| Message ID | 20181220141553.24098-1-marcandre.lureau@redhat.com |
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| Headers | show |
| Series | spice: add -display spice-app, setup and launch a Spice client | expand |
Hi, On Thu, Dec 20, 2018 at 06:15:41PM +0400, Marc-André Lureau wrote: > Hi, > > The QEMU GTK UI is quite featurful. Yet, it doesn't provide many of > the functionalities one can expect from a VM desktop application (USB > redirection, shared folders, drag and drop, better multimonitor > support etc.). > > Spice is able to export many of the VM controls to a client, including > QMP monitor, serial ports etc... It's thus possible for a Spice client > to provide a similar experience as the QEMU GTK UI (while keeping > similar display performances locally) and more. > > This series provides "-display spice-app" to setup a Spice server and > launch a client (associated with the spice+unix:// URI). With > virt-viewer series "Add QEMU-like UI: VT console & basic VM state" > (under review), the resulting user experience is close to what qemu > GTK UI provides. Not much knowledge on the qemu codebase but I tested this and v1 with spice-gtk + virt-viewer patches and it works well so, Tested-by: Victor Toso <victortoso@redhat.com> > v2: > - renamed -display app -> -display spice-app > - error if full-screen or window-close is provided (supports can be > added later) > - use a stable URI when -name is provided > - print the URI at start > - added "qapi: document DisplayType enum" > - added "spice: use a default name for the server" > - commit message tweaks > - include previously reviewed "configure: bump spice-server required > version to 0.12.5", to avoid conflicts > - rebased > > Marc-André Lureau (12): > configure: bump spice-server required version to 0.12.5 > char/spice: trigger HUP event > char/spice: discard write() if backend is disconnected > spice: avoid spice runtime assert > spice: merge options lists > spice: do not stop spice if VM is paused > char: move SpiceChardev and open_spice_port() to spice.h header > char: register spice ports after spice started > build-sys: add gio-2.0 check > qapi: document DisplayType enum > spice: use a default name for the server > display: add -display spice-app launching a Spice client > > qapi/ui.json | 31 ++++++- > include/chardev/spice.h | 27 ++++++ > include/ui/qemu-spice.h | 6 -- > chardev/spice.c | 70 +++++++------- > hw/display/qxl.c | 2 - > ui/spice-app.c | 200 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > ui/spice-core.c | 21 +++-- > chardev/trace-events | 1 + > configure | 17 +++- > qemu-options.hx | 5 + > ui/Makefile.objs | 5 + > 11 files changed, 330 insertions(+), 55 deletions(-) > create mode 100644 include/chardev/spice.h > create mode 100644 ui/spice-app.c > > -- > 2.20.1.2.gb21ebb671b > >
Hi On Thu, Dec 20, 2018 at 3:44 PM Marc-André Lureau <marcandre.lureau@redhat.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > The QEMU GTK UI is quite featurful. Yet, it doesn't provide many of > the functionalities one can expect from a VM desktop application (USB > redirection, shared folders, drag and drop, better multimonitor > support etc.). > > Spice is able to export many of the VM controls to a client, including > QMP monitor, serial ports etc... It's thus possible for a Spice client > to provide a similar experience as the QEMU GTK UI (while keeping > similar display performances locally) and more. > > This series provides "-display spice-app" to setup a Spice server and > launch a client (associated with the spice+unix:// URI). With > virt-viewer series "Add QEMU-like UI: VT console & basic VM state" > (under review), the resulting user experience is close to what qemu > GTK UI provides. > > v2: > - renamed -display app -> -display spice-app > - error if full-screen or window-close is provided (supports can be > added later) > - use a stable URI when -name is provided > - print the URI at start > - added "qapi: document DisplayType enum" > - added "spice: use a default name for the server" > - commit message tweaks > - include previously reviewed "configure: bump spice-server required > version to 0.12.5", to avoid conflicts > - rebased > ping for reviews (rebased version pushed on github https://github.com/elmarco/qemu/commits/spice) thanks > Marc-André Lureau (12): > configure: bump spice-server required version to 0.12.5 > char/spice: trigger HUP event > char/spice: discard write() if backend is disconnected > spice: avoid spice runtime assert > spice: merge options lists > spice: do not stop spice if VM is paused > char: move SpiceChardev and open_spice_port() to spice.h header > char: register spice ports after spice started > build-sys: add gio-2.0 check > qapi: document DisplayType enum > spice: use a default name for the server > display: add -display spice-app launching a Spice client > > qapi/ui.json | 31 ++++++- > include/chardev/spice.h | 27 ++++++ > include/ui/qemu-spice.h | 6 -- > chardev/spice.c | 70 +++++++------- > hw/display/qxl.c | 2 - > ui/spice-app.c | 200 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > ui/spice-core.c | 21 +++-- > chardev/trace-events | 1 + > configure | 17 +++- > qemu-options.hx | 5 + > ui/Makefile.objs | 5 + > 11 files changed, 330 insertions(+), 55 deletions(-) > create mode 100644 include/chardev/spice.h > create mode 100644 ui/spice-app.c > > -- > 2.20.1.2.gb21ebb671b > >