From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:56499) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XtDSw-0004i1-Gn for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 25 Nov 2014 05:35:32 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XtDSp-0000na-C0 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 25 Nov 2014 05:35:26 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:52454) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XtDSo-0000nP-V2 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 25 Nov 2014 05:35:19 -0500 Received: from int-mx14.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx14.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.27]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id sAPAZH5A026885 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=FAIL) for ; Tue, 25 Nov 2014 05:35:18 -0500 Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2014 12:35:14 +0200 From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" Message-ID: <20141125103514.GA1217@redhat.com> References: <1414487352-6027-1-git-send-email-kraxel@redhat.com> <1414487352-6027-3-git-send-email-kraxel@redhat.com> <20141123121134.GA3474@redhat.com> <1416819311.3806.16.camel@nilsson.home.kraxel.org> <20141124115050.GA14353@redhat.com> <1416831539.3806.36.camel@nilsson.home.kraxel.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1416831539.3806.36.camel@nilsson.home.kraxel.org> Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/2] vga: flip qemu 2.2 pc machine types from cirrus to stdvga List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Gerd Hoffmann Cc: ajax@redhat.com, qemu-devel@nongnu.org On Mon, Nov 24, 2014 at 01:18:59PM +0100, Gerd Hoffmann wrote: > Hi, > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > I tested with XP. I can try others if you like. > > Yep. WinXP was the last release shipping with cirrus drivers, so, yes, > it'll be a change there. On anything more recent I'd expect you don't > see a difference in behavior between cirrus and stdvga. > > WinXP is out of support though, and I see little reason to care too much > here. Especially as this is only about picking a default, not about > dropping cirrus support. If you need it it is still there, and machine > types for 2.1 & older continue to default to cirrus. > > cheers, > Gerd I checked windows 7, and I see a problem with it, as well: with -vga cirrus, hybernate is enabled, with new default, it is disabled :( -- MST