Shahar Havivi <shah...@redhat.com> writes: > On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 10:57:58AM +0100, Markus Armbruster wrote: [...] >> Since the index is not a stable identifier of keyboards, and we support >> multiple monitors, you're prone to remove the wrong keyboard. >> >> Monitor#1 Monitor#2 >> "info keyboard" to find the index >> unplug a keyboard, invalidating >> index >> keyboard_set <index> >> >> I think it's best to use a stable ID, like we do in other places. We >> commonly let the user specify it, e.g. as id=ID in -netdev, -device and >> elswhere. > What do we do when user not specify id for device?
Two obvious options: make one up (problem: clashes), or stipulate "if you want to keyboard_set this keyboard, you must specify an id for it". [...]
