Re: [ANNOUNCE] kvm-88 release

[Anthony Liguori <anthony@codemonkey.ws>]

Erik Rull wrote:
> Hi Avi,
>
> Avi Kivity wrote:
>>>> Note -usbdevice tablet is only eating your cpu.
>>>
>>> It is not.  Unless I don't understand something.
>>>
>>> With -usbdevice tablet mouse cursor/position is kept syncronized
>>> without a need to grab mouse/keyboard.  This is very handy and
>>> easy.
>>
>> Right, I forgot that bit.  I only remembered the better vnc behaviour 
>> on some clients.
>
> Could you give me a hint how to manage the auto-grab of mouse and 
> keyboard maybe with a patch? A pointer to the code where the grabbing 
> occurs within -usbdevice tablet) would be fine - I would try to add a 
> patch on that and also test it. Maybe it could be a new commandline 
> option (e.g. -autograb)?

I don't understand what -autograb would do.  What behavior are you 
looking for that's different from today?

You cannot avoid autograb if you do not have an absolute pointer device 
(like a usb tablet).

Regards,

Anthony Liguori