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Mon, 13 Jul 2020 10:55:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from thuth.com (ovpn-112-125.ams2.redhat.com [10.36.112.125]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id AEA8827CCC; Mon, 13 Jul 2020 10:55:48 +0000 (UTC) From: Thomas Huth To: peter.maydell@linaro.org, qemu-devel@nongnu.org Subject: [PULL 9/9] docs/system/s390x: Improve the 3270 documentation Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2020 12:55:34 +0200 Message-Id: <20200713105534.10872-10-thuth@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <20200713105534.10872-1-thuth@redhat.com> References: <20200713105534.10872-1-thuth@redhat.com> X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.84 on 10.5.11.23 Authentication-Results: relay.mimecast.com; auth=pass smtp.auth=CUSA124A263 smtp.mailfrom=thuth@redhat.com X-Mimecast-Spam-Score: 0 X-Mimecast-Originator: redhat.com Received-SPF: pass client-ip=207.211.31.81; envelope-from=thuth@redhat.com; helo=us-smtp-delivery-1.mimecast.com X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: First seen = 2020/07/13 02:19:41 X-ACL-Warn: Detected OS = Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Spam_score_int: -30 X-Spam_score: -3.1 X-Spam_bar: --- X-Spam_report: (-3.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIMWL_WL_HIGH=-1, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3=-0.01, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=-0.01, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Sender: "Qemu-devel" There is some additional information about the 3270 support in our Wiki at https://wiki.qemu.org/Features/3270 - so let's include this information into the main documentation now to have one single source of information (the Wiki page could later be removed). While at it, I also shortened the lines of the first example a little bit. Otherwise they showed up with a horizontal scrollbar in my Firefox browser. Message-Id: <20200713075112.442-1-thuth@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Cornelia Huck Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth --- docs/system/s390x/3270.rst | 43 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 37 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/system/s390x/3270.rst b/docs/system/s390x/3270.rst index 1774cdcadf..0554a70a9f 100644 --- a/docs/system/s390x/3270.rst +++ b/docs/system/s390x/3270.rst @@ -1,9 +1,15 @@ 3270 devices ============ -QEMU supports connecting an external 3270 terminal emulator (such as -``x3270``) to make a single 3270 device available to a guest. Note that this -supports basic features only. +The 3270 is the classic 'green-screen' console of the mainframes (see the +`IBM 3270 Wikipedia article `__). + +The 3270 data stream is not implemented within QEMU; the device only provides +TN3270 (a telnet extension; see `RFC 854 `__ +and `RFC 1576 `__) and leaves the heavy +lifting to an external 3270 terminal emulator (such as ``x3270``) to make a +single 3270 device available to a guest. Note that this supports basic +features only. To provide a 3270 device to a guest, create a ``x-terminal3270`` linked to a ``tn3270`` chardev. The guest will see a 3270 channel device. In order @@ -12,10 +18,14 @@ to actually be able to use it, attach the ``x3270`` emulator to the chardev. Example configuration --------------------- +* Make sure that 3270 support is enabled in the guest's Linux kernel. You need + ``CONFIG_TN3270`` and at least one of ``CONFIG_TN3270_TTY`` (for additional + ttys) or ``CONFIG_TN3270_CONSOLE`` (for a 3270 console). + * Add a ``tn3270`` chardev and a ``x-terminal3270`` to the QEMU command line:: - -chardev socket,id=char_0,host=0.0.0.0,port=2300,nowait,server,tn3270 - -device x-terminal3270,chardev=char_0,devno=fe.0.000a,id=terminal_0 + -chardev socket,id=ch0,host=0.0.0.0,port=2300,nowait,server,tn3270 + -device x-terminal3270,chardev=ch0,devno=fe.0.000a,id=terminal0 * Start the guest. In the guest, use ``chccwdev -e 0.0.000a`` to enable the device. @@ -29,4 +39,25 @@ Example configuration systemctl start serial-getty@3270-tty1.service -This should get you an addtional tty for logging into the guest. + This should get you an additional tty for logging into the guest. + +* If you want to use the 3270 device as the Linux kernel console instead of + an additional tty, you can also append ``conmode=3270 condev=000a`` to + the guest's kernel command line. The kernel then should use the 3270 as + console after the next boot. + +Restrictions +------------ + +3270 support is very basic. In particular: + +* Only one 3270 device is supported. + +* It has only been tested with Linux guests and the x3270 emulator. + +* TLS/SSL is not supported. + +* Resizing on reattach is not supported. + +* Multiple commands in one inbound buffer (for example, when the reset key + is pressed while the network is slow) are not supported.