Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 1/2] ps2: add support of auto-repeat

[Luiz Capitulino]

On Fri, 14 Jun 2013 13:46:41 +0800
Amos Kong <address@hidden> wrote:

> On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 08:31:17PM +0800, Amos Kong wrote:
> > On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 11:48:46AM -0500, Anthony Liguori wrote:
> > > Amos Kong <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> 
> > > > diff --git a/hw/input/ps2.c b/hw/input/ps2.c
> > > > index 3412079..8adbb4a 100644
> > > > --- a/hw/input/ps2.c
> > > > +++ b/hw/input/ps2.c
> > > > @@ -94,6 +94,10 @@ typedef struct {
> > > >      int translate;
> > > >      int scancode_set; /* 1=XT, 2=AT, 3=PS/2 */
> > > >      int ledstate;
> > > > +    int repeat_period; /* typematic period, ms */
> > > > +    int repeat_delay; /* typematic delay, ms */
> > > > +    int repeat_key; /* keycode to repeat */
> > > > +    QEMUTimer *repeat_timer;
> > > 
> > > This state needs to be migrated, no?  I suspect it can/should be done
> > > via a subsection too.
> > 
> > It sounds only reasonable for 'sendkey' command. We want to repeat one
> > key for 100 times, the key should be continaully repeated in the dest
> > vm until it reaches to 100 times.
> > 
> > For implement this, we should also migrate key_timer in ui/input.c,
> > then it will send a release event to ps2 queue when the key_timer
> > is expired. The bottom patch migrates repeat_timer & repeat_key,
> > where should we save key_timer for migration?
> 
> Luiz, any suggestion about migrate the key_timer in ui/input.c?

I don't have any. Maybe Markus or Juan can help (CC'ed).

> 
> We need to migrate it, then sendkey can continually work in dest vm
> until the timer is expired.
> 
> Thanks.