Re: [libvirt] [PATCH] add doc for graphic and video elements

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On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 03:31:44PM +0200, Florian Vichot wrote:
> Hello
> 
> The title says it all. Here's some doc explaining the new syntax of the
> video and graphic elements in the domain XML. It (probably) won't get me
> any literary awards but, eh, it's a start :)
> 
> Florian

> diff --git a/docs/formatdomain.html b/docs/formatdomain.html
> index a715457..f95f72b 100644
> --- a/docs/formatdomain.html
> +++ b/docs/formatdomain.html
> @@ -175,6 +175,8 @@
>                    </li><li>
>                      <a href="#elementsGraphics">Graphical framebuffers</a>
>                    </li><li>
> +                    <a href="#elementsVideo">Video devices</a>
> +                  </li><li>
>                      <a href="#elementsConsole">Consoles, serial &amp; parallel devices</a>
>                      <ul><li>
>                          <a href="#elementsCharSTDIO">Domain logfile</a>
> @@ -758,23 +760,65 @@ qemu-kvm -net nic,model=? /dev/null
>      </p>
>          <pre>
>            ...
> +	  &lt;graphics type='sdl' display=':0.0'/&gt;
>  	  &lt;graphics type='vnc' port='5904'/&gt;
> +	  &lt;graphics type='rdp' autoport='yes' multiUser='yes' /&gt;
> +	  &lt;graphics type='desktop' fullscreen='yes'/&gt;
>  	  ...</pre>
>          <dl><dt><code>graphics</code></dt><dd>The <code>graphics</code> element has a mandatory <code>type</code>
> -	attribute which takes the value "sdl" or "vnc". The former displays
> -	a window on the host desktop, while the latter activates a VNC server.
> -        The former accepts 3 optional arguments: a <code>display</code>
> -        attribute for the display to use, an <code>xauth</code> attribute for
> -        the authentication identifier, and an optional <code>fullscreen</code>
> -        attribute accepting values 'yes' or 'no'.
> -	If the latter is used the <code>port</code> attribute specifies the TCP
> -	port number (with -1 as legacy syntax indicating that it should be
> -	auto-allocated). The <code>autoport</code> attribute is the new
> -	preferred syntax for indicating autoallocation of the TCP port to use.
> -	The <code>listen</code> attribute is an IP address for the server to
> -	listen on. The <code>passwd</code> attribute provides a VNC password
> -	in clear text. The <code>keymap</code> attribute specifies the keymap
> -	to use.</dd></dl>
> +  attribute which takes the value "sdl", "vnc", "rdp" or "desktop":
> +        <dl><dt><code>"sdl"</code></dt><dd>
> +  This displays a window on the host desktop, it can take 3 optional arguments:
> +  a <code>display</code> attribute for the display to use, an <code>xauth</code> 
> +  attribute for the authentication identifier, and an optional <code>fullscreen</code>
> +  attribute accepting values 'yes' or 'no'.
> +          </dd><dt><code>"vnc"</code></dt><dd>
> +  Starts a VNC server. The <code>port</code> attribute specifies the TCP
> +  port number (with -1 as legacy syntax indicating that it should be
> +  auto-allocated). The <code>autoport</code> attribute is the new
> +  preferred syntax for indicating autoallocation of the TCP port to use.
> +  The <code>listen</code> attribute is an IP address for the server to
> +  listen on. The <code>passwd</code> attribute provides a VNC password
> +  in clear text. The <code>keymap</code> attribute specifies the keymap
> +  to use.
> +          </dd><dt><code>"rdp"</code></dt><dd>
> +  Starts a RDP server. The <code>port</code> attribute 
> +  specifies the TCP port number (with -1 as legacy syntax indicating 
> +  that it should be auto-allocated). The <code>autoport</code> attribute
> +  is the new preferred syntax for indicating autoallocation of the TCP 
> +  port to use. The <code>replaceUser</code> attribute is a boolean deciding
> +  whether multiple simultaneous connections to the VM are permitted.
> +  The <code>multiUser</code> whether the existing connection must be dropped 
> +  and a new connection must be established by the VRDP server, when a new
> +  client connects in single connection mode.
> +
> +          </dd><dt><code>"desktop"</code></dt><dd>
> +  This value is reserved for VirtualBox domains for the moment. It displays
> +  a window on the host desktop, similarly to "sdl", but using the VirtualBox
> +  viewer. Just like "sdl", it accepts the optional attributes <code>display</code>
> +  and <code>fullscreen</code>.
> +          </dd></dl></dd></dl>
> +        <h4>
> +          <a name="elementsVideo" id="elementsVideo">Video devices</a>
> +        </h4>
> +        <p>
> +      A video device.
> +    </p>
> +        <pre>
> +      ...
> +      &lt;video type='vga' nvram='8192' heads='1'&gt;
> +        &lt;acceleration accel3d='yes' accel3d='yes' /&gt;
> +      &lt;/video&gt;
> +      ...
> +    </pre>
> +        <dl><dt><code>video</code></dt><dd>The <code>video</code> element has a mandatory <code>type</code>
> +  attribute which takes the value "vga", "cirrus", "vmvga", "xen" or "vbox".
> +  You can also provide the amount of video memory using <code>nvram</code>,
> +  the number of screen with <code>heads</code>, and whether acceleration 
> +  should be enabled (if supported) using the <code>accel3d</code> and 
> +  <code>accel2d</code> attributes in the <code>acceleration</code> element.
> +	
> +    </dd></dl>
>          <h4>
>            <a name="elementsConsole" id="elementsConsole">Consoles, serial &amp; parallel devices</a>
>          </h4>
> diff --git a/docs/formatdomain.html.in b/docs/formatdomain.html.in
> index 915814d..ec4a6e4 100644
> --- a/docs/formatdomain.html.in
> +++ b/docs/formatdomain.html.in
> @@ -687,28 +687,83 @@ qemu-kvm -net nic,model=? /dev/null
>  
>      <pre>
>            ...
> +	  &lt;graphics type='sdl' display=':0.0'/&gt;
>  	  &lt;graphics type='vnc' port='5904'/&gt;
> +	  &lt;graphics type='rdp' autoport='yes' multiUser='yes' /&gt;
> +	  &lt;graphics type='desktop' fullscreen='yes'/&gt;
>  	  ...</pre>
>  
>      <dl>
>        <dt><code>graphics</code></dt>
>        <dd>The <code>graphics</code> element has a mandatory <code>type</code>
> -	attribute which takes the value "sdl" or "vnc". The former displays
> -	a window on the host desktop, while the latter activates a VNC server.
> -        The former accepts 3 optional arguments: a <code>display</code>
> -        attribute for the display to use, an <code>xauth</code> attribute for
> -        the authentication identifier, and an optional <code>fullscreen</code>
> -        attribute accepting values 'yes' or 'no'.
> -	If the latter is used the <code>port</code> attribute specifies the TCP
> -	port number (with -1 as legacy syntax indicating that it should be
> -	auto-allocated). The <code>autoport</code> attribute is the new
> -	preferred syntax for indicating autoallocation of the TCP port to use.
> -	The <code>listen</code> attribute is an IP address for the server to
> -	listen on. The <code>passwd</code> attribute provides a VNC password
> -	in clear text. The <code>keymap</code> attribute specifies the keymap
> -	to use.</dd>
> +  attribute which takes the value "sdl", "vnc", "rdp" or "desktop":
> +        <dl>
> +          <dt><code>"sdl"</code></dt>
> +          <dd>
> +  This displays a window on the host desktop, it can take 3 optional arguments:
> +  a <code>display</code> attribute for the display to use, an <code>xauth</code> 
> +  attribute for the authentication identifier, and an optional <code>fullscreen</code>
> +  attribute accepting values 'yes' or 'no'.
> +          </dd>
> +          <dt><code>"vnc"</code></dt>
> +          <dd>
> +  Starts a VNC server. The <code>port</code> attribute specifies the TCP
> +  port number (with -1 as legacy syntax indicating that it should be
> +  auto-allocated). The <code>autoport</code> attribute is the new
> +  preferred syntax for indicating autoallocation of the TCP port to use.
> +  The <code>listen</code> attribute is an IP address for the server to
> +  listen on. The <code>passwd</code> attribute provides a VNC password
> +  in clear text. The <code>keymap</code> attribute specifies the keymap
> +  to use.
> +          </dd>
> +          <dt><code>"rdp"</code></dt>
> +          <dd>
> +  Starts a RDP server. The <code>port</code> attribute 
> +  specifies the TCP port number (with -1 as legacy syntax indicating 
> +  that it should be auto-allocated). The <code>autoport</code> attribute
> +  is the new preferred syntax for indicating autoallocation of the TCP 
> +  port to use. The <code>replaceUser</code> attribute is a boolean deciding
> +  whether multiple simultaneous connections to the VM are permitted.
> +  The <code>multiUser</code> whether the existing connection must be dropped 
> +  and a new connection must be established by the VRDP server, when a new
> +  client connects in single connection mode.
> +
> +          </dd>
> +          <dt><code>"desktop"</code></dt>
> +          <dd>
> +  This value is reserved for VirtualBox domains for the moment. It displays
> +  a window on the host desktop, similarly to "sdl", but using the VirtualBox
> +  viewer. Just like "sdl", it accepts the optional attributes <code>display</code>
> +  and <code>fullscreen</code>.
> +          </dd>
> +        </dl>
> +      </dd>
>      </dl>
>  
> +    <h4><a name="elementsVideo">Video devices</a></h4>
> +    <p>
> +      A video device.
> +    </p>
> +		
> +    <pre>
> +      ...
> +      &lt;video type='vga' nvram='8192' heads='1'&gt;
> +        &lt;acceleration accel3d='yes' accel3d='yes' /&gt;
> +      &lt;/video&gt;
> +      ...
> +    </pre>
> +
> +    <dl>
> +      <dt><code>video</code></dt>
> +      <dd>The <code>video</code> element has a mandatory <code>type</code>
> +  attribute which takes the value "vga", "cirrus", "vmvga", "xen" or "vbox".
> +  You can also provide the amount of video memory using <code>nvram</code>,
> +  the number of screen with <code>heads</code>, and whether acceleration 
> +  should be enabled (if supported) using the <code>accel3d</code> and 
> +  <code>accel2d</code> attributes in the <code>acceleration</code> element.
> +	
> +    </dl>
> +    
>      <h4><a name="elementsConsole">Consoles, serial &amp; parallel devices</a></h4>
>  
>      <p>


ACK, any docs is better than no docs :-)

Daniel
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