Re: VGA pass through and AHCI emulation status

2011-07-08 Thread Alexander Graf
On 08.07.2011, at 10:25, Piwko, Maciej wrote: > Hi, > > We are currently working on passing primary VGA to GOS and checking AHCI > emulation. Therefore we are facing problem with that tasks. > My questions are: > 1. What is the status of VGA pass-through? Are there any known issues with > that

RE: VGA pass-through

2009-08-18 Thread Han, Weidong
nathan binkert wrote: Currently VGA pass-through is not supported in KVM. It needs much work to support it. >>> >>> Here's what I know of: >>> >>> - load the vga bios at 0xc >>> - implement whatever main bios interfaces the vga vios expects >>> - pass through the vga I/O ports >>>

Re: VGA pass-through

2009-08-18 Thread nathan binkert
>>> Currently VGA pass-through is not supported in KVM. It needs much >>> work to support it. >> >> Here's what I know of: >> >> - load the vga bios at 0xc >> - implement whatever main bios interfaces the vga vios expects >> - pass through the vga I/O ports >> > I think it also needs: > - map

RE: VGA pass-through

2009-06-30 Thread Subash Kalbarga
Cc: 'Avi Kivity'; Subash Kalbarga; 'kvm@vger.kernel.org' Subject: Re: VGA pass-through Han, Weidong wrote: > Michael Tokarev wrote: >> Han, Weidong wrote: >>> Michael Tokarev wrote: >> [] >>>> But how about using it as a "secondary"

Re: VGA pass-through

2009-06-30 Thread Michael Tokarev
Han, Weidong wrote: Michael Tokarev wrote: Han, Weidong wrote: Michael Tokarev wrote: [] But how about using it as a "secondary" video card? Like, I can plug another add-on vga card into a free PCI slot and tell X to use that one instead of "default" card. Can kvm work like this? "secondar

RE: VGA pass-through

2009-06-30 Thread Han, Weidong
Michael Tokarev wrote: > Han, Weidong wrote: >> Michael Tokarev wrote: > [] >>> But how about using it as a "secondary" video card? Like, I can >>> plug another add-on vga card into a free PCI slot and tell X to >>> use that one instead of "default" card. Can kvm work like this? >> >> "secondary

Re: VGA pass-through

2009-06-30 Thread Michael Tokarev
Han, Weidong wrote: Michael Tokarev wrote: [] But how about using it as a "secondary" video card? Like, I can plug another add-on vga card into a free PCI slot and tell X to use that one instead of "default" card. Can kvm work like this? "secondary" means secondary video card in host, and w

RE: VGA pass-through

2009-06-30 Thread Han, Weidong
Michael Tokarev wrote: > Han, Weidong wrote: > [] Currently VGA pass-through is not supported in KVM. It needs much work to support it. >>> What does it need? >>> >>> Here's what I know of: >>> >>> - load the vga bios at 0xc >>> - implement whatever main bios interfaces the v

Re: VGA pass-through

2009-06-30 Thread Michael Tokarev
Han, Weidong wrote: [] Currently VGA pass-through is not supported in KVM. It needs much work to support it. What does it need? Here's what I know of: - load the vga bios at 0xc - implement whatever main bios interfaces the vga vios expects - pass through the vga I/O ports Anything else

RE: VGA pass-through

2009-06-30 Thread Han, Weidong
Avi Kivity wrote: > On 06/30/2009 09:16 AM, Han, Weidong wrote: >> Subash Kalbarga wrote: >> >>> Hi >>> >>> I am using kvm-86 on 2.6.28 and I am able to pass through most of my >>> PCI devices successfully. However, I do not see even the KVM BIOS >>> output if I pass through my VGA adapter. I am

Re: VGA pass-through

2009-06-29 Thread Avi Kivity
On 06/30/2009 09:16 AM, Han, Weidong wrote: Subash Kalbarga wrote: Hi I am using kvm-86 on 2.6.28 and I am able to pass through most of my PCI devices successfully. However, I do not see even the KVM BIOS output if I pass through my VGA adapter. I am doing -vga none, -nographic and -pcidevi

RE: VGA pass-through

2009-06-29 Thread Han, Weidong
Subash Kalbarga wrote: > Hi > > I am using kvm-86 on 2.6.28 and I am able to pass through most of my > PCI devices successfully. However, I do not see even the KVM BIOS > output if I pass through my VGA adapter. I am doing -vga none, > -nographic and -pcidevice host=xx:yy.z > > > Should I expe