From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Avi Kivity Subject: Re: Extending VGA ram? Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 17:56:45 +0200 Message-ID: <46F7DE3D.9080605@qumranet.com> References: <200709241646.58437.hus@design-d.de> <46F7D147.8070908@qumranet.com> <200709241749.30965.hus@design-d.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: kvm-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org To: Heinz Ulrich Stille Return-path: In-Reply-To: <200709241749.30965.hus-rnLSl1+bOx0b1SvskN2V4Q@public.gmane.org> 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 Heinz Ulrich Stille wrote: > 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? > > I don't really know. The vga bios, qemu device model, memory size, and guest driver all have to cooperate for this to work. -- error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/