From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Avi Kivity Subject: Re: vmwarevga doesn't work: "get_dirty_pages returned -2" Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 11:44:21 +0200 Message-ID: <47BE9975.5080108@qumranet.com> References: <47BB0E15.6080100@gmx.at> <47BD3EC2.9050806@qumranet.com> <47BD7B3B.2050500@gmx.at> <20080222091254.GA9694@butch.linux2go.dk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: kvm-devel@lists.sourceforge.net To: soren@ubuntu.com Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20080222091254.GA9694@butch.linux2go.dk> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: kvm-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: kvm-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net List-Id: kvm.vger.kernel.org Soren Hansen wrote: > On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 02:23:07PM +0100, Andreas Winkelbauer wrote: > >>> Most likely it only works with Linux; it was probably written by >>> reverse-engineering the Linux driver. >>> >> actually -vmwarevga works for me when using pure qemu (latest cvs >> snapshot) without kqemu (-no-kqemu), but it does not work with kvm >> when using -no-kvm. >> > > This is a known issue. I've sent a patch to this list (twice, actually) > that fixes it, but for some reason, it hasn't been applied. Search for > posts from me with "vga" or something in the subject. > > I did provide feedback last time: > The changes to last_ch_attr, map_addr, etc. are gratuitous and will > cause merge conflicts in the future. Please change only the relevant lines. > You probably didn't see it, since you have Mail-Followup-To: set to kvm-devel instead of yourself. Adding you explicitly this time. -- Do not meddle in the internals of kernels, for they are subtle and quick to panic. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/