From: malc <av1474@comtv.ru>
To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [5336] Optional "precise" VGA retrace support
Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:07:42 +0400 (MSD) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0809300002300.3116@linmac.oyster.ru> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1222693476.29740.48.camel@ord-ckrumme-d2>
On Mon, 29 Sep 2008, Krumme, Chris wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Could we get better comments here.
>
> I know most people are experts on VGA and the exact use of
> retrace... :-)
The exact use is to be able to run DOS version of Pinball Fantasies
(and a lot of other picky applications)
> Especially when adding a new option there needs to be documentation
> about the new option.
The original patch (which was out of the tree for 5 years or so) had a
57 lines readme on the subject, once i came up with something more
succint it would be added.
> The options parsing code can lead you to the invalid vga tag, but there
> is not clue on what is valid, except by reading the code. The current
> error message would be "Unknown vga type: std", when the error had to do
> with precise.
No it wouldn't. The error message would look like: 'Unknown vga type:
std<rest of the line>', yes this could be improved, exactly how i don't
know yet, hence this.
[..snip..]
P.S. Please do not top-post and overquote, thanks.
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2008-09-28 0:42 [Qemu-devel] [5336] Optional "precise" VGA retrace support malc
2008-09-29 13:04 ` Krumme, Chris
2008-09-29 20:07 ` malc [this message]
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