Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v5 1/6] libxl: do not add a vkb backend to hvm guests

2015-07-24 Thread Stefano Stabellini
nt > > > Cc: Stefano Stabellini; xen-de...@lists.xensource.com; Wei Liu; Ian > > > Jackson; > > > Ian Campbell > > > Subject: RE: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v5 1/6] libxl: do not add a vkb backend to > > > hvm guests > > > > > > On Fri, 24

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v5 1/6] libxl: do not add a vkb backend to hvm guests

2015-07-24 Thread Paul Durrant
.@eu.citrix.com] > > > > Sent: 24 July 2015 11:56 > > > > To: Paul Durrant > > > > Cc: Stefano Stabellini; xen-de...@lists.xensource.com; Wei Liu; Ian > Jackson; > > > > Ian Campbell > > > > Subject: RE: [Xen-devel] [PA

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v5 1/6] libxl: do not add a vkb backend to hvm guests

2015-07-24 Thread Stefano Stabellini
Ian Jackson; > > Ian Campbell > > Subject: RE: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v5 1/6] libxl: do not add a vkb backend to > > hvm guests > > > > On Fri, 24 Jul 2015, Paul Durrant wrote: > > > > -Original Message- > > > > From: Stefano Stabellini [mailto

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v5 1/6] libxl: do not add a vkb backend to hvm guests

2015-07-24 Thread Ian Campbell
On Fri, 2015-07-24 at 12:29 +0100, Stefano Stabellini wrote: > > > There really ought to be a way at the libxl level (but not > > necessarily > > in xl) to disable the depriv without having to arrange things "just > > so" > > such that it doesn't occur... > > I have already introduced a device_

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v5 1/6] libxl: do not add a vkb backend to hvm guests

2015-07-24 Thread Stefano Stabellini
gt; > > ] > > > > Sent: 24 July 2015 11:21 > > > > To: Paul Durrant > > > > Cc: Stefano Stabellini; xen-de...@lists.xensource.com; Wei Liu; > > > > Ian Jackson; > > > > Ian Campbell > > > > Subject: RE: [Xen-devel] [PA

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v5 1/6] libxl: do not add a vkb backend to hvm guests

2015-07-24 Thread Paul Durrant
t > > > Cc: Stefano Stabellini; xen-de...@lists.xensource.com; Wei Liu; Ian > Jackson; > > > Ian Campbell > > > Subject: RE: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v5 1/6] libxl: do not add a vkb backend to > > > hvm guests > > > > > > On Fri, 24 Jul 2015,

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v5 1/6] libxl: do not add a vkb backend to hvm guests

2015-07-24 Thread Ian Jackson
Ian Campbell writes ("Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v5 1/6] libxl: do not add a vkb backend to hvm guests"): > There really ought to be a way at the libxl level (but not necessarily > in xl) to disable the depriv without having to arrange things "just so" > such that it d

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v5 1/6] libxl: do not add a vkb backend to hvm guests

2015-07-24 Thread Ian Campbell
gt; > > To: Paul Durrant > > > Cc: Stefano Stabellini; xen-de...@lists.xensource.com; Wei Liu; > > > Ian Jackson; > > > Ian Campbell > > > Subject: RE: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v5 1/6] libxl: do not add a vkb > > > backend to > > > hvm guests > >

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v5 1/6] libxl: do not add a vkb backend to hvm guests

2015-07-24 Thread Stefano Stabellini
Ian Jackson; > > Ian Campbell > > Subject: RE: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v5 1/6] libxl: do not add a vkb backend to > > hvm guests > > > > On Fri, 24 Jul 2015, Paul Durrant wrote: > > > > -Original Message- > > > > From: xen-devel-boun...@lists.xen.o

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v5 1/6] libxl: do not add a vkb backend to hvm guests

2015-07-24 Thread Fabio Fantoni
: Wei Liu; Ian Jackson; Ian Campbell; Stefano Stabellini Subject: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v5 1/6] libxl: do not add a vkb backend to hvm guests 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

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v5 1/6] libxl: do not add a vkb backend to hvm guests

2015-07-24 Thread Paul Durrant
tabellini > > > Sent: 23 July 2015 18:28 > > > To: xen-de...@lists.xensource.com > > > Cc: Wei Liu; Ian Jackson; Ian Campbell; Stefano Stabellini > > > Subject: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v5 1/6] libxl: do not add a vkb backend to > hvm > > > guests > > > > > >

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v5 1/6] libxl: do not add a vkb backend to hvm guests

2015-07-24 Thread Stefano Stabellini
; > Cc: Wei Liu; Ian Jackson; Ian Campbell; Stefano Stabellini > > Subject: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v5 1/6] libxl: do not add a vkb backend to hvm > > guests > > > > When QEMU restricts its xenstore connection, it cannot provide PV > > backends. A separate QEMU instance is req

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v5 1/6] libxl: do not add a vkb backend to hvm guests

2015-07-24 Thread Paul Durrant
t: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v5 1/6] libxl: do not add a vkb backend to hvm > guests > > 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

[Xen-devel] [PATCH v5 1/6] libxl: do not add a vkb backend to hvm guests

2015-07-23 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