From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Heinz Ulrich Stille Subject: Re: Extending VGA ram? Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 17:49:30 +0200 Message-ID: <200709241749.30965.hus@design-d.de> References: <200709241646.58437.hus@design-d.de> <46F7D147.8070908@qumranet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: kvm-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org To: Avi Kivity Return-path: In-Reply-To: <46F7D147.8070908-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org> Content-Disposition: inline List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: kvm-devel-bounces-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Errors-To: kvm-devel-bounces-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Id: kvm.vger.kernel.org On Monday 24 September 2007, Avi Kivity wrote: > You'll need to emulate a card that supports these resolutions. I don't > think cirrus does. The vmware vga display in qemu-cvs probably does, > but it hasn't been ported to kvm yet. You might try that. I use Windows XP on std-vga. I tried hacking vgabios to report higher resolutions and memory, but that doesn't seem to make any difference. Windows lists 32bpp even if memory is insufficient for that. So where is the catch? Would it be possible to make std vga support large resolutions without too much effort? MfG, Ulrich -- = Heinz Ulrich Stille / Tel.: +49-541-9400473 / Fax: +49-541-9400450 design_d gmbh / Wilhelmstr. 16 / 49076 Osnabr=FCck / www.design-d.de Osnabr=FCck HRB 19116 / Gesch=E4ftsf=FChrer: G=FCnter Tammen, Rolf Tammen ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/