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Subject: [Qemu-devel] Re: [RFC][PATCH v5 00/21] virtagent: host/guest RPC
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To: Michael Roth <mdroth@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: agl@linux.vnet.ibm.com, stefanha@linux.vnet.ibm.com, abeekhof@redhat.com, qemu-devel@nongnu.org, aliguori@linux.vnet.ibm.com, ryanh@us.ibm.com

On 12/03/10 19:03, Michael Roth wrote:
> These patches apply to master, and can also be obtained from:
> git://repo.or.cz/qemu/mdroth.git virtagent_v5
> 
> CHANGES IN V5:
> 
>  - Dependency on virtproxy dropped, virtagent now handles transport and multiplexing of bi-directional RPCs internally
>  - Removed duplification of qemu_set_fd_handler()-centered i/o code. Support for interacting with objects that use qemu_set_fd_handler() now available to tools via qemu-tools.c and a set of generalized utility functions
>  - Fixed memory leaks in client/monitor functions
>  - Various cleanups

Hi Michael,

Does this mean that virtproxy is now obsolete, or does it just mean
using virtproxy is optional?

I would still prefer to have virtagent a separate package, rather than
part of the QEMU tree though.

Thanks,
Jes