Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Add QEMU DirectFB display driver

[Anthony Liguori <anthony@codemonkey.ws>]

On 05/17/2010 05:42 PM, malc wrote:
>> In fact, couldn't we rather keep all graphic output out of qemu and
>> just expose VNC, possibly with self-made additions to the protocol
>> to speed up local rendering (thinking an SHM extension here)? Then
>> we could still offer a separate SDL based viewer that could do the
>> same things it does now. But we'd also open up the gate for a whole
>> new integration level with possible GUIs.
>>
>>      
> This idea is not new, nothing has come out of it till this day, so the
> answer to your question (couldn't we...) is probably: no, we couldn't.
>    

Because shared memory is just a graphics optimization and for most 
users, the difference between gtk-vnc and native SDL isn't noticable.  
So if a shared memory transport was the key missing piece, we'd have an 
awesome GUI based on gtk-vnc that just had slower graphics.

IMHO, the problem with an external GUI is that the interaction just gets 
too complicated.

Regards,

Anthony Liguori