From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KfHCE-0008QD-Po for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 15 Sep 2008 12:45:06 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KfHCD-0008NI-5h for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 15 Sep 2008 12:45:06 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=55850 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KfHCC-0008Mw-NF for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 15 Sep 2008 12:45:04 -0400 Received: from smtp.eu.citrix.com ([62.200.22.115]:58682) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KfHCC-0005Gh-98 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 15 Sep 2008 12:45:04 -0400 Message-ID: <48CE9184.2040805@eu.citrix.com> Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2008 17:47:00 +0100 From: Stefano Stabellini MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 3 of 6] vga shared buffer References: <48CA51E6.1010305@eu.citrix.com> <48CE8819.8070204@codemonkey.ws> In-Reply-To: <48CE8819.8070204@codemonkey.ws> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Reply-To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org Anthony Liguori wrote: > Stefano Stabellini wrote: >> Signed-off-by: Stefano Stabellini >> > > I need to carve out some time to test this series and think about > whether it can be done without adding a new DisplayState hook. I should > be able to respond or apply within a few days. > > I'm concerned about the complexity this adds to back-ends. It's not > clear to me whether the performance justifies the added complexity. > The shared buffer support is completely optional, so not all the back-ends have to support it. Regarding the performances, keep also in mind the memory savings :)