Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v5 1/6] libxl: do not add a vkb backend to hvm guests

2015-07-24 Thread Paul Durrant
-Original Message- From: xen-devel-boun...@lists.xen.org [mailto:xen-devel- boun...@lists.xen.org] On Behalf Of Stefano Stabellini Sent: 23 July 2015 18:28 To: xen-de...@lists.xensource.com Cc: Wei Liu; Ian Jackson; Ian Campbell; Stefano Stabellini Subject: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v5

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v5 1/6] libxl: do not add a vkb backend to hvm guests

2015-07-24 Thread Fabio Fantoni
Il 24/07/2015 12:21, Stefano Stabellini ha scritto: On Fri, 24 Jul 2015, Paul Durrant wrote: -Original Message- From: xen-devel-boun...@lists.xen.org [mailto:xen-devel- boun...@lists.xen.org] On Behalf Of Stefano Stabellini Sent: 23 July 2015 18:28 To: xen-de...@lists.xensource.com Cc:

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v5 1/6] libxl: do not add a vkb backend to hvm guests

2015-07-24 Thread Paul Durrant
-Original Message- From: Stefano Stabellini [mailto:stefano.stabell...@eu.citrix.com] Sent: 24 July 2015 11:56 To: Paul Durrant Cc: Stefano Stabellini; xen-de...@lists.xensource.com; Wei Liu; Ian Jackson; Ian Campbell Subject: RE: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v5 1/6] libxl: do not add a vkb

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v5 1/6] libxl: do not add a vkb backend to hvm guests

2015-07-24 Thread Ian Jackson
Ian Campbell writes (Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v5 1/6] libxl: do not add a vkb backend to hvm guests): There really ought to be a way at the libxl level (but not necessarily in xl) to disable the depriv without having to arrange things just so such that it doesn't occur... And a way to force it

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v5 1/6] libxl: do not add a vkb backend to hvm guests

2015-07-24 Thread Stefano Stabellini
On Fri, 24 Jul 2015, Paul Durrant wrote: -Original Message- From: Stefano Stabellini [mailto:stefano.stabell...@eu.citrix.com] Sent: 24 July 2015 11:21 To: Paul Durrant Cc: Stefano Stabellini; xen-de...@lists.xensource.com; Wei Liu; Ian Jackson; Ian Campbell Subject: RE:

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v5 1/6] libxl: do not add a vkb backend to hvm guests

2015-07-24 Thread Stefano Stabellini
On Fri, 24 Jul 2015, Paul Durrant wrote: -Original Message- From: xen-devel-boun...@lists.xen.org [mailto:xen-devel- boun...@lists.xen.org] On Behalf Of Stefano Stabellini Sent: 23 July 2015 18:28 To: xen-de...@lists.xensource.com Cc: Wei Liu; Ian Jackson; Ian Campbell; Stefano

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v5 1/6] libxl: do not add a vkb backend to hvm guests

2015-07-24 Thread Ian Campbell
On Fri, 2015-07-24 at 11:56 +0100, Stefano Stabellini wrote: On Fri, 24 Jul 2015, Paul Durrant wrote: -Original Message- From: Stefano Stabellini [mailto:stefano.stabell...@eu.citrix.com ] Sent: 24 July 2015 11:21 To: Paul Durrant Cc: Stefano Stabellini;

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v5 1/6] libxl: do not add a vkb backend to hvm guests

2015-07-24 Thread Stefano Stabellini
On Fri, 24 Jul 2015, Ian Campbell wrote: On Fri, 2015-07-24 at 11:56 +0100, Stefano Stabellini wrote: On Fri, 24 Jul 2015, Paul Durrant wrote: -Original Message- From: Stefano Stabellini [mailto:stefano.stabell...@eu.citrix.com ] Sent: 24 July 2015 11:21 To: Paul

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v5 1/6] libxl: do not add a vkb backend to hvm guests

2015-07-24 Thread Stefano Stabellini
On Fri, 24 Jul 2015, Stefano Stabellini wrote: On Fri, 24 Jul 2015, Paul Durrant wrote: -Original Message- From: Stefano Stabellini [mailto:stefano.stabell...@eu.citrix.com] Sent: 24 July 2015 11:56 To: Paul Durrant Cc: Stefano Stabellini; xen-de...@lists.xensource.com; Wei

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v5 1/6] libxl: do not add a vkb backend to hvm guests

2015-07-24 Thread Paul Durrant
-Original Message- From: Stefano Stabellini [mailto:stefano.stabell...@eu.citrix.com] Sent: 24 July 2015 15:11 To: Stefano Stabellini Cc: Paul Durrant; Stefano Stabellini; xen-de...@lists.xensource.com; Wei Liu; Ian Jackson; Ian Campbell Subject: RE: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v5 1/6]

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v5 1/6] libxl: do not add a vkb backend to hvm guests

2015-07-24 Thread Ian Campbell
On Fri, 2015-07-24 at 12:29 +0100, Stefano Stabellini wrote: There really ought to be a way at the libxl level (but not necessarily in xl) to disable the depriv without having to arrange things just so such that it doesn't occur... I have already introduced a device_model_user

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v5 1/6] libxl: do not add a vkb backend to hvm guests

2015-07-24 Thread Stefano Stabellini
On Fri, 24 Jul 2015, Paul Durrant wrote: -Original Message- From: Stefano Stabellini [mailto:stefano.stabell...@eu.citrix.com] Sent: 24 July 2015 11:56 To: Paul Durrant Cc: Stefano Stabellini; xen-de...@lists.xensource.com; Wei Liu; Ian Jackson; Ian Campbell Subject: RE:

[Xen-devel] [PATCH v5 1/6] libxl: do not add a vkb backend to hvm guests

2015-07-23 Thread Stefano Stabellini
When QEMU restricts its xenstore connection, it cannot provide PV backends. A separate QEMU instance is required to provide PV backends in userspace, such as qdisk. With two separate instances, it is not possible to take advantage of vkb for mouse and keyboard, as the QEMU that emulates the