Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/2] vga: flip qemu 2.2 pc machine types from cirrus to stdvga

[Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com>]

On So, 2014-11-23 at 14:11 +0200, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 10:09:12AM +0100, Gerd Hoffmann wrote:
> > This patch switches the default display from cirrus to vga
> > for the new (qemu 2.2+) machine types.  Old machines types
> > stay as-is for compatibility reasons.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com>
> 
> 
> Gerd, I noticed that this caused a regression:
> suspend no longer works with windows, the option
> to suspend is greyed out.
> 
> This is not new - it was disabled with -vga std previously -
> but poses a bigger problem now it's the default?
> Thoughts?  Something we can fix for 2.2?

Which windows version is this?

I'm wondering why windows handles stdvga different from cirrus.  Recent
windows versions don't ship cirrus drivers any more, so windows uses the
vgabios to drive the card in both cases ...

cheers,
  Gerd