Add chardev-send-break monitor command

Sending a break on a serial console can be useful for debugging the
guest. But not all chardev backends support sending breaks (only telnet
and mux do). The chardev-send-break command allows to send a break even
if using other backends.

Signed-off-by: Stefan Fritsch <sf@sfritsch.de>
Acked-by: Dr. David Alan Gilbert <dgilbert@redhat.com>
Message-Id: <20170611074817.13621-1-sf@sfritsch.de>
Reviewed-by: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Marc-André Lureau <marcandre.lureau@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Dr. David Alan Gilbert <dgilbert@redhat.com>
  Use 'send a break' in all 3 pieces of text as suggested by eblake
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Stefan Fritsch 2017-06-11 09:48:17 +02:00 committed by Dr. David Alan Gilbert
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@ -1742,6 +1742,22 @@ STEXI
@findex chardev-remove
Removes the chardev @var{id}.
ETEXI
{
.name = "chardev-send-break",
.args_type = "id:s",
.params = "id",
.help = "send a break on chardev",
.cmd = hmp_chardev_send_break,
.command_completion = chardev_remove_completion,
},
STEXI
@item chardev-send-break id
@findex chardev-send-break
Send a break on the chardev @var{id}.
ETEXI
{