Re: [Qemu-ppc] [PATCH] vga: make stdvga the global default

[Eduardo Habkost]

On Wed, Jul 04, 2018 at 10:21:19PM +0200, Sebastian Bauer wrote:
> Am 2018-07-04 20:53, schrieb Eduardo Habkost:
> > >      mc->kvm_type = spapr_kvm_type;
> > >      machine_class_allow_dynamic_sysbus_dev(mc,
> > > TYPE_SPAPR_PCI_HOST_BRIDGE);
> > >      mc->pci_allow_0_address = true;
> > > diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
> > > index 16b913f9d5..e60bf2d6cd 100644
> > > --- a/vl.c
> > > +++ b/vl.c
> > > @@ -4475,10 +4475,10 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
> > >      if (default_vga) {
> > >          if (machine_class->default_display) {
> > >              vga_model = machine_class->default_display;
> > > -        } else if (vga_interface_available(VGA_CIRRUS)) {
> > > -            vga_model = "cirrus";
> > >          } else if (vga_interface_available(VGA_STD)) {
> > >              vga_model = "std";
> > > +        } else if (vga_interface_available(VGA_CIRRUS)) {
> > > +            vga_model = "cirrus";
> > 
> > If we don't make the machines above have default_display=NULL, we
> > won't need this hunk, right?  In either case, I suggest doing
> > this change on a separate patch.
> 
> An alternative would be to define the default always to VGA_STD if the
> machine does not override it. This is from the observation that the majority
> would chose std. Obviously, having default values always has pro and cons. I
> would not consider it harmful here.

That would be my preference: not having any machine with
default_display==NULL.  I just don't want to make this a
requirement for fixing the current bug.

> 
> Is there any configuration that includes VGA_CIRRUS but not VGA_STD?

Not sure, I'll check.

-- 
Eduardo