Re: [Qemu-devel] QOM-ify QemuConsoles ...

[Andreas Färber]

Hi Gerd,

Am 20.03.2013 10:55, schrieb Gerd Hoffmann:
> I think the next logical step ahead is to QOM-ify the QemuConsoles, so
> we can link the QemuConsole to the thing actually backing it.  For a
> graphical console that would be the emlated graphic device.  For a text
> console it would be the serial line or monitor hooked up to it.
> 
> With this in place we should be able to answer questions like "which
> device backs this QemuConsole" by inspecting the object tree and handle
> requests like "do a screendump of this device please".  It will also be
> useful to setup input routing: "pointer events from $this QemuConsole
> should to $that virtual input device".
> 
> Hints how to do that best?  Pointers to sample code to look at?  From a
> brief look it seems we only QOM-ified emulated devices and not host-side
> objects yet ...

You could look at virtio-rng. TPM doesn't use QOM yet AFAIR.

Cheers,
Andreas

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