When the user clicks on the second column of the list of network
interfaces, run 'ethtool --identify <if_name> 10', which (on supported
cards) flashes a light on the physical interface for 10 seconds,
allowing it to be identified by the operator.
This has a nasty bit of hidden UI, basically because Gtk makes it near
impossible to put a regular button into a GtkTreeView.
---
p2v/gui.c | 67 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
p2v/virt-p2v.pod | 4 ++++
2 files changed, 71 insertions(+)
diff --git a/p2v/gui.c b/p2v/gui.c
index 92a7bc4..ed23753 100644
--- a/p2v/gui.c
+++ b/p2v/gui.c
@@ -414,6 +414,7 @@ static void populate_removable (GtkTreeView *removable_list);
static void populate_interfaces (GtkTreeView *interfaces_list);
static void toggled (GtkCellRendererToggle *cell, gchar *path_str, gpointer data);
static void network_edited_callback (GtkCellRendererToggle *cell, gchar *path_str, gchar
*new_text, gpointer data);
+static gboolean maybe_identify_click (GtkWidget *interfaces_list, GdkEventButton *event,
gpointer data);
static void set_disks_from_ui (struct config *);
static void set_removable_from_ui (struct config *);
static void set_interfaces_from_ui (struct config *);
@@ -649,6 +650,10 @@ create_conversion_dialog (struct config *config)
gtk_scrolled_window_set_policy (GTK_SCROLLED_WINDOW (interfaces_sw),
GTK_POLICY_NEVER, GTK_POLICY_AUTOMATIC);
interfaces_list = gtk_tree_view_new ();
+ /* See maybe_identify_click below for what we're doing. */
+ g_signal_connect (interfaces_list, "button-press-event",
+ G_CALLBACK (maybe_identify_click), NULL);
+ gtk_widget_set_tooltip_markup (interfaces_list, _("Left click on an interface name
to flash the light on the physical interface."));
populate_interfaces (GTK_TREE_VIEW (interfaces_list));
gtk_scrolled_window_add_with_viewport (GTK_SCROLLED_WINDOW (interfaces_sw),
interfaces_list);
@@ -1022,6 +1027,68 @@ network_edited_callback (GtkCellRendererToggle *cell, gchar
*path_str,
gtk_tree_path_free (path);
}
+/* When the user clicks on the interface name on the list of
+ * interfaces, we want to run 'ethtool --identify', which usually
+ * makes some lights flash on the physical interface. We cannot catch
+ * clicks on the cell itself, so we have to go via a more obscure
+ * route. See
http://stackoverflow.com/a/27207433 and
+ *
https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/GTK%2B_By_Example/Tree_View/Events
+ */
+static gboolean
+maybe_identify_click (GtkWidget *interfaces_list, GdkEventButton *event,
+ gpointer data)
+{
+ gboolean ret = FALSE; /* Did we handle this event? */
+
+ /* Single left click only. */
+ if (event->type == GDK_BUTTON_PRESS && event->button == 1) {
+ GtkTreePath *path;
+ GtkTreeViewColumn *column;
+
+ if (gtk_tree_view_get_path_at_pos (GTK_TREE_VIEW (interfaces_list),
+ event->x, event->y,
+ &path, &column, NULL, NULL)) {
+ GList *cols;
+ gint column_index;
+
+ /* Get column index. */
+ cols = gtk_tree_view_get_columns (GTK_TREE_VIEW (interfaces_list));
+ column_index = g_list_index (cols, (gpointer) column);
+ g_list_free (cols);
+
+ if (column_index == INTERFACES_COL_DEVICE) {
+ const gint *indices;
+ gint row_index;
+ const char *if_name;
+ char *cmd;
+
+ /* Get the row index. */
+ indices = gtk_tree_path_get_indices (path);
+ row_index = indices[0];
+
+ /* And the interface name. */
+ if_name = all_interfaces[row_index];
+
+ /* Issue the ethtool command in the background. */
+ if (asprintf (&cmd, "ethtool --identify '%s' 10 &",
if_name) == -1) {
+ perror ("asprintf");
+ exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
+ }
+ printf ("%s\n", cmd);
+ ignore_value (system (cmd));
+
+ free (cmd);
+
+ ret = TRUE; /* We handled this event. */
+ }
+
+ gtk_tree_path_free (path);
+ }
+ }
+
+ return ret;
+}
+
static void
set_from_ui_generic (char **all, char ***ret, GtkTreeView *list)
{
diff --git a/p2v/virt-p2v.pod b/p2v/virt-p2v.pod
index 6193ca8..b4598d9 100644
--- a/p2v/virt-p2v.pod
+++ b/p2v/virt-p2v.pod
@@ -232,6 +232,10 @@ should be created in the guest after conversion. You can also
connect
these to target hypervisor networks (for further information about
this feature, see L<virt-v2v(1)/NETWORKS AND BRIDGES>).
+On supported hardware, left-clicking on the device name (eg. C<em1>)
+causes a light to start flashing on the physical interface, allowing
+the interface to be identified by the operator.
+
When you are ready to begin the conversion, press the
C<Start conversion> button:
--
2.5.0