Re: [Qemu-devel] qemu + Windows NT (2000, XP, etc)

[Thiemo Seufer <ths@networkno.de>]

Michael Mohr wrote:
> QEMU developers:
> 
> I have been using QEMU off and on for some time.  Recently I had a need
> for a Windows XP VM to be joined to a domain.  I discovered a rather
> annoying issue in the form of the key-grab: NT-based Microsoft
> operating systems make heavy use of Ctrl-Alt-Delete, i.e. to sign on,
> open the task manager, change your password, lock your screen, etc.
> I've started using the tablet USB device specifically because I don't
> like this grabby behaviour, and it started becoming a real problem for
> everyday use.
> 
> I wrote a patch that adds a command-line switch to qemu (-alt-grab).
> It allows you to remap the keygrab combination to Ctrl-Alt-Shift when
> using SDL-based displays.  It has only been tested on Linux / AMD64.
> 
> Please reply to me off-list, as I am not subscribed.  Comments are
> appreciated, and I would like to see this make it into the mainline
> QEMU branch.
> 
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> 
> Patches below are against kvm-26.

I forward-ported this patch to qemu CVS, but see below...

> The included patches were written by Michael Mohr.
> They are licensed to you under the GNU GPL version 2
> or (at your discretion) any later version.

I would like to keep the license the same on a per-file basis, could
you grant an (additional) BSD-style license as declared at the top of
the respective files?


Thiemo