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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] input: improve docs for input-send-event qmp co
From: |
Gerd Hoffmann |
Subject: |
Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] input: improve docs for input-send-event qmp command |
Date: |
Fri, 21 Nov 2014 15:53:06 +0100 |
On Fr, 2014-11-21 at 12:59 +0100, Markus Armbruster wrote:
> [Copying Eric]
>
> Gerd Hoffmann <address@hidden> writes:
>
> > Text partly suggested by Markus Armbruster <address@hidden>
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Gerd Hoffmann <address@hidden>
> > ---
> > qapi-schema.json | 12 ++++++++++++
> > 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/qapi-schema.json b/qapi-schema.json
> > index d0926d9..fcd49b1 100644
> > --- a/qapi-schema.json
> > +++ b/qapi-schema.json
> > @@ -3250,6 +3250,18 @@
> > # Send input event(s) to guest.
> > #
> > # @console: #optional console to send event(s) to.
> > +# This parameter can be used to send the input event to
> > +# specific input devices in case (a) multiple input devices
> > +# of the same kind are added to the virtual machine and (b)
> > +# you have configured input routing (see docs/multiseat.txt)
> > +# for those input devices. If input routing is not
> > +# configured this parameter has no effect.
> > +# If @console is missing, only devices that aren't associated
> > +# with a console are admissible.
> > +# If @console is specified, it must exist, and both devices
> > +# associated with that console and devices not associated with a
> > +# console are admissible, but the former take precedence.
> > +
> > #
> > # @events: List of InputEvent union.
> > #
>
> What is a "console", and how get input devices assoated with one? I
> checked docs/multiseat.txt for clues, but found none.
Oh, right, in the command line the video device names are used. video
device emulation actually creates the consoles, typically console 0 is
your vga. They are numbered in creation order. You can inspect them in
the qom tree (/backend/console[$nr]). There is a device link pointing
to the device which created it.
cheers,
Gerd