From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1N5CmD-0000JJ-3V for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:21:57 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1N5Cm8-0000Ir-HQ for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:21:56 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=34162 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1N5Cm8-0000Io-9o for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:21:52 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:38741) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1N5Cm7-0001AS-Me for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:21:52 -0500 Message-ID: <4AEFCBED.50804@redhat.com> Date: Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:21:33 +0200 From: Avi Kivity MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <1257199759-2941-1-git-send-email-agraf@suse.de> In-Reply-To: <1257199759-2941-1-git-send-email-agraf@suse.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH] Add VirtIO Frame Buffer Support List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Alexander Graf Cc: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, qemu-devel@nongnu.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org On 11/03/2009 12:09 AM, Alexander Graf wrote: > When we want to create a full VirtIO based machine, we're still missing > graphics output. Fortunately, Linux provides us with most of the frameworks > to render text and everything, we only need to implement a transport. > > So this is a frame buffer backend written for VirtIO. Using this and my > patch to qemu, you can use paravirtualized graphics. > > What does this do that cirrus and/or vmware-vga don't? > This is especially important on machines that can't do MMIO, as all current > graphics implementations qemu emulates I'm aware of so far fail here. > s390 virtual desktops? -- Do not meddle in the internals of kernels, for they are subtle and quick to panic.