On Tue 07 Feb 2017 04:11:51 PM CET, Markus Armbruster wrote:
>> Cirrus Logic GD5446 Video card. All Windows versions starting from
>> Windows 95 should recognize and use this graphic card. For optimal
>> performances, use 16 bit color depth in the guest and the host OS.
>> -(This one is the default)
>> +(This card was the default before QEMU 2.2)
>> @item std
>> Standard VGA card with Bochs VBE extensions. If your guest OS
>> supports the VESA 2.0 VBE extensions (e.g. Windows XP) and if you want
>> to use high resolution modes (>= 1280x1024x16) then you should use
>> -this option.
>> +this option. (This card is the default since QEMU 2.2)
>> @item vmware
>> VMWare SVGA-II compatible adapter. Use it if you have sufficiently
>> recent XFree86/XOrg server or Windows guest with a driver for this
>
> Do we want to cover history in the user manual? Or should we simply
> move the "(This one is the default)" phrase?
> Hmm, the default seems to depend on the machine type:
>
> 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";
> }
> }
>
> The pc-*-2.2 and newer set ->default_display = "std".
Right, if you set e.g. pc-i440fx-1.7 you'll get a cirrus card, that's
why I thought it was worth mentioning that older versions had a
different default.
But I'm fine either way to be honest.
Berto
