Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/6] vnc: add support for multiple vnc server instances.

[Daniel P. Berrange]

On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 02:19:39PM +0200, Gerd Hoffmann wrote:
>   Hi,
> 
> This patch series adds support for multiple vnc server instances to
> qemu.  This comes handy in multiseat configurations as you can have
> one vnc server for each set then.
> 
> Some cleanups along the way (use QemuOpts).  Also added support for
> limiting the number of parallel vnc connections.
> 
> To be done: monitor support.  I think the best way to handle this is to
> introduce a new command to query vnc server state, which returns a list
> of vnc servers but otherwise works like "query-vnc".  Alternative
> approach would be to add a optional 'id=' parameter to query-vnc, but
> then you'll need a new list-vnc command.
> 
> Opinions on this?

I don't think it makes a whole lot of difference really. Either way
mgmt apps like libvirt will need updating to deal with the new monitor
commands.

> set_password and expire_password commands should be easy, they can be
> extended with an optional 'id=' parameter.

Regards,
Daniel
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