Re: [Qemu-devel] Host <-> guest interface port?

[Jim C. Brown]

On Wed, May 05, 2004 at 12:12:27AM +0200, Fabrice Bellard wrote:
> Matthew Mastracci wrote:
> >Would it be possible to add a host/guest interface port, akin to how 
> >VMWare handles this?  It's a convenient way to get/set various 
> >properties from the host while running the guest operating system.  This 
> >also allows a smoother mouse interface - ie: auto capture/release of the 
> >mouse as it hits the screen boundaries, clipboard synchronization as 
> >well as synchronization of the guest's clock with the host's.
> >
> >Some more info on the VMWare port is here:
> >http://chitchat.at.infoseek.co.jp/vmware/backdoor.html
> 
> Of course it is possible to add that, but first we must define the 
> features we want and implement the necessary support in the guest OSes, 
> which seems to be the most difficult AFAIK. Clipboard support would be 
> interesting. Does anyone know how to implement it for Linux and Windows 
> guests ?
> 
> Fabrice.
> 
> 

I volunteer to write the code for the Linux client if necessary. I'm studying
the X11 clipboard mechanism anyways. I have a pretty good idea of how to get
the clock of the host, also.

Not sure how auto-capture/release of mouse would work tho.

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