On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 03:41:38PM -0400, Francesco Romani wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Daniel P. Berrange" <berrange@xxxxxxxxxx> > > To: "Eric Blake" <eblake@xxxxxxxxxx> > > Cc: "Francesco Romani" <fromani@xxxxxxxxxx>, libvirt-users@xxxxxxxxxx > > Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2014 7:24:13 PM > > Subject: Re: aliases for graphic devices > > > > On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 10:28:13AM -0600, Eric Blake wrote: > > > On 05/14/2014 09:47 AM, Francesco Romani wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > AFAIK, aliases cannot be set for Graphics devices. I tried this very > > > > simple experiment > > > > with libvirt 1.2.4 (from virt-preview on F20) > > > > > > > > relevant part of the input xml: > > > > > > > > <graphics type='spice' port='-1' autoport='yes' listen='127.0.0.1'> > > > > <listen type='address' address='127.0.0.1'/> > > > > <alias name='display.0'/> > > > > </graphics> > > > > > > Aliases are output-only; they are ignored on input. Libvirt demands > > > total control over the alias field, because it interacts with qemu via > > > the alias that libvirt chooses. > > > > Furthermore with older QEMU versions, we have no choice in aliases - we > > had to use what QEMU hardcoded > > Thanks to you and to Eric for the answers. > > If I understood correctly there are no plans to have libvirt-generated aliases > for the graphics devices, is that true? > > If so, I think the only way to distinguish the graphics device is per type (spice, vnc,...), > and the final implication of this hypothesis is that no more of one device per type > is supported, right? Correct, there should be at most one entry per type. Regards, Daniel -- |: http://berrange.com -o- http://www.flickr.com/photos/dberrange/ :| |: http://libvirt.org -o- http://virt-manager.org :| |: http://autobuild.org -o- http://search.cpan.org/~danberr/ :| |: http://entangle-photo.org -o- http://live.gnome.org/gtk-vnc :| _______________________________________________ libvirt-users mailing list libvirt-users@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvirt-users
