Re: [libvirt-users] aliases for graphic devices
On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 10:28:13AM -0600, Eric Blake wrote:
On 05/14/2014 09:47 AM, Francesco Romani wrote:
> Hello,
>
> AFAIK, aliases cannot be set for Graphics devices. I tried this very simple
experiment
> with libvirt 1.2.4 (from virt-preview on F20)
>
> relevant part of the input xml:
>
> <graphics type='spice' port='-1' autoport='yes'
listen='127.0.0.1'>
> <listen type='address' address='127.0.0.1'/>
> <alias name='display.0'/>
> </graphics>
Aliases are output-only; they are ignored on input. Libvirt demands
total control over the alias field, because it interacts with qemu via
the alias that libvirt chooses.
Furthermore with older QEMU versions, we have no choice in aliases - we
had to use what QEMU hardcoded
Regards,
Daniel
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