[Spice-devel] [RFC PATCH spice 1/2] QXL interface: add functions to identify monitors in the guest

[Gerd Hoffmann]

  Hi,

> > + * Sets the hardware (e.g. PCI) path of the graphics device
> > represented by this QXL interface instance.
> 
> So, this comment suggests that the caller might be able to provide a
> path that is not a PCI path. But the implementation below (mostly the
> debug output, I suppose...) assumes a PCI path. Do we need to support
> non-PCI paths?

Certainly not for the initial revision, maybe never.

But thanks to the "pci/" prefix we should be able to add support for
other paths later in case it turns out we need it.

> > + * Returns: The actual SPICE server monitor_id associated with the
> > display
> 
> So, if I remember correctly, Gerd recommended returning this value from
> the function. But I think it needs more explanation here. What exactly
> is a "monitor_id" supposed to represent? It is not used in your follow-
> up qemu patch so it's hard to tell.

IIRC the plan was to ditch the global monior_id idea and use the
(channel_id, display_id) tuple everywhere ...

cheers,
  Gerd