Re: [Qemu-devel] vnc port selection

[Avi Kivity <avi@qumranet.com>]

Gerd Hoffmann wrote:
>   Hi folks,
>
> Xen's qemu-dm version has a '-vncunused' command line switch which asks
> the internal vnc server to pick any unused tcp port to listen on.  The
> actual port is communicated to the outside world via xenstore.
>
> I'm looking for a reasonable way to implement that functionality in
> upstream qemu.  First, I think it shouldn't be a separate command line
> switch but an option for the existion -vnc switch.  Second, we need a
> way to communicate the port picked which isn't xen-specific.  Obvious
> choice is a monitor info subcommand.
>
> Comments?  Other suggestions?
>
>   

Presumably -vncunused is passed by the management application, which 
knows about all domains.  Can't it figure out an unused port and pass it on?

Alternatively, have the management application pass an fd denoting the 
socket.

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