On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 09:25:29AM +0100, Gerd Hoffmann wrote: > Hi, > > > ok, I'll take it. Note that I'm going to not send the qxl screendump > > behavior changing patch again, I think all alternatives to a real async > > screendump suck, including libvirt changes, and the current behavior of > > giving an old screendump is good enough hopefully for the real users, > > which are: > > Agree here. > > > boxes - refreshing to get updated thumbnails for it's users - will have > > 5 seconds old screenshot until async monitor commands land. > > autotest - I hope they don't compare image contents (that would be hard > > to do), otherwise it's just for logging sake, and so it will lag a > > little, too bad. > > autotest has (used to have?) a install mode where it looked at the > screen. I think it isn't used any more these days and unattended > install modes (kickstart etc.) of the guests are used instead. But even > when checking the screen content it should still work fine, just take a > little longer because the screen shots are a bit behind. >
Right. Actually I thought about install mode and assumed it would break it but you're right, it shouldn't. > cheers, > Gerd >
