Re: [Qemu-devel] Add virtual devices to QEMU

[Alberich de megres]

Thanks for the tips :)


On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 10:27 AM, Stefan Hajnoczi <address@hidden> wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 7:58 PM, Alberich de megres
> <address@hidden> wrote:
>> Thank you guys for the reply :)
>>
>> One last question,
>> my device is like a physical console with buttons and indicators.
>>
>> I saw the android emulator also draws the keyboard using a modified
>> version of the qemu.
>> Is there some kind of "presentation" layer, or the just modified the
>> window size and add it there? do you know how does it works?
>
> Mainline QEMU does not have a skinnable UI and in fact has several
> different graphical backends (SDL, VNC) which would make this a little
> tricky to do generically.
>
> As an alternative, you could add non-graphical QEMU monitor commands
> (which are great because you can easily automate and test from
> scripts!).  See qapi-schema.json and docs/writing-qmp-commands.txt.
> For an example, see the "sendkey" command implemented in
> monitor.c:do_sendkey().  You can use this command to simulate
> keypresses like "sendkey ctrl-alt-del".
>
> I imagine adding a monitor command is more useful for prototyping and
> developing than making a custom UI.
>
> Stefan