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Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH] Implement a virtio GPU transport
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Ed Tomlinson |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH] Implement a virtio GPU transport |
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Fri, 29 Oct 2010 07:49:57 -0400 |
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On Friday 29 October 2010 07:18:00 Rusty Russell wrote:
> On Wed, 27 Oct 2010 11:30:31 pm Ian Molton wrote:
> > On 19/10/10 11:39, Avi Kivity wrote:
> > > On 10/19/2010 12:31 PM, Ian Molton wrote:
> >
> > >>> 2. should start with a patch to the virtio-pci spec to document what
> > >>> you're doing
> > >>
> > >> Where can I find that spec?
> > >
> > > http://ozlabs.org/~rusty/virtio-spec/
> >
> > Ok, but I'm not patching that until theres been some review.
>
> Fair enough; it's a bit of a PITA to patch, so it makes sense to get the
> details nailed down first.
>
> > There are links to the associated qemu and guest OS changes in my
> > original email.
> >
> > >> It doesnt, at present... It could be changed fairly easily ithout
> > >> breaking anything if that happens though.
> > >
> > > The hypervisor and the guest can be changed independently. The driver
> > > should be coded so that it doesn't depend on hypervisor implementation
> > > details.
> >
> > Fixed - updated patch tested and attached.
>
> OK. FWIW, I think this is an awesome idea. I understand others are skeptical,
> but this seems simple and if it works and you're happy to maintain it I'm
> happy to let you do it :)
From a kvm user's perspective this is a GREAT idea. Looks like Ian and friends
have
though about better solutions down the line and have made their code easy
to superceed. If this is really the case I vote to get this in qemu/kvm asap -
software opengl can be a real pain.
Thanks
Ed Tomlinson
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH] Implement a virtio GPU transport, (continued)
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH] Implement a virtio GPU transport, Ian Molton, 2010/10/27
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH] Implement a virtio GPU transport, Avi Kivity, 2010/10/28
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH] Implement a virtio GPU transport, Ian Molton, 2010/10/28
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH] Implement a virtio GPU transport, Avi Kivity, 2010/10/28
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH] Implement a virtio GPU transport, Anthony Liguori, 2010/10/28
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH] Implement a virtio GPU transport, Ian Molton, 2010/10/28
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH] Implement a virtio GPU transport, Anthony Liguori, 2010/10/28
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH] Implement a virtio GPU transport, Ian Molton, 2010/10/28
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH] Implement a virtio GPU transport, Ian Molton, 2010/10/28
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH] Implement a virtio GPU transport, Rusty Russell, 2010/10/29
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH] Implement a virtio GPU transport,
Ed Tomlinson <=
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH] Implement a virtio GPU transport, Anthony Liguori, 2010/10/29