Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] PV framebuffer

["Daniel P. Berrange" <berrange@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Dec 01, 2006 at 01:25:42PM +0000, Steven Smith wrote:
> Applied.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Steven.

Looking at the patches applied for the PVFB code & config re-arrangement
I think that VNC password handling for fullyvirt HVM guests has been
broken

In changeset  

  changeset:   12679:000609d8c93fb24b2ca5dd7961dfae19ddb0022f
  user:        Steven Smith <ssmith@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  date:        Fri Dec 01 11:49:30 2006 +0000
  files:       tools/python/xen/xend/XendDomainInfo.py 
tools/python/xen/xend/image.py tools/python/xen/xend/server/vfbif.py 
tools/python/xen/xm/create.py
  description:
  [PVFB][TOOLS] Change the configuration syntax for PVFB backends to more
  closely match that of other devices.


The following hunk  against tools/python/xen/xm/create.py removes processing
of the 'vncpassword' config parameter from the guest config files for HVM
guests:


  @@ -678,20 +690,13 @@ def configure_vifs(config_devs, vals):
           config_devs.append(['device', config_vif])
 
 
  -def configure_graphics(config_image, vals):
  -    """Create the config for graphic consoles.
  -    """
  -    args = [ 'vnc', 'vncdisplay', 'vncconsole', 'vncunused',
  -             'sdl', 'display', 'xauthority', 'vnclisten', 'vncpasswd']
  -    for a in args:
  -        if (vals.__dict__[a]):
  -            config_image.append([a, vals.__dict__[a]])
  -
   def configure_hvm(config_image, vals):
       """Create the config for HVM devices.
       """
       args = [ 'device_model', 'pae', 'vcpus', 'boot', 'fda', 'fdb',
                'localtime', 'serial', 'stdvga', 'isa', 'nographic', 'soundhw',
  +             'vnc', 'vncdisplay', 'vncunused', 'vncconsole', 'vnclisten',
  +             'sdl', 'display', 'xauthority',
                'acpi', 'apic', 'usb', 'usbdevice', 'keymap' ]
       for a in args:
           if a in vals.__dict__ and vals.__dict__[a] is not None:


I've not been able to actually verify it since I don't currently have
a working xen-unstable build, but I don't see how it can work without
the 'vncpasswd' parameter included there in the args for configure_hvm.

Regards,
Dan.
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