Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] add VNC reverse connections

[Eddie Kohler]

Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
> We already have the ability to pass multiple flags / options to the VNC
> driver as a post-fix to the host:port pair, so I'm not a fan of introducing
> a new option as a prefix. If using existing options syntax, it could look
> like:
>
>   -vnc :5500,rev
>   -vnc read.cs.ucla.edu:5500,rev

This doesn't feel like an option to me, though; rather a different means of 
connecting.  Among other things, in "-vnc :0", the QEMU VNC server opens port 
5900.  But the client's listening port for reverse connections defaults to 
5500.  "-vnc :-400,rev" is clearly insane, but it seems strange for an option 
like ",rev" to change the meaning of the port field.

If you still disagree I'll produce a patch with ",reverse" as an option.

Eddie