Re: Qemu vnc WMVi support

[Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@eu.citrix.com>]

Anthony Liguori wrote:
> Stefano Stabellini wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> the patch "qemu-vnc-wmvi.patch" adds support for the WMVi 
>> pseudoencoding in qemu vnc server.
>> If the client implements it, it is supposed to be able to change 
>> colour depth when receiving a WMVi message.
>>
>> Since I didn't know any client that supports it and I wanted to test 
>> the implementation before submitting any patch I also modified 
>> vncviewer to support WMVi.
>> The patch "vncviewer-wmvi.patch" is meant to be applied to the realvnc 
>> vncviewer unix client version 4.1.2, using patch -p1.
>> Try executing vncviewer with FullColour=1 AutoSelect=0.
> 
> Please submit this patch to the qemu-devel.  I'll help make sure it gets 
> picked up.

We are currently working on a merge with qemu 0.9.1, there is still a 
lot of work to do, but you should be able to see the results soon enough.

> I was hoping you'd do a patch for gtk-vnc but I can add 
> support for it if you can't.
> 
> gtk-vnc is what's used by virt-manager FWIW.

I modified vncviewer first because I am more familiar with its code than 
with any other vnc client.
Of course I can help implement it on gtk-vnc too, I just need some more 
time.
Implementing WMVi support on the client side is very simple if the 
client is already able to do colour conversions.