[Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Add -display option

["Sebastian Herbszt" <herbszt@gmx.de>]

> I would better name it -display, as not all computers have 
> VGA-compatible cards.

--- vl.c.orig Tue Apr 15 20:07:18 2008
+++ vl.c Sun Apr 20 20:47:15 2008
@@ -7852,6 +7852,7 @@
     QEMU_OPTION_old_param,
     QEMU_OPTION_clock,
     QEMU_OPTION_startdate,
+    QEMU_OPTION_display,
 };
 
 typedef struct QEMUOption {
@@ -7964,6 +7965,7 @@
 #endif
     { "clock", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_clock },
     { "startdate", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_startdate },
+    { "display", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_display },
     { NULL },
 };
 
@@ -8816,6 +8818,26 @@
                         }
                         rtc_date_offset = time(NULL) - rtc_start_date;
                     }
+                }
+                break;
+            case QEMU_OPTION_display:
+                if (!strcmp(optarg, "cirrus")) {
+                    cirrus_vga_enabled = 1;
+                    vmsvga_enabled = 0;
+                } else if (!strcmp(optarg, "std")) {
+                    cirrus_vga_enabled = 0;
+                    vmsvga_enabled = 0;
+                } else if (!strcmp(optarg, "vmware")) {
+                    cirrus_vga_enabled = 0;
+                    vmsvga_enabled = 1;
+                } else if (!strcmp(optarg, "none")) {
+                    serial_devices[0] = "stdio";
+                    parallel_devices[0] = "null";
+                    monitor_device = "stdio";
+                    nographic = 1;
+                } else {
+                    fprintf(stderr, "Display devices available: cirrus, std, vmware, none\n");
+                    exit(1);
                 }
                 break;
             }


- Sebastian