Re: [Qemu-devel] [5335] Change the way video graphics adapter is selected

[Anthony Liguori <anthony@codemonkey.ws>]

Blue Swirl wrote:
> On 9/28/08, malc <av1474@comtv.ru> wrote:
>   
>> Revision: 5335
>>           http://svn.sv.gnu.org/viewvc/?view=rev&root=qemu&revision=5335
>>  Author:   malc
>>  Date:     2008-09-28 00:42:05 +0000 (Sun, 28 Sep 2008)
>>
>>  Log Message:
>>  -----------
>>  Change the way video graphics adapter is selected
>>
>>  Instead of having (current)three command line switches -std-vga,
>>  -cirrusvga and -vmwarevga, provide one -vga switch which takes
>>  an argument, so that:
>>  qemu -std-vga   becomes qemu -vga std
>>  qemu -cirrusvga becomes qemu -vga cirrus
>>  qemu -vmwarevga becomes qemu -vga vmware
>>     
>
> I'd prefer a more generic syntax, like -drive options:
> -displayhw model=vga,type=std
> -displayhw model=vga,type=std
> -displayhw model=vga,type=std
> -displayhw model=tcx,type=hardwarecursor
>   

I think this would quickly rat hole since it requires rewriting a huge 
amount of code.

> Then this option would be useful for non-VGA targets. I don't see -vga
> xxx as an improvement over -xxx-vga.
>   

If the next steps are creating a mechanism to register VGA hw emulation, 
then I think this is a step in the right direction.

I think we have to get to a place where most hardware devices are 
registered within a generic frame work before we start trying to expose 
that to the user.

Regards,

Anthony Liguori

> Also, there should be compatibility support for previous syntax, like
> -cdrom or -hda implies some -drive options.
>
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