From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:45251) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SwiLw-00056a-1z for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 01 Aug 2012 19:29:20 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SwiLu-00020O-W2 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 01 Aug 2012 19:29:19 -0400 Received: from cantor2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15]:56568 helo=mx2.suse.de) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SwiLu-00020K-PT for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 01 Aug 2012 19:29:18 -0400 Message-ID: <5019BBC8.9080100@suse.de> Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2012 01:29:12 +0200 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Andreas_F=E4rber?= MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <1343629462.21647.32.camel@pasglop> <50165D0A.6060608@redhat.com> <1343647217.21647.40.camel@pasglop> <50166F2A.1040507@redhat.com> <1343649267.21647.44.camel@pasglop> <501676D7.3010504@redhat.com> <878ve11j70.fsf@codemonkey.ws> <50168C68.9010103@redhat.com> <874nopicrc.fsf@codemonkey.ws> <5016926E.3090109@redhat.com> <87obmx491u.fsf@codemonkey.ws> <50169BD5.6060807@redhat.com> <87ipd5xmpb.fsf@codemonkey.ws> In-Reply-To: <87ipd5xmpb.fsf@codemonkey.ws> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] Cirrus bugs vs endian: how two bugs cancel each other out List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Anthony Liguori Cc: Rusty Russell , =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Herv=E9_Poussineau?= , Avi Kivity , qemu-devel@nongnu.org Am 30.07.2012 18:01, schrieb Anthony Liguori: > I'm not saying that we should remove qxl.c from QEMU. We can continue > to support that ABI forever. >=20 > But there's a lot of value in a new graphics interface that uses virtio > and negotiates support for the Spice protocol. That way, if QEMU > doesn't have Spice support, the feature won't be exposed to the guest > and you can still have a legacy VGA interface. >=20 > Then we can change the default. Basic 2d commands (like blit and solid > fill) can be done without going through libspice. >=20 > Then we can stop messing around with having multiple display types. > It would be a huge usability improvement and would allow us to focus on > a single graphics adapter for all architectures. Focus maybe, but legacy and non-x86 systems will still need the existing cirrus/vga graphics adapters. Also a reminder that Herv=E9 and me had prepared an IBM8514 PCI card that we will still be interested in merging for PReP whatever virtio devices come along. Andreas --=20 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 N=FCrnberg, Germany GF: Jeff Hawn, Jennifer Guild, Felix Imend=F6rffer; HRB 16746 AG N=FCrnbe= rg