From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:48703) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V59ia-00049U-M1 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 02 Aug 2013 03:24:14 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V59iU-00057v-Jc for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 02 Aug 2013 03:24:08 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:16003) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V59iU-00057k-B2 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 02 Aug 2013 03:24:02 -0400 Received: from int-mx10.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx10.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.23]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id r727O0UJ017154 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Fri, 2 Aug 2013 03:24:00 -0400 From: Markus Armbruster References: <51FAB912.5040203@redhat.com> <51FB5672.4070907@redhat.com> Date: Fri, 02 Aug 2013 09:23:58 +0200 In-Reply-To: <51FB5672.4070907@redhat.com> (Gerd Hoffmann's message of "Fri, 02 Aug 2013 08:49:22 +0200") Message-ID: <87pptwimi9.fsf@blackfin.pond.sub.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] default slot used for vga device on q35 machines List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Gerd Hoffmann Cc: qemu list , Laine Stump Gerd Hoffmann writes: > Hi, > >> qemu-kvm -M q35 -nodefaults -nodefconfig -qmp unix:/tmp/qemu,server >> -vnc :15 -vga std -usb >> >> Then ran "query-pci" in the qmp monitor and found that the vga device is >> put at slot 1 instead of slot 2. >> >> My questions: >> >> 1) Is this difference intentional, or a bug? > > The vga simply goes into the first free slot. That happens to be #2 > with i440fx and #1 with q35. The slot used by -vga depends on the machine type, and can be expected to remain stable. We've kept it stable even for the machine type family i440FX. Nevertheless, if you require the graphics adapter to go into a specific slot, I very much recommend to control its placement with -device. [...]