From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Cam Macdonell Subject: Re: VMGL support on KVM Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 17:11:32 -0700 Message-ID: <47C5FC34.7060309@cs.ualberta.ca> References: <47C5CDF6.7040609@cs.ualberta.ca> <59abf66e0802271457w56d34f39n1ac13a8ab5aa7c18@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: kvm-devel To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Jorge_Luc=E1ngeli_Obes?= Return-path: In-Reply-To: <59abf66e0802271457w56d34f39n1ac13a8ab5aa7c18@mail.gmail.com> 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 Jorge Luc=E1ngeli Obes wrote: > On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 1:54 PM, Cam Macdonell wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I've been playing with VMGL and got it to work on KVM using two of the >> three suggested setups 1) X forwarding and 2) VNC. However, with SDL it >> doesn't work yet. This will require patching KVM/Qemu's SDL viewer. >> >> Also, I haven't been able to get virtio networking going which is >> necessary as the network is the bottleneck to getting better performanc= e. >> >> I've installed 2.6.25-rc2, and have the nic model set as virtio and its >> using a tap interface. I can load the virto_pci and virtio_net modules. >> But I can't bring the interface up. Is there any other configuration >> in the guest that is necessary? >> >> Host and guest are both 64-bit Scientific Linux 5.0. >> >> Thanks, >> Cam >> >> If anyone has questions about getting VMGL to work feel free to ask. > = > Hi Cam, > = > I've been playing with VMGL also. I'm at work right now so I'll make > it quick: I'm getting ~35 FPS with 'glxgears' in the guest versus > ~1100 in the host. That's around the same ratio as what the VMGL > author gets with a XEN HVM guest. = Hi, To be clear, do you have VMGL running? And you're only getting ~35 FPS? For me, using VMGL doubles the performance of glxgears on two different = machines. As well, I'm using the "Enemy Territory" demos the author = used and they are usable with VMGL but still jumpy. How do you use VMGL? Do you use VNC or do you have SDL working some how? Thanks, Cam ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/