From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KWIk3-000537-RH for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:34:56 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KWIk2-00052T-A5 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:34:55 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=42691 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KWIk2-00052Q-52 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:34:54 -0400 Received: from yx-out-1718.google.com ([74.125.44.153]:6756) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KWIk1-0000AE-QA for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:34:53 -0400 Received: by yx-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id 3so83645yxi.82 for ; Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:34:53 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <48ADED5F.5070608@codemonkey.ws> Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:34:07 -0500 From: Anthony Liguori MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 12/13] set vnc password from xenstore. References: <1219336054-15919-1-git-send-email-kraxel@redhat.com> <1219336054-15919-13-git-send-email-kraxel@redhat.com> <48ADCCA2.8050201@codemonkey.ws> <20080821201955.GG1531@redhat.com> <48ADCE91.2070602@codemonkey.ws> <48ADDF71.5040209@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <48ADDF71.5040209@redhat.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Reply-To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Gerd Hoffmann Cc: xen-devel@lists.xensource.com, qemu-devel@nongnu.org Gerd Hoffmann wrote: > Hi, > > >> If there are reasons that Xend doesn't want to interact with the monitor >> (for instance, if you want to support monitor redirection), we can >> certainly discuss how to enhance the monitor (like having multiple >> monitor instances). >> > > Multiple monitor instances would be very useful anyway. > The trick here is to add a MonitorState context to every callback and have term_printf() take a MonitorState as the first argument. It's a mostly mechanical change. > Right now there is no way to use the monitor for libvirt-managed qemu > instances because libvirt uses the monitor. Being able to both use > libvirt *and* have a monitor prompt to type commands would be great. > It would make the current monitor multiplex hackery a lot cleaner too. Regards, Anthony Liguori > cheers, > Gerd > >