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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 12/13] set vnc password from xenstore.

To: "Daniel P. Berrange" <berrange@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 12/13] set vnc password from xenstore.
From: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2008 23:25:05 +0200
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Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
> What is the justification for this change. We already have a means
> to set the VNC password from the monitor. If this isn't sufficient
> we should introduce an additional method which isn't Xen specific.

Justification is that I've just implemented what qemu-dm does today, so
upstream qemu can easily replace qemu-dm.

I'm perfectly fine with dropping the patch altogether.

> IMHO, XenD should just set the VNC password by connecting to the
> monitor. That's what its there for after all.

Agreed.

cheers,
  Gerd

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