.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-restore-v2.args
index c80be51f1..57763a663 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-restore-v2.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-restore-v2.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-seclabel-dac-none.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-seclabel-dac-none.args
index dbb8ee2d7..51e49d7fc 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-seclabel-dac-none.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-seclabel-dac-none.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-seclabel-dynamic-baselabel.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-seclabel-dynamic-baselabel.args
index dbb8ee2d7..51e49d7fc 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-seclabel-dynamic-baselabel.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-seclabel-dynamic-baselabel.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-seclabel-dynamic-labelskip.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-seclabel-dynamic-labelskip.args
index dbb8ee2d7..51e49d7fc 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-seclabel-dynamic-labelskip.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-seclabel-dynamic-labelskip.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-seclabel-dynamic-override.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-seclabel-dynamic-override.args
index a380748a4..3782ba9fe 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-seclabel-dynamic-override.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-seclabel-dynamic-override.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-seclabel-dynamic-relabel.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-seclabel-dynamic-relabel.args
index dbb8ee2d7..51e49d7fc 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-seclabel-dynamic-relabel.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-seclabel-dynamic-relabel.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-seclabel-dynamic.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-seclabel-dynamic.args
index dbb8ee2d7..51e49d7fc 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-seclabel-dynamic.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-seclabel-dynamic.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-seclabel-none.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-seclabel-none.args
index dbb8ee2d7..51e49d7fc 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-seclabel-none.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-seclabel-none.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-seclabel-static-labelskip.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-seclabel-static-labelskip.args
index dbb8ee2d7..51e49d7fc 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-seclabel-static-labelskip.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-seclabel-static-labelskip.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-seclabel-static-relabel.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-seclabel-static-relabel.args
index dbb8ee2d7..51e49d7fc 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-seclabel-static-relabel.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-seclabel-static-relabel.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-seclabel-static.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-seclabel-static.args
index dbb8ee2d7..51e49d7fc 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-seclabel-static.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-seclabel-static.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-serial-dev.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-serial-dev.args
index 78d6ba02d..82df95903 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-serial-dev.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-serial-dev.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-serial-file.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-serial-file.args
index ead8ccf2e..2a1d3503a 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-serial-file.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-serial-file.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-serial-many.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-serial-many.args
index 0d8e6343c..8a4798884 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-serial-many.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-serial-many.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-serial-pty.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-serial-pty.args
index b92fde74e..be3ed2e30 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-serial-pty.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-serial-pty.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-serial-spiceport-nospice.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-serial-spiceport-nospice.args
index dbb8ee2d7..51e49d7fc 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-serial-spiceport-nospice.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-serial-spiceport-nospice.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-serial-tcp-telnet.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-serial-tcp-telnet.args
index cc2b6af2c..465dcd5dd 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-serial-tcp-telnet.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-serial-tcp-telnet.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-serial-tcp.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-serial-tcp.args
index c3026a893..589455908 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-serial-tcp.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-serial-tcp.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-serial-udp.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-serial-udp.args
index a975daf5c..3dff6c39c 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-serial-udp.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-serial-udp.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-serial-unix.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-serial-unix.args
index b04efc828..de7fdc635 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-serial-unix.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-serial-unix.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-serial-vc.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-serial-vc.args
index 894415f43..d4480ca0c 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-serial-vc.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-serial-vc.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-shmem-plain-doorbell.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-shmem-plain-doorbell.args
index 1204f7945..2d8af89d9 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-shmem-plain-doorbell.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-shmem-plain-doorbell.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-shmem.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-shmem.args
index 282115b62..72bab2855 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-shmem.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-shmem.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-smbios.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-smbios.args
index 37fe74925..3d94a109f 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-smbios.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-smbios.args
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ uuid=c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809,sku=1234567890,family=Red Hat' \
serial=CZC1065993,asset=CZC1065993,location=Upside down' \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-smp.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-smp.args
index 0be6fed52..4b79429a8 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-smp.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-smp.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-sound-device.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-sound-device.args
index d082a0a39..c11c28de4 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-sound-device.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-sound-device.args
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-nographic \
-nodefconfig \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-sound.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-sound.args
index cbd01f4d2..ba7e37be4 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-sound.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-sound.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-tpm-passthrough.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-tpm-passthrough.args
index 821549bbf..98f1993b8 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-tpm-passthrough.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-tpm-passthrough.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid 11d7cd22-da89-3094-6212-079a48a309a1 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-TPM-VM/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-TPM-VM/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-boot c \
-usb \
-tpmdev passthrough,id=tpm-tpm0,path=/dev/tpm0,\
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-usb-controller-default-q35.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-usb-controller-default-q35.args
index 5649c5e3e..6e7e06ef3 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-usb-controller-default-q35.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-usb-controller-default-q35.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid 11dbdcdd-4c3b-482b-8903-9bdb8c0a2774 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-q35-test/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-q35-test/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-device piix3-usb-uhci,id=usb,bus=pcie.0,addr=0x1
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-usb-controller-explicit-q35.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-usb-controller-explicit-q35.args
index f8be016f8..1c2763455 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-usb-controller-explicit-q35.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-usb-controller-explicit-q35.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid 11dbdcdd-4c3b-482b-8903-9bdb8c0a2774 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-q35-test/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-q35-test/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-device nec-usb-xhci,id=usb,bus=pcie.0,addr=0x1
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-usb-controller-qemu-xhci.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-usb-controller-qemu-xhci.args
index 4f967b7b2..a0ca7a046 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-usb-controller-qemu-xhci.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-usb-controller-qemu-xhci.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-device qemu-xhci,p2=8,p3=8,id=usb,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-vcpu-placement-static.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-vcpu-placement-static.args
index 387ffd20e..fd562bfb5 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-vcpu-placement-static.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-vcpu-placement-static.args
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid 4d92ec27-9ebf-400b-ae91-20c71c647c19 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-dummy2/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-dummy2/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-device-pciaddr-default.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-device-pciaddr-default.args
index c9e68e58f..2896cf446 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-device-pciaddr-default.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-device-pciaddr-default.args
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-smp 1,sockets=1,cores=1,threads=1 \
-uuid cdbebdfa-1d6d-65c3-be0f-fd74b978a773 \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-qxl-device-vgamem.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-qxl-device-vgamem.args
index 2afcb6a9f..a7c0fdee3 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-qxl-device-vgamem.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-qxl-device-vgamem.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-qxl-device.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-qxl-device.args
index a36df0ada..e3fc44866 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-qxl-device.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-qxl-device.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-qxl-heads.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-qxl-heads.args
index b94fab602..75babdf69 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-qxl-heads.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-qxl-heads.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-qxl-nodevice.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-qxl-nodevice.args
index b498f26e6..5e25efaa2 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-qxl-nodevice.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-qxl-nodevice.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-qxl-noheads.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-qxl-noheads.args
index 802ad8905..5b3e0706b 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-qxl-noheads.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-qxl-noheads.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-qxl-sec-device-vgamem.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-qxl-sec-device-vgamem.args
index d9de804be..698743757 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-qxl-sec-device-vgamem.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-qxl-sec-device-vgamem.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-qxl-sec-device.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-qxl-sec-device.args
index 8e27eb9e0..eedc6d1f7 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-qxl-sec-device.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-qxl-sec-device.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-vga-device-vgamem.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-vga-device-vgamem.args
index ac55f0082..8f9298080 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-vga-device-vgamem.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-vga-device-vgamem.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-vga-device.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-vga-device.args
index 1e4453d99..5207f5cb9 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-vga-device.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-vga-device.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-vga-nodevice.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-vga-nodevice.args
index 9cb6e9260..38cbfd5d8 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-vga-nodevice.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-vga-nodevice.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-vga-qxl-heads.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-vga-qxl-heads.args
index 411a2eedb..952da6065 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-vga-qxl-heads.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-vga-qxl-heads.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-virtio-gpu-device.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-virtio-gpu-device.args
index 6462f74a1..ad682d247 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-virtio-gpu-device.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-virtio-gpu-device.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-virtio-gpu-secondary.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-virtio-gpu-secondary.args
index 2e250563f..ce222ab66 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-virtio-gpu-secondary.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-virtio-gpu-secondary.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-virtio-gpu-spice-gl.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-virtio-gpu-spice-gl.args
index a7223eb72..9c6ba7957 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-virtio-gpu-spice-gl.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-virtio-gpu-spice-gl.args
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=spice \
-smp 1,sockets=1,cores=1,threads=1 \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-virtio-gpu-virgl.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-virtio-gpu-virgl.args
index 8f82a006e..0a22c3d62 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-virtio-gpu-virgl.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-virtio-gpu-virgl.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-virtio-vga.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-virtio-vga.args
index 9f7a84ea7..1aa38bbee 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-virtio-vga.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-virtio-vga.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-virtio-input-passthrough.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-virtio-input-passthrough.args
index b2a6e20e6..be42d78fd 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-virtio-input-passthrough.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-virtio-input-passthrough.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-virtio-input.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-virtio-input.args
index 384032431..237a29fa3 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-virtio-input.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-virtio-input.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-virtio-lun.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-virtio-lun.args
index d483a7dd7..c536fb0ab 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-virtio-lun.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-virtio-lun.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid bba65c0e-c049-934f-b6aa-4e2c0582acdf \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-test/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-test/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot dc \
-device virtio-serial-pci,id=virtio-serial0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x6 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-virtio-options.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-virtio-options.args
index b53f1ba5c..aca0ee232 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-virtio-options.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-virtio-options.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-device virtio-scsi-pci,iommu_platform=on,ats=on,id=scsi0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x8 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-virtio-rng-default.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-virtio-rng-default.args
index 7502f4114..5f2cf6ae0 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-virtio-rng-default.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-virtio-rng-default.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-virtio-rng-egd.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-virtio-rng-egd.args
index 36a9562a3..a4de28f76 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-virtio-rng-egd.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-virtio-rng-egd.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-virtio-rng-multiple.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-virtio-rng-multiple.args
index 7e4c5a7e4..cb2423ae3 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-virtio-rng-multiple.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-virtio-rng-multiple.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-virtio-rng-random.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-virtio-rng-random.args
index 0a25a649f..4bd09eb8a 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-virtio-rng-random.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-virtio-rng-random.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-watchdog-device.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-watchdog-device.args
index 7e6d2f152..5ebd37be7 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-watchdog-device.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-watchdog-device.args
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-nographic \
-nodefconfig \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-watchdog-dump.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-watchdog-dump.args
index 24df9ad45..1675d46e8 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-watchdog-dump.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-watchdog-dump.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-watchdog-injectnmi.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-watchdog-injectnmi.args
index e22aabbcb..1d41db627 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-watchdog-injectnmi.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-watchdog-injectnmi.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-watchdog.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-watchdog.args
index 9ac1dd331..c7565e1c7 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-watchdog.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-watchdog.args
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
-nographic \
-nodefaults \
--monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
-no-acpi \
-boot c \
-usb \
--
2.13.0
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