Hi Alper,
On Tue, 8 Aug 2023 at 13:19, Alper Nebi Yasak <alpernebiya...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Commit 716161663ec49 ("riscv: qemu: Enable Bochs video support") enables
> a video console for QEMU RISC-V virtual machines using an emulated Bochs
> VGA card. Similarly, enable it for ARM virtual machines as well.
>
> Signed-off-by: Alper Nebi Yasak <alpernebiya...@gmail.com>
> ---
>
> arch/arm/Kconfig | 4 ++++
> board/emulation/qemu-arm/qemu-arm.env | 3 +++
> doc/board/emulation/qemu-arm.rst | 4 ++++
> 3 files changed, 11 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
> index 97c25b4f146d..0d4654fb9dfc 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
> @@ -1036,6 +1036,10 @@ config ARCH_QEMU
> imply DM_RTC
> imply RTC_PL031
> imply OF_HAS_PRIOR_STAGE
> + imply VIDEO
> + imply VIDEO_BOCHS
> + imply SYS_WHITE_ON_BLACK
> + imply SYS_CONSOLE_IS_IN_ENV
>
> config ARCH_RMOBILE
> bool "Renesas ARM SoCs"
> diff --git a/board/emulation/qemu-arm/qemu-arm.env
> b/board/emulation/qemu-arm/qemu-arm.env
> index e658d5ee7d63..86a99a2e8713 100644
> --- a/board/emulation/qemu-arm/qemu-arm.env
> +++ b/board/emulation/qemu-arm/qemu-arm.env
> @@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
>
> /* environment for qemu-arm and qemu-arm64 */
>
> +stdin=serial
> +stdout=serial,vidconsole
> +stderr=serial,vidconsole
> fdt_high=0xffffffff
> initrd_high=0xffffffff
> fdt_addr=0x40000000
> diff --git a/doc/board/emulation/qemu-arm.rst
> b/doc/board/emulation/qemu-arm.rst
> index b42d924cc66a..1108fe5f8184 100644
> --- a/doc/board/emulation/qemu-arm.rst
> +++ b/doc/board/emulation/qemu-arm.rst
> @@ -67,6 +67,10 @@ Additional persistent U-Boot environment support can be
> added as follows:
> Additional peripherals that have been tested to work in both U-Boot and Linux
> can be enabled with the following command line parameters:
>
> +- To add a video console, remove "-nographic" and add e.g.::
> +
> + -serial stdio -device VGA
> +
> - To add a Serial ATA disk via an Intel ICH9 AHCI controller, pass e.g.::
>
> -drive if=none,file=disk.img,format=raw,id=mydisk \
> --
Could you also add info about running a distro? (from your cover letter)
Regards,
Simon
