Hello
The title says it all. Here's some doc explaining the new syntax of the
video and graphic elements in the domain XML. It (probably) won't get me
any literary awards but, eh, it's a start :)
Florian
diff --git a/docs/formatdomain.html b/docs/formatdomain.html
index a715457..f95f72b 100644
--- a/docs/formatdomain.html
+++ b/docs/formatdomain.html
@@ -175,6 +175,8 @@
</li><li>
<a href="#elementsGraphics">Graphical framebuffers</a>
</li><li>
+ <a href="#elementsVideo">Video devices</a>
+ </li><li>
<a href="#elementsConsole">Consoles, serial & parallel devices</a>
<ul><li>
<a href="#elementsCharSTDIO">Domain logfile</a>
@@ -758,23 +760,65 @@ qemu-kvm -net nic,model=? /dev/null
</p>
<pre>
...
+ <graphics type='sdl' display=':0.0'/>
<graphics type='vnc' port='5904'/>
+ <graphics type='rdp' autoport='yes' multiUser='yes' />
+ <graphics type='desktop' fullscreen='yes'/>
...</pre>
<dl><dt><code>graphics</code></dt><dd>The <code>graphics</code> element has a mandatory <code>type</code>
- attribute which takes the value "sdl" or "vnc". The former displays
- a window on the host desktop, while the latter activates a VNC server.
- The former accepts 3 optional arguments: a <code>display</code>
- attribute for the display to use, an <code>xauth</code> attribute for
- the authentication identifier, and an optional <code>fullscreen</code>
- attribute accepting values 'yes' or 'no'.
- If the latter is used the <code>port</code> attribute specifies the TCP
- port number (with -1 as legacy syntax indicating that it should be
- auto-allocated). The <code>autoport</code> attribute is the new
- preferred syntax for indicating autoallocation of the TCP port to use.
- The <code>listen</code> attribute is an IP address for the server to
- listen on. The <code>passwd</code> attribute provides a VNC password
- in clear text. The <code>keymap</code> attribute specifies the keymap
- to use.</dd></dl>
+ attribute which takes the value "sdl", "vnc", "rdp" or "desktop":
+ <dl><dt><code>"sdl"</code></dt><dd>
+ This displays a window on the host desktop, it can take 3 optional arguments:
+ a <code>display</code> attribute for the display to use, an <code>xauth</code>
+ attribute for the authentication identifier, and an optional <code>fullscreen</code>
+ attribute accepting values 'yes' or 'no'.
+ </dd><dt><code>"vnc"</code></dt><dd>
+ Starts a VNC server. The <code>port</code> attribute specifies the TCP
+ port number (with -1 as legacy syntax indicating that it should be
+ auto-allocated). The <code>autoport</code> attribute is the new
+ preferred syntax for indicating autoallocation of the TCP port to use.
+ The <code>listen</code> attribute is an IP address for the server to
+ listen on. The <code>passwd</code> attribute provides a VNC password
+ in clear text. The <code>keymap</code> attribute specifies the keymap
+ to use.
+ </dd><dt><code>"rdp"</code></dt><dd>
+ Starts a RDP server. The <code>port</code> attribute
+ specifies the TCP port number (with -1 as legacy syntax indicating
+ that it should be auto-allocated). The <code>autoport</code> attribute
+ is the new preferred syntax for indicating autoallocation of the TCP
+ port to use. The <code>replaceUser</code> attribute is a boolean deciding
+ whether multiple simultaneous connections to the VM are permitted.
+ The <code>multiUser</code> whether the existing connection must be dropped
+ and a new connection must be established by the VRDP server, when a new
+ client connects in single connection mode.
+
+ </dd><dt><code>"desktop"</code></dt><dd>
+ This value is reserved for VirtualBox domains for the moment. It displays
+ a window on the host desktop, similarly to "sdl", but using the VirtualBox
+ viewer. Just like "sdl", it accepts the optional attributes <code>display</code>
+ and <code>fullscreen</code>.
+ </dd></dl></dd></dl>
+ <h4>
+ <a name="elementsVideo" id="elementsVideo">Video devices</a>
+ </h4>
+ <p>
+ A video device.
+ </p>
+ <pre>
+ ...
+ <video type='vga' nvram='8192' heads='1'>
+ <acceleration accel3d='yes' accel3d='yes' />
+ </video>
+ ...
+ </pre>
+ <dl><dt><code>video</code></dt><dd>The <code>video</code> element has a mandatory <code>type</code>
+ attribute which takes the value "vga", "cirrus", "vmvga", "xen" or "vbox".
+ You can also provide the amount of video memory using <code>nvram</code>,
+ the number of screen with <code>heads</code>, and whether acceleration
+ should be enabled (if supported) using the <code>accel3d</code> and
+ <code>accel2d</code> attributes in the <code>acceleration</code> element.
+
+ </dd></dl>
<h4>
<a name="elementsConsole" id="elementsConsole">Consoles, serial & parallel devices</a>
</h4>
diff --git a/docs/formatdomain.html.in b/docs/formatdomain.html.in
index 915814d..ec4a6e4 100644
--- a/docs/formatdomain.html.in
+++ b/docs/formatdomain.html.in
@@ -687,28 +687,83 @@ qemu-kvm -net nic,model=? /dev/null
<pre>
...
+ <graphics type='sdl' display=':0.0'/>
<graphics type='vnc' port='5904'/>
+ <graphics type='rdp' autoport='yes' multiUser='yes' />
+ <graphics type='desktop' fullscreen='yes'/>
...</pre>
<dl>
<dt><code>graphics</code></dt>
<dd>The <code>graphics</code> element has a mandatory <code>type</code>
- attribute which takes the value "sdl" or "vnc". The former displays
- a window on the host desktop, while the latter activates a VNC server.
- The former accepts 3 optional arguments: a <code>display</code>
- attribute for the display to use, an <code>xauth</code> attribute for
- the authentication identifier, and an optional <code>fullscreen</code>
- attribute accepting values 'yes' or 'no'.
- If the latter is used the <code>port</code> attribute specifies the TCP
- port number (with -1 as legacy syntax indicating that it should be
- auto-allocated). The <code>autoport</code> attribute is the new
- preferred syntax for indicating autoallocation of the TCP port to use.
- The <code>listen</code> attribute is an IP address for the server to
- listen on. The <code>passwd</code> attribute provides a VNC password
- in clear text. The <code>keymap</code> attribute specifies the keymap
- to use.</dd>
+ attribute which takes the value "sdl", "vnc", "rdp" or "desktop":
+ <dl>
+ <dt><code>"sdl"</code></dt>
+ <dd>
+ This displays a window on the host desktop, it can take 3 optional arguments:
+ a <code>display</code> attribute for the display to use, an <code>xauth</code>
+ attribute for the authentication identifier, and an optional <code>fullscreen</code>
+ attribute accepting values 'yes' or 'no'.
+ </dd>
+ <dt><code>"vnc"</code></dt>
+ <dd>
+ Starts a VNC server. The <code>port</code> attribute specifies the TCP
+ port number (with -1 as legacy syntax indicating that it should be
+ auto-allocated). The <code>autoport</code> attribute is the new
+ preferred syntax for indicating autoallocation of the TCP port to use.
+ The <code>listen</code> attribute is an IP address for the server to
+ listen on. The <code>passwd</code> attribute provides a VNC password
+ in clear text. The <code>keymap</code> attribute specifies the keymap
+ to use.
+ </dd>
+ <dt><code>"rdp"</code></dt>
+ <dd>
+ Starts a RDP server. The <code>port</code> attribute
+ specifies the TCP port number (with -1 as legacy syntax indicating
+ that it should be auto-allocated). The <code>autoport</code> attribute
+ is the new preferred syntax for indicating autoallocation of the TCP
+ port to use. The <code>replaceUser</code> attribute is a boolean deciding
+ whether multiple simultaneous connections to the VM are permitted.
+ The <code>multiUser</code> whether the existing connection must be dropped
+ and a new connection must be established by the VRDP server, when a new
+ client connects in single connection mode.
+
+ </dd>
+ <dt><code>"desktop"</code></dt>
+ <dd>
+ This value is reserved for VirtualBox domains for the moment. It displays
+ a window on the host desktop, similarly to "sdl", but using the VirtualBox
+ viewer. Just like "sdl", it accepts the optional attributes <code>display</code>
+ and <code>fullscreen</code>.
+ </dd>
+ </dl>
+ </dd>
</dl>
+ <h4><a name="elementsVideo">Video devices</a></h4>
+ <p>
+ A video device.
+ </p>
+
+ <pre>
+ ...
+ <video type='vga' nvram='8192' heads='1'>
+ <acceleration accel3d='yes' accel3d='yes' />
+ </video>
+ ...
+ </pre>
+
+ <dl>
+ <dt><code>video</code></dt>
+ <dd>The <code>video</code> element has a mandatory <code>type</code>
+ attribute which takes the value "vga", "cirrus", "vmvga", "xen" or "vbox".
+ You can also provide the amount of video memory using <code>nvram</code>,
+ the number of screen with <code>heads</code>, and whether acceleration
+ should be enabled (if supported) using the <code>accel3d</code> and
+ <code>accel2d</code> attributes in the <code>acceleration</code> element.
+
+ </dl>
+
<h4><a name="elementsConsole">Consoles, serial & parallel devices</a></h4>
<p>
--
Libvir-list mailing list
Libvir-list@redhat.com
https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list
