[libvirt] [PATCH 0/5] Add vmport feature (v3)

[Marc-André Lureau]

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On Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 7:02 PM, Marc-André Lureau <
marcandre.lureau at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> The QEMU machine vmport option allows to set the VMWare IO port
> emulation. This emulation is useful for absolute pointer input when the
> guest has vmware input drivers, and is enabled by default for kvm.
>
> However it is unnecessary for Spice-enabled VM, since the agent already
> handles absolute pointer and multi-monitors. Furthermore, it prevents
> Spice from switching to relative input since the regular ps/2 pointer
> driver is replaced by the vmware driver. It is thus advised to disable
> vmport when using a Spice VM. This will permit the Spice client to
> switch from absolute to relative pointer, as it may be required for
> certain games or applications.
>
> The following patch series allows to configure the vmport feature.
> The first version sent used a domain attribute, Daniel Berrange
> suggested to use a feature instead. I sent a second version that
> didn't receive reviews. Hopefully this one will stand more chances!
>
> cheers
>
> Marc-André Lureau (5):
>   docs: add domain vmport feature
>   domain/conf: add VIR_DOMAIN_FEATURE_VMPORT
>   qemu: add QEMU_CAPS_MACHINE_VMPORT_OPT
>   qemu: add machine vmport argument
>   tests: add machine-vmport-opt qemu test
>
>  docs/formatdomain.html.in                          |  6 +++++
>  docs/schemas/domaincommon.rng                      |  9 +++++++
>  src/conf/domain_conf.c                             |  5 +++-
>  src/conf/domain_conf.h                             |  1 +
>  src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c                       |  6 +++++
>  src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.h                       |  1 +
>  src/qemu/qemu_command.c                            | 14 +++++++++++
>  .../qemuxml2argv-machine-vmport-opt.args           |  6 +++++
>  .../qemuxml2argv-machine-vmport-opt.xml            | 28
> ++++++++++++++++++++++
>  tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c                           |  2 ++
>  10 files changed, 77 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>  create mode 100644
> tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-machine-vmport-opt.args
>  create mode 100644
> tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-machine-vmport-opt.xml
>
> --
> 2.1.0
>
>


-- 
Marc-André Lureau
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