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@@ -842,7 +842,8 @@ STEXI
Normally, QEMU uses SDL to display the VGA output. With this option,
you can totally disable graphical output so that QEMU is a simple
command line application. The emulated serial port is redirected on
-the console. Therefore, you can still use QEMU to debug a Linux kernel
+the console and muxed with the monitor (unless redirected elsewhere
+explicitly). Therefore, you can still use QEMU to debug a Linux kernel
with a serial console.
ETEXI
@@ -2485,14 +2486,15 @@ same as if you had specified @code{-serial tcp} except the unix domain socket
@item mon:@var{dev_string}
This is a special option to allow the monitor to be multiplexed onto
another serial port. The monitor is accessed with key sequence of
-@key{Control-a} and then pressing @key{c}. See monitor access
-@ref{pcsys_keys} in the -nographic section for more keys.
+@key{Control-a} and then pressing @key{c}.
@var{dev_string} should be any one of the serial devices specified
above. An example to multiplex the monitor onto a telnet server
listening on port 4444 would be:
@table @code
@item -serial mon:telnet::4444,server,nowait
@end table
+When monitor is multiplexed to stdio this way, Ctrl+C will not terminate
+QEMU anymore but will be passed to the guest instead.
@item braille
Braille device. This will use BrlAPI to display the braille output on a real