Changeset 28605 in vbox for trunk/src/VBox/Additions/common

Timestamp:

Apr 22, 2010 4:01:50 PM (15 years ago)

Author:

vboxsync

Message:

VBoxService/VBoxServiceVMInfo: added comment that we use /VirtualBox/GuestInfo/Net/Count as keep-alive beacon

File:

• trunk/src/VBox/Additions/common/VBoxService/VBoxServiceVMInfo.cpp (modified) (1 diff)

trunk/src/VBox/Additions/common/VBoxService/VBoxServiceVMInfo.cpp

@@ -398 +398 @@
         int iCurIface = 0;
 
+        /*
+         * This property is a beacon which is _always_ written, even if the network configuration
+         * does not change. If this property is missing, the host assumes that all other GuestInfo
+         * properties are no longer valid.
+         */
         VBoxServiceWritePropF(g_VMInfoGuestPropSvcClientID, "/VirtualBox/GuestInfo/Net/Count", "%d",
                               nNumInterfaces > 1 ? nNumInterfaces-1 : 0);