Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/2] vga: flip qemu 2.2 pc machine types from cirrus to stdvga

["Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>]

On Mon, Nov 24, 2014 at 09:55:11AM +0100, Gerd Hoffmann wrote:
> On So, 2014-11-23 at 14:11 +0200, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> > On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 10:09:12AM +0100, Gerd Hoffmann wrote:
> > > This patch switches the default display from cirrus to vga
> > > for the new (qemu 2.2+) machine types.  Old machines types
> > > stay as-is for compatibility reasons.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com>
> > 
> > 
> > Gerd, I noticed that this caused a regression:
> > suspend no longer works with windows, the option
> > to suspend is greyed out.
> > 
> > This is not new - it was disabled with -vga std previously -
> > but poses a bigger problem now it's the default?
> > Thoughts?  Something we can fix for 2.2?
> 
> Which windows version is this?
> 
> I'm wondering why windows handles stdvga different from cirrus.  Recent
> windows versions don't ship cirrus drivers any more, so windows uses the
> vgabios to drive the card in both cases ...
> 
> cheers,
>   Gerd
> 

I tested with XP. I can try others if you like.