Both would be very helpful :-) And important from a market/competitive point of view.
Please let me have a look at the patches if possible, Thanks Kai On 11/9/11 5:54 PM, "Alon Levy" <al...@redhat.com> wrote: >On Wed, Nov 09, 2011 at 03:57:30PM +0000, Mosebach Kai wrote: >> On 11/9/11 3:51 PM, "Alon Levy" <al...@redhat.com> wrote: >> >> >> >On Wed, Nov 09, 2011 at 01:52:12PM +0000, Mosebach Kai wrote: >> >> Hi guys, >> >> >> >> Just a though : >> >> >> >> In a scenario where a kvm-host system has a openGL capable display >> >> adapter, wouldn't it be possible (and relatively simple compared to a >> >>full >> >> VGA passthrough) to just >> >> pass the OpenGL interface/access into the VMs QXL Adapter making this >> >>one >> >> (HW accelerated) OpenGL aware? >> > >> >There are threads in qemu-devel about using pci passthrough for using >> >> I tried for long time now to pass through PCIe Hardware into the guest >> with all kind of PCIe cards w/o too much off success. So that¹s not >>what I >> want ;-) >> >> >the host GPU from the guest. If you actually want to view the results >> >then yes, it's relatively simple in theory. Maybe also in practice, but >> >I've been struggling with a slightly larger problem, doing OpenGL and >> >Direct3D passthrough, for almost a year now, with no results to show :/ >> > >> >I do have patches on my harddrive somewhere by Izik Eidos that do a >> >proof of concept for GL passthrough from a windows guest to a >> >windows/linux client, I could ask him if it's ok to post them if you'd >> >like. (and if I can find them). >> > >> >Basically it adds qxl messages for all the GL commands, adds a surface >> >type, tracks all commands from the last SwapBuffers (I guess >> >wglSwapBuffers - the equivalent of glXSwapBuffers) per surface, and >> >passes all of those to the client. Rendering on the server, that is the >> >host, will be a little simpler. >> >> So (if I got you right and you got me right) we talk about the QXL >>device >> on the KVM guest receiving OpenGL commands and passing them (thru >> qemu-kvm) downwards to the OpenGL capable hardware on the KVM Host >> (server). The client (spicec or similar) should not be involved at all. >>Is >> there any work in progress (for rendering on the server) - similar to >>the >> RemoteFX project of HyperV? >> > >I know I'm working on enabling both server side and client side >rendering, not aware of anyone else. > >> >> Cheers Kai >> >> > >> >> >> >> Thanks for enlightenment, >> >> >> >> Kai >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Spice-devel mailing list >> >> Spice-devel@lists.freedesktop.org >> >> http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/spice-devel >> _______________________________________________ Spice-devel mailing list Spice-devel@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/spice-devel
