From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Kjxi6-0002dh-TG for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sun, 28 Sep 2008 10:57:22 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Kjxi5-0002dP-05 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sun, 28 Sep 2008 10:57:22 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=53151 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Kjxi4-0002dK-Qi for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sun, 28 Sep 2008 10:57:20 -0400 Received: from rv-out-0708.google.com ([209.85.198.250]:31227) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Kjxi4-0006jf-EB for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sun, 28 Sep 2008 10:57:20 -0400 Received: by rv-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id f25so1497480rvb.22 for ; Sun, 28 Sep 2008 07:57:18 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2008 16:57:18 +0200 From: "andrzej zaborowski" Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [5335] Change the way video graphics adapter is selected In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: 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 2008/9/28 Blue Swirl : > On 9/28/08, malc wrote: >> Revision: 5335 >> http://svn.sv.gnu.org/viewvc/?view=rev&root=qemu&revision=5335 >> Author: malc >> Date: 2008-09-28 00:42:05 +0000 (Sun, 28 Sep 2008) >> >> Log Message: >> ----------- >> Change the way video graphics adapter is selected >> >> Instead of having (current)three command line switches -std-vga, >> -cirrusvga and -vmwarevga, provide one -vga switch which takes >> an argument, so that: >> qemu -std-vga becomes qemu -vga std >> qemu -cirrusvga becomes qemu -vga cirrus >> qemu -vmwarevga becomes qemu -vga vmware > > I'd prefer a more generic syntax, like -drive options: > -displayhw model=vga,type=std > -displayhw model=vga,type=std > -displayhw model=vga,type=std > -displayhw model=tcx,type=hardwarecursor My thinking was that the next improvement to the -xxxvga syntax should be to allow multiple graphics cards to be inserted. An interesting question is whether a bus hierarchy oriented syntax instead of functionality otiented would be better, for example -pcihw slot=N,model=vga (perhaps not). > > Then this option would be useful for non-VGA targets. I don't see -vga > xxx as an improvement over -xxx-vga. > > Also, there should be compatibility support for previous syntax, like > -cdrom or -hda implies some -drive options. Agreed. Cheers