From owner-freebsd-xen@freebsd.org Tue Sep 1 14:50:29 2020 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-xen@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B448A3CA966 for ; Tue, 1 Sep 2020 14:50:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from roger.pau@citrix.com) Received: from esa2.hc3370-68.iphmx.com (esa2.hc3370-68.iphmx.com [216.71.145.153]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "esa2.hc3370-68.iphmx.com", Issuer "HydrantID SSL ICA G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4BgqkF01vSz4cRS for ; Tue, 1 Sep 2020 14:50:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from roger.pau@citrix.com) IronPort-SDR: 4m4Ek152ZUrRl5kwSFti1KuuknFTlnNAqVUmfkpKdECysUO93Q0WKxY8CHYHE2FIZXMh5AgLaY jyVgWXInfgfweotHOaPkA5TfmKkHTWCWTIppaEZPAOXlBPP0skebV+aApgE/9GBRHD0xiyyLLT ART1bWOBpuuXUTKK+a72ktTtuKXRkfQxZqrNkEyv0HoHYkBZCg+FovUEfturwIWWAgWQKh8Hvh ixbSUGwD3PIDW/NuSs2yT4SvF9YgtST3g3qIccnmaD7Jmwx3WpCIgE23jvZja0eR7lraVR5F97 EGo= X-SBRS: 2.7 X-MesageID: 25759931 X-Ironport-Server: esa2.hc3370-68.iphmx.com X-Remote-IP: 162.221.158.21 X-Policy: $RELAYED X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.76,379,1592884800"; d="scan'208";a="25759931" Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2020 16:50:18 +0200 From: Roger Pau =?utf-8?B?TW9ubsOp?= To: Brian Buhrow CC: Subject: Re: The vnclisten parameter is ignored with hvm domains under xen-4.12.1 and FreeBSD-12.0 Message-ID: <20200901145018.GK734@Air-de-Roger> References: <20200831075009.GE734@Air-de-Roger> <202008311459.07VExDnt001452@nfbcal.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <202008311459.07VExDnt001452@nfbcal.org> X-ClientProxiedBy: AMSPEX02CAS01.citrite.net (10.69.22.112) To FTLPEX02CL06.citrite.net (10.13.108.179) X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4BgqkF01vSz4cRS X-Spamd-Bar: ----- X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-5.11 / 15.00]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; RWL_MAILSPIKE_VERYGOOD(0.00)[216.71.145.153:from]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[citrix.com:s=securemail]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.03)[-1.034]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_DN_SOME(0.00)[]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+exists:216.71.145.153.spf.hc3370-68.iphmx.com]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.002]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; RCVD_DKIM_ARC_DNSWL_MED(-0.50)[]; DWL_DNSWL_LOW(-1.00)[citrix.com:dkim]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED(-0.20)[216.71.145.153:from]; RCPT_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[citrix.com,reject]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[citrix.com:+]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.88)[-0.878]; RCVD_COUNT_ZERO(0.00)[0]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; MID_RHS_NOT_FQDN(0.50)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:16417, ipnet:216.71.145.0/24, country:US]; MAILMAN_DEST(0.00)[freebsd-xen] X-BeenThere: freebsd-xen@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.33 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion of the freebsd port to xen - implementation and usage List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 01 Sep 2020 14:50:29 -0000 On Mon, Aug 31, 2020 at 07:59:13AM -0700, Brian Buhrow wrote: > hello Roger. Yes, I think an improvement to the xl.cfg man page would > be helpful. Your additional notes clarifying my message are also useful in > helping to craft what that modified man page might look like. In > particular, the section of the man page that says that vnc parameters wil > be picked up by hvm guests implies that they'll be picked up from within > the vfb spec. that's simply not the case. And, as you point out, it's > possible, though not probable, to have both an emulated graphics card on an > hvm guest and a pv graphics card on a hvm guest, both potentially sending > their vnc output to different IP addresses. That's not at all clear from > the man page as I read it. > I'll try to come up with some potential language and send it along to > you and this list. If you think it helps, then it could be submitted as an > upstream patch. Sure, I would certainly aim to have this upstream, as I don't carry patches to the Xen packages unless they are backports from upstream commits. If you can provide the adjusted text I can prepare a patch and send upstream, or feel free to do it yourself if you want to :). Thanks, Roger.