[Qemu-devel] -vga switch

[Qemu-devel] -vga switch

[C.W. Betts]

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I'm just throwing this out here to see if anyone else is interested in this 
idea: There seems to be different arguments to set up a display adaptor for a 
virtual machine.  Why not set it up so that you can have a central way of 
doing it, such as a -vga argument.  For instance, -vga vmware would use the 
vmware VGA adaptor, and -vga standard would use the standard VGA adaptor, and 
so on.

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[Qemu-devel] -vga switch

[C.W. Betts]

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I'm just throwing this out here to see if anyone else is interested in this 
idea: There seems to be different arguments to set up a display adaptor for a 
virtual machine.  Why not set it up so that you can have a central way of 
doing it, such as a -vga argument.  For instance, -vga vmware would use the 
vmware VGA adaptor, and -vga standard would use the standard VGA adaptor, and 
so on.

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[Qemu-devel] Re: -vga switch

[Sebastian Herbszt]

> I'm just throwing this out here to see if anyone else is interested in this 
> idea: There seems to be different arguments to set up a display adaptor for a 
> virtual machine.  Why not set it up so that you can have a central way of 
> doing it, such as a -vga argument.  For instance, -vga vmware would use the 
> vmware VGA adaptor, and -vga standard would use the standard VGA adaptor, and 
> so on.

You mean something like this?

--- vl.c.orig Mon Apr 14 19:20:56 2008
+++ vl.c Mon Apr 14 20:19:24 2008
@@ -7835,6 +7835,7 @@ enum {
     QEMU_OPTION_old_param,
     QEMU_OPTION_clock,
     QEMU_OPTION_startdate,
+    QEMU_OPTION_vga,
 };
 
 typedef struct QEMUOption {
@@ -7946,6 +7947,7 @@ const QEMUOption qemu_options[] = {
 #endif
     { "clock", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_clock },
     { "startdate", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_startdate },
+    { "vga", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_vga },
     { NULL },
 };
 
@@ -8793,6 +8795,21 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
                         }
                         rtc_date_offset = time(NULL) - rtc_start_date;
                     }
+                }
+                break;
+            case QEMU_OPTION_vga:
+                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 {
+                    fprintf(stderr, "Supported vga cards: cirrus, std, vmware\n");
+                    exit(1);
                 }
                 break;
             }


- Sebastian

Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: -vga switch

[Hervé Poussineau]

Hi,

Sebastian Herbszt a écrit :
>> I'm just throwing this out here to see if anyone else is interested in 
>> this idea: There seems to be different arguments to set up a display 
>> adaptor for a virtual machine.  Why not set it up so that you can have 
>> a central way of doing it, such as a -vga argument.  For instance, 
>> -vga vmware would use the vmware VGA adaptor, and -vga standard would 
>> use the standard VGA adaptor, and so on.
> 
> You mean something like this?
> 
[snip]
 >

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

Hervé

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

[Sebastian Herbszt]

> 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

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

[Anthony Liguori]

Sebastian Herbszt wrote:
>> 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;

I don't think -display none should be a synonym for -nographic.  It 
should just suppress the creation of a VGA device.  If a platform 
doesn't support that, it should raise an error.

Regards,

Anthony Liguori

> +                } else {
> +                    fprintf(stderr, "Display devices available: 
> cirrus, std, vmware, none\n");
> +                    exit(1);
>                 }
>                 break;
>             }
>
>
> - Sebastian
>
>
>

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

[Daniel P. Berrange]

On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 05:01:27PM -0500, Anthony Liguori wrote:
> Sebastian Herbszt wrote:
> >>I would better name it -display, as not all computers have 
> >>VGA-compatible cards.

> >+                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;
> 
> I don't think -display none should be a synonym for -nographic.  It 
> should just suppress the creation of a VGA device.  If a platform 
> doesn't support that, it should raise an error.

I agree - its rather unfortunate that -nographic changes the default
settings for serial / parallel devices - it makes it troublesome to 
launch QEMU with a predictable config. Having 'none' merely supress
the VGA device would be preferrable behaviour.

It is certainly nice from a libvirt point of view to have a generic 
flag -display like this.

Dan.
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[Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH] Add -display option

[Sebastian Herbszt]

From: "Daniel P. Berrange"
> On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 05:01:27PM -0500, Anthony Liguori wrote:
>> Sebastian Herbszt wrote:
>> >>I would better name it -display, as not all computers have 
>> >>VGA-compatible cards.
> 
>> >+                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;
>> 
>> I don't think -display none should be a synonym for -nographic.  It 
>> should just suppress the creation of a VGA device.  If a platform 
>> doesn't support that, it should raise an error.
> 
> I agree - its rather unfortunate that -nographic changes the default
> settings for serial / parallel devices - it makes it troublesome to 
> launch QEMU with a predictable config. Having 'none' merely supress
> the VGA device would be preferrable behaviour.

Since i did not find that functionality yet, what would be the correct
implementation? Would adding an "int display_enabled = 1" in vl.c
suffice? With "-display none" display_enabled would be set to 0.
A platform not supporting it would then bail out with an error in its
init (e.g. pc_init1 from hw/pc.c).

- Sebastian

Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: -vga switch

[Luke -Jr]

On Tuesday 15 April 2008, Hervé Poussineau wrote:
> I would better name it -display, as not all computers have
> VGA-compatible cards.

-display is pretty standard to specify the X display to connect to...
How about -videoout or such?