On Nov 6, 2013, at 10:33 , Frantisek Kobzik <fkob...@redhat.com> wrote:
> Dear devels, > > I started working on a feature that allows user to run a VM with both SPICE > and VNC graphics [1]. In the engine we derive the graphics server type > (SPICE/VNC) from the video device (QXL/CIRRUS), which I think is wrong. These > are two different things and should be treated separately. What I suggest is > to split that configuration in vm_static into two fields: > 1, (already existing) Display type with values QXL or CIRRUS > 2, (new) Graphics types - enum or comma-separated string that indicates that > the VM should be run with 'spice'/'vnc'/'spice,vnc'/'auto' (the last means > that the type will be derived from the video device which is current behavior. pls take a look at http://gerrit.ovirt.org/#/c/18677/ > > The feature would consist of three patches: > - vdsm - add new field in vm.conf with information about graphics types of a > vm. > - engine backend - add graphics types to VM and corresponding entities, > adjust xml rpc communication. > - engine frontend - "only" adjust the ui. > > The patches would be backwards compatible with older engine/vdsm versions. > > There are some things that must be taken into account, mostly it's about > differences in SPICE/VNC supported features (like multimonitors, single qxl, > smartcard, migration...). e.g. if you run a vm with both graphic types > together the engine should probably disallow some spice features. But this is > more of an implementation detail. > > Feel free to reply if you have anything to say about this feature. > > Cheers, > Franta. > > > [1]: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=976044 > _______________________________________________ > Engine-devel mailing list > Engine-devel@ovirt.org > http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/engine-devel _______________________________________________ Engine-devel mailing list Engine-devel@ovirt.org http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/engine-devel
