Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 4/4] kbd keds: vnc

[Paul Brook <paul@codesourcery.com>]

> Use led status notification support in vnc.
> 
> The qemu vnc server keeps track of the capslock and numlock states based
> on the key presses it receives from the vnc client.  But this fails in
> case the guests idea of the capslock and numlock state changes for other
> reasons.  One case is guest reboot (+ keyboard reset).  Another case are
> more recent windows versions which reset capslock state before
> presenting the login screen.
> 
> Usually guests use the keyboard leds to signal the capslock and numlock
> state to the user, so we can use this to better keep track of capslock
> and numlock state in the qemu vnc server.

Isn't this going to break horribly when my guest starts flashing the capslock 
light in response to network traffic?

Paul