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Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2009 16:09:31 +0000
From: Vincent Hanquez <tab@snarc.org>
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH] Add VirtIO Frame Buffer Support
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To: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
Cc: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, Alexander Graf <agraf@suse.de>, kvm@vger.kernel.org, qemu-devel@nongnu.org

On Tue, Nov 03, 2009 at 11:38:18AM +0200, Avi Kivity wrote:
> On 11/03/2009 01:25 PM, Vincent Hanquez wrote:
>> not sure if i'm missing the point here, but couldn't it be hypothetically
>> extended to stuff 3d (or video&  more 2d accel ?) commands too ? I can't
>> imagine the cirrus or stdvga driver be able to do that ever ;)
>>    
>
> cirrus has pretty good 2d acceleration.  3D is a mega-project though.

absolutely huge indeed, but still alexander's code is pretty much the
only way, to start such a project. with maybe added benefits on more
and easier 2d acceleration.

or otherwise wait for SR-IOV graphics cards (or similar tech)...

-- 
Vincent