From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1BLCeI-0004yw-CQ for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 04 May 2004 23:00:42 -0400 Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1BLCda-0004Z7-QT for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 04 May 2004 23:00:29 -0400 Received: from [38.113.3.51] (helo=snickers.hotpop.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1BLCda-0004YU-Ez for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 04 May 2004 22:59:58 -0400 Received: from phreaker.net (kubrick.hotpop.com [38.113.3.103]) by snickers.hotpop.com (Postfix) with SMTP id B77AC734F5 for ; Wed, 5 May 2004 02:12:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from jbrown.mylinuxbox.org (pcp02555028pcs.batlfl01.tn.comcast.net [68.60.22.179]) by smtp-2.hotpop.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E08440FB9B for ; Wed, 5 May 2004 02:34:16 +0000 (UTC) Date: Tue, 4 May 2004 22:58:00 -0400 From: "Jim C. Brown" Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] Host <-> guest interface port? Message-ID: <20040505025800.GA9884@jbrown.mylinuxbox.org> References: <4098154B.1050804@bellard.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4098154B.1050804@bellard.org> Reply-To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org On Wed, May 05, 2004 at 12:12:27AM +0200, Fabrice Bellard wrote: > Matthew Mastracci wrote: > >Would it be possible to add a host/guest interface port, akin to how > >VMWare handles this? It's a convenient way to get/set various > >properties from the host while running the guest operating system. This > >also allows a smoother mouse interface - ie: auto capture/release of the > >mouse as it hits the screen boundaries, clipboard synchronization as > >well as synchronization of the guest's clock with the host's. > > > >Some more info on the VMWare port is here: > >http://chitchat.at.infoseek.co.jp/vmware/backdoor.html > > Of course it is possible to add that, but first we must define the > features we want and implement the necessary support in the guest OSes, > which seems to be the most difficult AFAIK. Clipboard support would be > interesting. Does anyone know how to implement it for Linux and Windows > guests ? > > Fabrice. > > I volunteer to write the code for the Linux client if necessary. I'm studying the X11 clipboard mechanism anyways. I have a pretty good idea of how to get the clock of the host, also. Not sure how auto-capture/release of mouse would work tho. > > _______________________________________________ > Qemu-devel mailing list > Qemu-devel@nongnu.org > http://mail.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/qemu-devel -- Infinite complexity begets infinite beauty. Infinite precision begets infinite perfection.