Re: [PATCH v3 2/7] ui/vdagent: core infrastructure

[Eric Blake]

On 3/26/21 4:24 AM, Gerd Hoffmann wrote:
> The vdagent protocol allows the guest agent (spice-vdagent) and the
> spice client exchange messages to implement features which require
> guest cooperation, for example clipboard support.
> 
> This is a qemu implementation of the spice client side.  This allows
> the spice guest agent talk to qemu directly when not using the spice
> protocol.
> 
> usage: qemu \
>   -chardev vdagent,id=vdagent \
>   -device virtserialport,chardev=vdagent,name=com.redhat.spice.0
> 
> This patch adds just the protocol basics: initial handshake and
> capability negotiation.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com>
> ---

> +++ b/qapi/char.json
> @@ -390,6 +390,17 @@
>    'data': { '*size': 'int' },
>    'base': 'ChardevCommon' }
>  
> +##
> +# @ChardevVDAgent:
> +#
> +# Configuration info for vdagent.
> +#
> +# Since: 6.0
> +##

This feels like a new feature.  Are we still aiming to get it in 6.0, or
does this need an update to 6.1?



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