[libvirt PATCH v2 15/15] docs: document <graphics> type dbus

marcandre.lureau at redhat.com marcandre.lureau at redhat.com
Thu Dec 2 14:24:11 UTC 2021


From: Marc-André Lureau <marcandre.lureau at redhat.com>

Signed-off-by: Marc-André Lureau <marcandre.lureau at redhat.com>
---
 docs/formatdomain.rst | 43 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 42 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/docs/formatdomain.rst b/docs/formatdomain.rst
index eb8c973cf1fc..ac298fbafa7f 100644
--- a/docs/formatdomain.rst
+++ b/docs/formatdomain.rst
@@ -6060,6 +6060,39 @@ interaction with the admin.
            <gl rendernode='/dev/dri/renderD128'/>
          </graphics>
 
+   ``dbus``:since:`Since X.X.X`
+      Export the display over D-Bus. By default, it will use a private bus,
+      except when ``p2p`` or ``address`` are specified.
+
+      ::
+
+        <graphics type='dbus'/>
+
+      ``p2p`` (accepts ``on`` or ``off``) enables peer-to-peer connections,
+      established through virDomainOpenGraphics() APIs.
+
+      ``address`` (accepts a `D-Bus address
+      <https://dbus.freedesktop.org/doc/dbus-specification.html#addresses>`_),
+      will connect to the specified bus address.
+
+      This element accepts a ``<gl/>`` sub-element with an optional attribute
+      ``rendernode`` which can be used to specify an absolute path to a host's
+      DRI device to be used for OpenGL rendering.
+
+      Copy & Paste functionality (via Spice agent) is set by the ``clipboard``
+      element. It is disabled by default, and can be disabled by setting the
+      ``copypaste`` property to ``yes``.
+
+      D-Bus can export an audio backend using the ``<audio>`` sub-element:
+
+      ::
+
+         <graphics type='dbus' ...>
+           <audio id='1'>
+         </graphics>
+
+      Where ``1`` is an id of the `audio device <#elementsAudio>`__.
+
 Graphics device uses a ``<listen>`` to set up where the device should listen for
 clients. It has a mandatory attribute ``type`` which specifies the listen type.
 Only ``vnc``, ``spice`` and ``rdp`` supports ``<listen>`` element. :since:`Since
@@ -6973,7 +7006,7 @@ to the guest sound device.
 ``type``
    The required ``type`` attribute specifies audio backend type.
    Currently, the supported values are 'none', 'alsa', 'coreaudio',
-   'jack', 'oss', 'pulseaudio', 'sdl', 'spice', 'file'.
+   'dbus', jack', 'oss', 'pulseaudio', 'sdl', 'spice', 'file'.
 
 ``id``
    Integer id of the audio device. Must be greater than 0.
@@ -7100,6 +7133,14 @@ and ``<output>`` elements
 
 :since:`Since 7.2.0, qemu`
 
+D-Bus audio backend
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+The 'dbus' audio backend does not connect to any host audio framework. It
+exports a D-Bus interface when associated with a D-Bus display.
+
+:since:`Since X.X.X, qemu`
+
 Jack audio backend
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
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