[virt-tools-list] [PATCH virt-manager 0/4] Add "spiceport" channel type

[Cole Robinson]

On 03/25/2014 10:42 AM, Marc-André Lureau wrote:
> From: Marc-André Lureau <marcandre.lureau at redhat.com>
> 
> Hi,
> 
> This small series implements the "spiceport" channel type.
> 
> libvirt supports "spiceport" since version 1.2.2.
> 
> The Spice WebDAV channel allows the client to share a folder with the
> guest. There is some default configuration to use the "spiceport" type
> appropriately.
> 
> (once the guest VM is configured with a WebDAV channel, a small
> service can be used in the guest to expose a webdav server, that can
> be mounted, see also
> http://cgit.freedesktop.org/spice/spice/tree/docs/manual/manual.txt
> "Folder Sharing")
> 
> Marc-André Lureau (4):
>   ui: add 'channel' to addhardware char panel
>   addhw: add CharDevice.source_channel
>   addhw: add CharDevice "spiceport" type
>   addhw: fill new char-channel UI
> 
>  tests/xmlparse-xml/change-chars-in.xml  |  4 ++++
>  tests/xmlparse-xml/change-chars-out.xml |  4 ++++
>  tests/xmlparse.py                       |  7 +++++++
>  ui/addhardware.ui                       | 33 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
>  virtManager/addhardware.py              |  7 +++++++
>  virtinst/devicechar.py                  | 18 +++++++++++++++---
>  6 files changed, 65 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> 

Thanks, I've pushed this.

I'm a bit confused though, I understand the virtio-serial channel name maps to
/dev/.../<name> in the VM, but what exactly does the source channel map to?

- Cole