Re: [Xen-devel] Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 12/13] set vnc password from xenstore.

[Anthony Liguori]

Gerd Hoffmann wrote:
>   Hi,
>
>   
> > If there are reasons that Xend doesn't want to interact with the monitor
> > (for instance, if you want to support monitor redirection), we can
> > certainly discuss how to enhance the monitor (like having multiple
> > monitor instances).
> >     
>
> Multiple monitor instances would be very useful anyway.
>   

The trick here is to add a MonitorState context to every callback and 
have term_printf() take a MonitorState as the first argument.  It's a 
mostly mechanical change.

> Right now there is no way to use the monitor for libvirt-managed qemu
> instances because libvirt uses the monitor.  Being able to both use
> libvirt *and* have a monitor prompt to type commands would be great.
>   

It would make the current monitor multiplex hackery a lot cleaner too.

Regards,

Anthony Liguori

> cheers,
>   Gerd
>
>