Re: [Qemu-devel] SeaVGABIOS and winxp

[Michael Tokarev]

On 16.04.2012 01:58, Michael Tokarev wrote:
> On 16.04.2012 01:07, Kevin O'Connor wrote:
>> On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 12:17:09AM +0400, Michael Tokarev wrote:
>>> On 15.04.2012 06:48, Kevin O'Connor wrote:
>>>> * Many enhancements to VGA BIOS code - it should now be feature complete 
>>>> with LGPL vgabios.
>>>
>>> This is something which prompted me to test the new release,
>>> but it gives... interesting results.
>>>
>>> WinXP guest is unable to find drivers for the video adaptor
>>> with -vga std and this vgabios.bin, not even its "standard VGA"
>>> fallback driver.  The device in question is detected as "Other
>>> devices / Video controller (VGA compat.)", and its identification
>>> looks like:
>>>
>>>  PCI\VEN_1234&DEV_1111&SUBSYS_11001AF4&REV_00\3&13C0B0C5&0&10

The identification is the same as with seabios-1.6.2 and
vgabios-0.6<someting> - the "other vgabios" from bochs project.

I just tried to re-install the video driver in 1.6.2 & 0.6, by
deleting the device in device manager and rebooting the virtual
machine - and it is unable to find any drivers too, saying this
is some "Other device - vga compatible", -- i.e. exactly as with
1.7 and vgarom from it.

The only difference is that with 1.6.2 & vgabios, even if the
device is listed as "other device", there are a ton of various
video modes available, while with 1.7 & vga rom from it, only
one mode -- 640x480, 16 colors -- is available.

>>> This appears to be bogus somehow, no?

Bogus or not, but it was the same with bochs vgabios.. :)

Thank you!

/mjt