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+ QEMU Machine Protocol
+ =====================
+
+Introduction
+------------
+
+The QEMU Machine Protocol (QMP) allows applications to operate a
+QEMU instance.
+
+QMP is JSON[1] based and features the following:
+
+- Lightweight, text-based, easy to parse data format
+- Asynchronous messages support (ie. events)
+- Capabilities Negotiation
+
+For detailed information on QMP's usage, please, refer to the following files:
+
+o qmp-spec.txt QEMU Machine Protocol current specification
+o qmp-commands.txt QMP supported commands (auto-generated at build-time)
+o qmp-events.txt List of available asynchronous events
+
+[1] http://www.json.org
+
+Usage
+-----
+
+You can use the -qmp option to enable QMP. For example, the following
+makes QMP available on localhost port 4444:
+
+$ qemu [...] -qmp tcp:localhost:4444,server,nowait
+
+However, for more flexibility and to make use of more options, the -mon
+command-line option should be used. For instance, the following example
+creates one HMP instance (human monitor) on stdio and one QMP instance
+on localhost port 4444:
+
+$ qemu [...] -chardev stdio,id=mon0 -mon chardev=mon0,mode=readline \
+ -chardev socket,id=mon1,host=localhost,port=4444,server,nowait \
+ -mon chardev=mon1,mode=control,pretty=on
+
+Please, refer to QEMU's manpage for more information.
+
+Simple Testing
+--------------
+
+To manually test QMP one can connect with telnet and issue commands by hand:
+
+$ telnet localhost 4444
+Trying 127.0.0.1...
+Connected to localhost.
+Escape character is '^]'.
+{
+ "QMP": {
+ "version": {
+ "qemu": {
+ "micro": 50,
+ "minor": 6,
+ "major": 1
+ },
+ "package": ""
+ },
+ "capabilities": [
+ ]
+ }
+}
+
+{ "execute": "qmp_capabilities" }
+{
+ "return": {
+ }
+}
+
+{ "execute": "query-status" }
+{
+ "return": {
+ "status": "prelaunch",
+ "singlestep": false,
+ "running": false
+ }
+}
+
+Please, refer to the qapi-schema.json file for a complete command reference.
+
+QMP wiki page
+-------------
+
+http://wiki.qemu-project.org/QMP