Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v3 2/6] libxl: do not add a vkb backend to hvm guests

2015-07-02 Thread Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
> > But I am looking at the xen-fbfront.c driver and it might be that > > I had already fixed this issue! (inadvertly it seems) > > > > 51c71a3bbaca868043cc45b3ad3786dd48a90235 > > Author: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk > > Date: Tue Nov 26 15:05:40 2013 -0500 > > > > xen/pvhvm: If xen_platform_pci

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v3 2/6] libxl: do not add a vkb backend to hvm guests

2015-07-02 Thread Stefano Stabellini
On Wed, 1 Jul 2015, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote: > On Wed, Jul 01, 2015 at 11:29:46AM +0100, Stefano Stabellini wrote: > > On Tue, 30 Jun 2015, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote: > > > On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 03:13:53PM +0100, Ian Campbell wrote: > > > > On Tue, 2015-06-30 at 15:02 +0100, Stefano Stabell

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v3 2/6] libxl: do not add a vkb backend to hvm guests

2015-07-01 Thread Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
On Wed, Jul 01, 2015 at 11:29:46AM +0100, Stefano Stabellini wrote: > On Tue, 30 Jun 2015, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 03:13:53PM +0100, Ian Campbell wrote: > > > On Tue, 2015-06-30 at 15:02 +0100, Stefano Stabellini wrote: > > > > On Tue, 30 Jun 2015, Ian Campbell wrot

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v3 2/6] libxl: do not add a vkb backend to hvm guests

2015-07-01 Thread Roger Pau Monné
El 01/07/15 a les 12.56, Stefano Stabellini ha escrit: > On Wed, 1 Jul 2015, Roger Pau Monné wrote: >> El 01/07/15 a les 12.29, Stefano Stabellini ha escrit: >>> Given that xen-fbfront is likely to go away for HVM guests, I wouldn't >>> be opposed to stop the driver initialization in Linux on x86/H

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v3 2/6] libxl: do not add a vkb backend to hvm guests

2015-07-01 Thread Fabio Fantoni
Il 01/07/2015 12:55, Roger Pau Monné ha scritto: El 01/07/15 a les 12.29, Stefano Stabellini ha escrit: Given that xen-fbfront is likely to go away for HVM guests, I wouldn't be opposed to stop the driver initialization in Linux on x86/HVM. Unless Roger's work on HVMlite is going to need xen-fbf

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v3 2/6] libxl: do not add a vkb backend to hvm guests

2015-07-01 Thread Stefano Stabellini
On Wed, 1 Jul 2015, Roger Pau Monné wrote: > El 01/07/15 a les 12.29, Stefano Stabellini ha escrit: > > Given that xen-fbfront is likely to go away for HVM guests, I wouldn't > > be opposed to stop the driver initialization in Linux on x86/HVM. Unless > > Roger's work on HVMlite is going to need xe

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v3 2/6] libxl: do not add a vkb backend to hvm guests

2015-07-01 Thread Roger Pau Monné
El 01/07/15 a les 12.29, Stefano Stabellini ha escrit: > Given that xen-fbfront is likely to go away for HVM guests, I wouldn't > be opposed to stop the driver initialization in Linux on x86/HVM. Unless > Roger's work on HVMlite is going to need xen-fbfront again, but in that > case we'll be able t

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v3 2/6] libxl: do not add a vkb backend to hvm guests

2015-07-01 Thread Stefano Stabellini
On Tue, 30 Jun 2015, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote: > On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 03:13:53PM +0100, Ian Campbell wrote: > > On Tue, 2015-06-30 at 15:02 +0100, Stefano Stabellini wrote: > > > On Tue, 30 Jun 2015, Ian Campbell wrote: > > > > On Tue, 2015-06-30 at 12:21 +0100, Stefano Stabellini wrote: > >

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v3 2/6] libxl: do not add a vkb backend to hvm guests

2015-06-30 Thread Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 03:13:53PM +0100, Ian Campbell wrote: > On Tue, 2015-06-30 at 15:02 +0100, Stefano Stabellini wrote: > > On Tue, 30 Jun 2015, Ian Campbell wrote: > > > On Tue, 2015-06-30 at 12:21 +0100, Stefano Stabellini wrote: > > > > On Tue, 30 Jun 2015, Ian Campbell wrote: > > > > > On

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v3 2/6] libxl: do not add a vkb backend to hvm guests

2015-06-30 Thread Ian Campbell
On Tue, 2015-06-30 at 15:02 +0100, Stefano Stabellini wrote: > On Tue, 30 Jun 2015, Ian Campbell wrote: > > On Tue, 2015-06-30 at 12:21 +0100, Stefano Stabellini wrote: > > > On Tue, 30 Jun 2015, Ian Campbell wrote: > > > > On Mon, 2015-06-29 at 18:59 +0100, Stefano Stabellini wrote: > > > > > On T

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v3 2/6] libxl: do not add a vkb backend to hvm guests

2015-06-30 Thread Stefano Stabellini
On Tue, 30 Jun 2015, Ian Campbell wrote: > On Tue, 2015-06-30 at 12:21 +0100, Stefano Stabellini wrote: > > On Tue, 30 Jun 2015, Ian Campbell wrote: > > > On Mon, 2015-06-29 at 18:59 +0100, Stefano Stabellini wrote: > > > > On Thu, 25 Jun 2015, Ian Campbell wrote: > > > > > On Tue, 2015-06-16 at 16

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v3 2/6] libxl: do not add a vkb backend to hvm guests

2015-06-30 Thread Ian Campbell
On Tue, 2015-06-30 at 12:21 +0100, Stefano Stabellini wrote: > On Tue, 30 Jun 2015, Ian Campbell wrote: > > On Mon, 2015-06-29 at 18:59 +0100, Stefano Stabellini wrote: > > > On Thu, 25 Jun 2015, Ian Campbell wrote: > > > > On Tue, 2015-06-16 at 16:39 +0100, Stefano Stabellini wrote: > > > > > On T

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v3 2/6] libxl: do not add a vkb backend to hvm guests

2015-06-30 Thread Stefano Stabellini
On Tue, 30 Jun 2015, Ian Campbell wrote: > On Mon, 2015-06-29 at 18:59 +0100, Stefano Stabellini wrote: > > On Thu, 25 Jun 2015, Ian Campbell wrote: > > > On Tue, 2015-06-16 at 16:39 +0100, Stefano Stabellini wrote: > > > > On Tue, 16 Jun 2015, Wei Liu wrote: > > > > > On Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 11:09

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v3 2/6] libxl: do not add a vkb backend to hvm guests

2015-06-30 Thread Ian Campbell
On Mon, 2015-06-29 at 18:59 +0100, Stefano Stabellini wrote: > On Thu, 25 Jun 2015, Ian Campbell wrote: > > On Tue, 2015-06-16 at 16:39 +0100, Stefano Stabellini wrote: > > > On Tue, 16 Jun 2015, Wei Liu wrote: > > > > On Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 11:09:50AM +0100, Stefano Stabellini wrote: > > > > > Wh

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v3 2/6] libxl: do not add a vkb backend to hvm guests

2015-06-29 Thread Stefano Stabellini
On Thu, 25 Jun 2015, Ian Campbell wrote: > On Tue, 2015-06-16 at 16:39 +0100, Stefano Stabellini wrote: > > On Tue, 16 Jun 2015, Wei Liu wrote: > > > On Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 11:09:50AM +0100, Stefano Stabellini wrote: > > > > When QEMU restricts its xenstore connection, it cannot provide PV > > > >

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v3 2/6] libxl: do not add a vkb backend to hvm guests

2015-06-25 Thread Ian Campbell
On Tue, 2015-06-16 at 16:39 +0100, Stefano Stabellini wrote: > On Tue, 16 Jun 2015, Wei Liu wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 11:09:50AM +0100, Stefano Stabellini wrote: > > > When QEMU restricts its xenstore connection, it cannot provide PV > > > backends. A separate QEMU instance is required to

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v3 2/6] libxl: do not add a vkb backend to hvm guests

2015-06-16 Thread Stefano Stabellini
On Tue, 16 Jun 2015, Wei Liu wrote: > On Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 11:09:50AM +0100, Stefano Stabellini wrote: > > When QEMU restricts its xenstore connection, it cannot provide PV > > backends. A separate QEMU instance is required to provide PV backends in > > userspace, such as qdisk. With two separat

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v3 2/6] libxl: do not add a vkb backend to hvm guests

2015-06-16 Thread Wei Liu
On Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 11:09:50AM +0100, Stefano Stabellini wrote: > When QEMU restricts its xenstore connection, it cannot provide PV > backends. A separate QEMU instance is required to provide PV backends in > userspace, such as qdisk. With two separate instances, it is not > possible to take ad

[Xen-devel] [PATCH v3 2/6] libxl: do not add a vkb backend to hvm guests

2015-06-10 Thread Stefano Stabellini
When QEMU restricts its xenstore connection, it cannot provide PV backends. A separate QEMU instance is required to provide PV backends in userspace, such as qdisk. With two separate instances, it is not possible to take advantage of vkb for mouse and keyboard, as the QEMU that emulates the graphic