Hi all, We have tried to port spice to Xen (Xen 4.0.1, Dom0 kernel 2.6.18). The current porting allows basic spice run for xen-fv. Now We are trying to port the qxl component, but it''s difficult because of the big difference between xen-qemu and upstream qemu. If you enable the qxl device in our current porting(do it by setting ''qxl=1'' in xm config file), you are most likely to get a mess screen. :( So any help in qxl porting will be much appreciated. Our work is shared here: http://code.google.com/p/spice4xen/ It''s not be a good way to port spice to xen-qemu because of tremendous difference. But before the Xen with upstream-qemu supported has been released and runs stable, it may be a choice. Best, -- Zhou Peng Operating System Technology Group Institute of Software, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (ISCAS) _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
On Thu, 7 Apr 2011, ZhouPeng wrote:> Hi all, > > We have tried to port spice to Xen (Xen 4.0.1, Dom0 kernel 2.6.18). > The current porting allows basic spice run for xen-fv. > > Now We are trying to port the qxl component, but it''s difficult > because of the big difference between xen-qemu and upstream qemu. > If you enable the qxl device in our current porting(do it by setting > ''qxl=1'' in xm config file), you are most likely to get a mess screen. > :( > > So any help in qxl porting will be much appreciated. > > Our work is shared here: http://code.google.com/p/spice4xen/ > > It''s not be a good way to port spice to xen-qemu because of tremendous > difference. But before the Xen with upstream-qemu supported has been > released and runs stable, it may be a choice.I think that porting spice and qxl to the current qemu-xen tree is not worth the effort, considering that we are very close to having xen support in upstream qemu right now. Also if you don''t want to wait for xen support to go upstream in qemu you can checkout Anthony Perard''s git qemu branch and work directly on it: git://xenbits.xen.org/people/aperard/qemu-dm.git qemu-dm-v12 _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
2011/4/7 Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@eu.citrix.com>> On Thu, 7 Apr 2011, ZhouPeng wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > We have tried to port spice to Xen (Xen 4.0.1, Dom0 kernel 2.6.18). > > The current porting allows basic spice run for xen-fv. > > > > Now We are trying to port the qxl component, but it''s difficult > > because of the big difference between xen-qemu and upstream qemu. > > If you enable the qxl device in our current porting(do it by setting > > ''qxl=1'' in xm config file), you are most likely to get a mess screen. > > :( > > > > So any help in qxl porting will be much appreciated. > > > > Our work is shared here: http://code.google.com/p/spice4xen/ > > > > It''s not be a good way to port spice to xen-qemu because of tremendous > > difference. But before the Xen with upstream-qemu supported has been > > released and runs stable, it may be a choice. > > I think that porting spice and qxl to the current qemu-xen tree is not > worth the effort, considering that we are very close to having xen > support in upstream qemu right now. >Good news. How long will it be released? Also if you don''t want to wait for xen support to go upstream in qemu> you can checkout Anthony Perard''s git qemu branch and work directly on > it: > > git://xenbits.xen.org/people/aperard/qemu-dm.git qemu-dm-v12 >-- Zhou Peng Operating System Technology Group Institute of Software, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (ISCAS) <ailvpeng25@gmail.com> _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
On Fri, 8 Apr 2011, ZhouPeng wrote:> I think that porting spice and qxl to the current qemu-xen tree is not > worth the effort, considering that we are very close to having xen > support in upstream qemu right now. > > > Good news. How long will it be released?It should be almost a matter of days now. If I were you I would start working on Anthony''s tree because it is very similar to what is going to look like qemu upstream after the patch series is accepted. _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
I will have a try of Anthony''s tree. Thank you, Stefano Stabellini. 2011/4/8 Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@eu.citrix.com>> On Fri, 8 Apr 2011, ZhouPeng wrote: > > I think that porting spice and qxl to the current qemu-xen tree is not > > worth the effort, considering that we are very close to having xen > > support in upstream qemu right now. > > > > > > Good news. How long will it be released? > > It should be almost a matter of days now. > If I were you I would start working on Anthony''s tree because it is very > similar to what is going to look like qemu upstream after the patch > series is accepted.-- Zhou Peng Operating System Technology Group Institute of Software, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (ISCAS) <ailvpeng25@gmail.com> _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel