From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=34701 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Pcj1v-0003bW-S6 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 11 Jan 2011 13:33:24 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Pcj1p-0001z1-HQ for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 11 Jan 2011 13:33:15 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:51339) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Pcj1p-0001ye-AV for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 11 Jan 2011 13:33:09 -0500 Received: from int-mx01.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx01.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.11]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id p0BIX7L9029236 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Tue, 11 Jan 2011 13:33:07 -0500 Received: from playa.tlv.redhat.com (dhcp-3-210.tlv.redhat.com [10.35.3.210]) by int-mx01.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id p0BIX3TV016444 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO) for ; Tue, 11 Jan 2011 13:33:06 -0500 Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 20:33:02 +0200 From: Alon Levy Subject: spice vdagent protocol, was Re: [Qemu-devel] KVM call minutes for Jan 11 Message-ID: <20110111183301.GO4581@playa.tlv.redhat.com> References: <20110111155340.GC25929@x200.localdomain> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20110111155340.GC25929@x200.localdomain> List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 07:53:40AM -0800, Chris Wright wrote: > KVM Forum 2011 > - expand the scope? yes, continue up the stack > - how long? 2 days (maybe 2 1/2 - 3 space permitting) > - where? Vancouver with LinuxCon > > Spice guest agent: > - virt agent, matahari, spice agent...what is in spice agent? > - spice char device > - mouse, copy 'n paste, screen resolution change > - could be generic (at least input and copy/paste) > - send protocol details of what is being sent > - need to look at how difficult it is to split it out from spice > (how to split out in qemu vs. libspice) > - goal to converge on common framework > - more discussion on char device vs. protocol > - eg. mouse_set breaks if mouse channel is part pv and part spice specific > - Alon will send link to protocol and try to propose new interfaces http://spice-space.org/page/Whiteboard/AgentProtocol That's the corrent documentation. Notably the clipboard is a todo there, I'll try to get that filled in. I'll continue this discussion on a separate thread later. Alon > > migration and block devices: > - need to invalidate data after first read on target, > because it can be stale > - close + reopen is what was done for NFS > - iscsi: can issue ioctl(BLKFLSBUF) to flush, but it's CAP_SYS_ADMIN only > - O_DIRECT to avoid cache (concerns that it's not guaranteed) > - agree change the default (cache=none for > > qemu patch queue is long: > - slow to return from break > - patience and more patch review will help make sure things are applied > and don't fall through cracks >