From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=45839 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Py5pt-0003Ri-D2 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 11 Mar 2011 12:09:11 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Py5pp-00072a-1q for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 11 Mar 2011 12:09:05 -0500 Received: from mail-yw0-f45.google.com ([209.85.213.45]:65327) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Py5po-00072K-US for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 11 Mar 2011 12:09:05 -0500 Received: by ywl41 with SMTP id 41so1507005ywl.4 for ; Fri, 11 Mar 2011 09:09:04 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4D7A572E.50003@codemonkey.ws> Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2011 11:09:02 -0600 From: Anthony Liguori MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH v2] Make VNC support optional References: <1299854234-22003-1-git-send-email-Jes.Sorensen@redhat.com> <4D7A3433.2060006@codemonkey.ws> <4D7A37A6.7010300@redhat.com> <4D7A37ED.7020505@codemonkey.ws> <4D7A44AB.4030006@codemonkey.ws> <4D7A4E1E.4050304@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <4D7A4E1E.4050304@redhat.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Jes Sorensen Cc: Peter Maydell , qemu-devel@nongnu.org On 03/11/2011 10:30 AM, Jes Sorensen wrote: > On 03/11/11 16:50, Anthony Liguori wrote: >> On 03/11/2011 09:11 AM, Peter Maydell wrote: >>> (Also the "-nographic" running of serial over stdio doesn't let >>> you kill qemu with ^C, the way "-serial stdio" does, which is >>> just annoyingly inconsistent...) >> So if we want to have another mode that has different characteristics, >> that's fine, but it should be selectable via the command line regardless >> of how the build is configured. >> >> I don't like the idea of a magic mode that is unlocked when other >> features are disabled because then there's no good way to test such a >> feature in a full build. > Ok I guess it is a question of whether you consider this a magic mode. > It really is the same as -vnc with nothing connected to it. I can add a > new mode it you like, or we can teach -nographic to behave sanely - I > agree 100% with Peter on this one. > > Let me know what you want to have? We need something like a '-display none' mode. That would become the default in the case that VNC and SDL weren't enabled. Regards, Anthony Liguori > Cheers, > Jes > >