Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: Spice and legacy VGA drivers

[Izik Eidus <ieidus@redhat.com>]

On Sat, 12 Dec 2009 13:28:18 -0600
Anthony Liguori <anthony@codemonkey.ws> wrote:

> Izik Eidus wrote:
> > That specific area in spice will be changed very soon due to new
> > requiments that the offscreens will add.
> > Windows direct draw allow modifying offscreen (or even primary)
> > surfaces using a pointer giving to the user, this mean we can`t know
> > what parts of the surface was changed... (In some modes the primary
> > screen can be changed without we know about this)
> >
> > We already thought about few algorithems we might want to add to
> > spice to better address this "changed without notifications
> > surfaces", But it is still not in a state I can confirm in what
> > direction we will go in the end (We still need to test most of the
> > cases to know what fit us best)
> >   
> 
> Okay, I'm interested in hearing more about this as it develops.  I
> think good support for legacy modes is an important requirement.
> 
> For instance, I very often interact with VMs in text console mode.
> In cloud deployments, it's pretty common to have minimal appliances
> that don't have a full X session.

Sure, this exactly why we still dont sure what kind of algorithem we
will use... , we are searching for something that wont deprived any
usage (Such as text console mode, or "modified by pointer surface")

Thanks.


> 
> Regards,
> 
> Anthony Liguori
>