Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/2] VirtIO RNG

[Gerd Hoffmann]

  Hi,

> Im not sure I agree there... surely there are other things which would
> benefit from generic socket reconnection support (virtio-rng cant be the
> only driver that might want to rely on a reliable source of data via a
> socket in a server-farm type situation?)

Usually qemu takes the server part, i.e. for serial ports you usually do 
'-serial telnet::$port,server,nowait', then 'telnet $host $port' to 
connect to your virtual serial line.  When the connection drops, just 
re-run telnet.

In my usage of qemu I didn't came across a use case which needs qemu 
reconnecting yet.

cheers,
  Gerd