QMP
The basics on QMP can be found here:
QMP Helper
When QEMU is run in dom0 with the toolstack (xl in this case), it will typically be setup to create a UNIX socket that xl can connect to and communicate with QEMU. This is done using a QEMU command line argument like this (where N is the quest's domain ID):
-qmp unix:/var/run/xen/qmp-libxl-N,server,nowait
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QMP Shell
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