Fabio Fantoni
2013-Jan-28 16:03 UTC
[PATCH v8] tools/libxl: Add qxl vga interface support for upstream-qemu-xen.
Ian Campbell
2013-Feb-05 10:33 UTC
Re: [PATCH v8] tools/libxl: Add qxl vga interface support for upstream-qemu-xen.
On Mon, 2013-01-28 at 16:03 +0000, Fabio Fantoni wrote:> tools/libxl: Add qxl vga interface support for > upstream-qemu-xen. > > Usage: > qxl=1|0 > > Changes from v7: > - Fix videoram settings parameters for qemu. > > Signed-off-by: Fabio Fantoni <fabio.fantoni@heliman.it> > Signed-off-by: Zhou Peng <zpengxen@gmail.com>Unfortunately this patch is whitespace damaged in various places.> --- > docs/man/xl.cfg.pod.5 | 11 +++++++++++ > tools/libxl/libxl_create.c | 12 ++++++++++++ > tools/libxl/libxl_dm.c | 15 +++++++++++++++ > tools/libxl/libxl_types.idl | 1 + > tools/libxl/xl_cmdimpl.c | 7 ++++++- > 5 files changed, 45 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/docs/man/xl.cfg.pod.5 b/docs/man/xl.cfg.pod.5 > index 9c5cdcd..a0f0dc3 100644 > --- a/docs/man/xl.cfg.pod.5 > +++ b/docs/man/xl.cfg.pod.5 > @@ -984,6 +984,9 @@ the amount of video ram is fixed at 4MB which is > sufficient > for 1024x768 at 32 bpp and videoram option is currently working > only when using the upstream qemu-xen device-model. > > +For B<qxl> vga, the default is both default and minimal 128MB. > +If B<videoram> is set less than 128MB, an error will be triggered. > + > =item B<stdvga=BOOLEAN> > > Select a standard VGA card with VBE (VESA BIOS Extensions) as the > @@ -992,6 +995,14 @@ a Cirrus Logic GD5446 VGA card. If your guest > supports VBE 2.0 or > later (e.g. Windows XP onwards) then you should enable this. > stdvga supports more video ram and bigger resolutions than Cirrus. > > +=item B<qxl=BOOLEAN>What happens if I give qxl=1 and stdvga=1? Perhaps we should deprecate stdvga and add a new option: vga = "stdvga|cirrus|qxl" ?> + > +Select a QXL VGA card as the emulated graphics device. > +In general, QXL should work with the Spice remote display protocol > +for acceleration, and QXL driver is necessary in guest in this case.Do we have any docs on where to obtain this driver and how to install it? On the wiki perhaps, a link would be useful.> +QXL can also work with the VNC protocol, but it will be like a standard > +VGA without acceleration. > + > =item B<vnc=BOOLEAN> > > Allow access to the display via the VNC protocol. This enables the > diff --git a/tools/libxl/libxl_create.c b/tools/libxl/libxl_create.c > index 55014e5..4761b5a 100644 > --- a/tools/libxl/libxl_create.c > +++ b/tools/libxl/libxl_create.c > @@ -197,6 +197,18 @@ int libxl__domain_build_info_setdefault(libxl__gc *gc, > case LIBXL_DOMAIN_TYPE_HVM: > if (b_info->shadow_memkb == LIBXL_MEMKB_DEFAULT) > b_info->shadow_memkb = 0; > + > + if (b_info->device_model_version == > LIBXL_DEVICE_MODEL_VERSION_QEMU_XEN > + && b_info->u.hvm.vga.kind == LIBXL_VGA_INTERFACE_TYPE_QXL) { > + if (b_info->video_memkb == LIBXL_MEMKB_DEFAULT) { > + b_info->video_memkb = (128 * 1024); > + }else if (b_info->video_memkb < (128 * 1024)) { > + LIBXL__LOG(CTX, LIBXL__LOG_ERROR, > + "128 Mib videoram is the minimum for qxl default");You can use the LOG() macros to shorten this line (and in other places including you videoram patch too). Should this error out on qemu == traditional and vga == QXL?> + return ERROR_INVAL; > + } > + } > + > if (b_info->video_memkb == LIBXL_MEMKB_DEFAULT) > b_info->video_memkb = 8 * 1024; > else if (b_info->video_memkb < 8192){ > diff --git a/tools/libxl/libxl_dm.c b/tools/libxl/libxl_dm.c > index 465b1fd..0813258 100644 > --- a/tools/libxl/libxl_dm.c > +++ b/tools/libxl/libxl_dm.c > @@ -437,6 +439,19 @@ static char ** > libxl__build_device_model_args_new(libxl__gc *gc, > NULL); > } > break; > + case LIBXL_VGA_INTERFACE_TYPE_QXL: > + flexarray_vappend(dm_args, "-vga", "qxl", NULL);flexarray_append_pair() ?> + if (b_info->video_memkb) { > + flexarray_vappend(dm_args, "-global", > + libxl__sprintf(gc, "qxl-vga.vram_size_mb=%lu", > + (b_info->video_memkb/2/1024)), > + NULL); > + flexarray_vappend(dm_args, "-global", > + libxl__sprintf(gc, "qxl-vga.ram_size_mb=%lu", > + (b_info->video_memkb/2/1024)), > + NULL);You could combine the second two vappends into a single one, or use flexarray_append_pair(). The /2 is because the videomem is split between vram and ram? A comment to that affect would be useful.> diff --git a/tools/libxl/xl_cmdimpl.c b/tools/libxl/xl_cmdimpl.c > index 080bbd8..b4f7a0e 100644 > --- a/tools/libxl/xl_cmdimpl.c > +++ b/tools/libxl/xl_cmdimpl.c > @@ -1469,7 +1469,12 @@ skip_vfb: > #undef parse_extra_args > > if (c_info->type == LIBXL_DOMAIN_TYPE_HVM) { > - if (!xlu_cfg_get_long(config, "stdvga", &l, 0)) > + if (!xlu_cfg_get_long(config, "qxl", &l, 0)) > + b_info->u.hvm.vga.kind = l ? LIBXL_VGA_INTERFACE_TYPE_QXL : > + LIBXL_VGA_INTERFACE_TYPE_CIRRUS; > + > + if (!xlu_cfg_get_long(config, "stdvga", &l, 0) && > + b_info->u.hvm.vga.kind != LIBXL_VGA_INTERFACE_TYPE_QXL) > b_info->u.hvm.vga.kind = l ? LIBXL_VGA_INTERFACE_TYPE_STD : > LIBXL_VGA_INTERFACE_TYPE_CIRRUS; >
Stefano Stabellini
2013-Feb-05 11:30 UTC
Re: [PATCH v8] tools/libxl: Add qxl vga interface support for upstream-qemu-xen.
On Tue, 5 Feb 2013, Ian Campbell wrote:> On Mon, 2013-01-28 at 16:03 +0000, Fabio Fantoni wrote: > > tools/libxl: Add qxl vga interface support for > > upstream-qemu-xen. > > > > Usage: > > qxl=1|0 > > > > Changes from v7: > > - Fix videoram settings parameters for qemu. > > > > Signed-off-by: Fabio Fantoni <fabio.fantoni@heliman.it> > > Signed-off-by: Zhou Peng <zpengxen@gmail.com> > > Unfortunately this patch is whitespace damaged in various places.BTW you can find a simple doc here that explains how to send patches to mailing lists: http://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/SubmittingPatches the first part is a bit out-of-date: nowadays you would use "hg diff" or "git diff" to generate your patches.
Fabio Fantoni
2013-Feb-05 13:19 UTC
Re: [PATCH v8] tools/libxl: Add qxl vga interface support for upstream-qemu-xen.
Ian Campbell
2013-Feb-05 13:33 UTC
Re: [PATCH v8] tools/libxl: Add qxl vga interface support for upstream-qemu-xen.
On Tue, 2013-02-05 at 13:19 +0000, Fabio Fantoni wrote:> Il 05/02/2013 11:33, Ian Campbell ha scritto: > > On Mon, 2013-01-28 at 16:03 +0000, Fabio Fantoni wrote: > >> tools/libxl: Add qxl vga interface support for > >> upstream-qemu-xen. > >> > >> Usage: > >> qxl=1|0 > >> > >> Changes from v7: > >> - Fix videoram settings parameters for qemu. > >> > >> Signed-off-by: Fabio Fantoni <fabio.fantoni@heliman.it> > >> Signed-off-by: Zhou Peng <zpengxen@gmail.com> > > Unfortunately this patch is whitespace damaged in various places. > > I''ll try from linux instead windows, I can also add patches as > attachment on next messages?If sending from Linux doesn''t work *then* lets try attachments.> > >> --- > >> docs/man/xl.cfg.pod.5 | 11 +++++++++++ > >> tools/libxl/libxl_create.c | 12 ++++++++++++ > >> tools/libxl/libxl_dm.c | 15 +++++++++++++++ > >> tools/libxl/libxl_types.idl | 1 + > >> tools/libxl/xl_cmdimpl.c | 7 ++++++- > >> 5 files changed, 45 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > >> > >> diff --git a/docs/man/xl.cfg.pod.5 b/docs/man/xl.cfg.pod.5 > >> index 9c5cdcd..a0f0dc3 100644 > >> --- a/docs/man/xl.cfg.pod.5 > >> +++ b/docs/man/xl.cfg.pod.5 > >> @@ -984,6 +984,9 @@ the amount of video ram is fixed at 4MB which is > >> sufficient > >> for 1024x768 at 32 bpp and videoram option is currently working > >> only when using the upstream qemu-xen device-model. > >> > >> +For B<qxl> vga, the default is both default and minimal 128MB. > >> +If B<videoram> is set less than 128MB, an error will be triggered. > >> + > >> =item B<stdvga=BOOLEAN> > >> > >> Select a standard VGA card with VBE (VESA BIOS Extensions) as the > >> @@ -992,6 +995,14 @@ a Cirrus Logic GD5446 VGA card. If your guest > >> supports VBE 2.0 or > >> later (e.g. Windows XP onwards) then you should enable this. > >> stdvga supports more video ram and bigger resolutions than Cirrus. > >> > >> +=item B<qxl=BOOLEAN> > > What happens if I give qxl=1 and stdvga=1? > > > > Perhaps we should deprecate stdvga and add a new option: > > vga = "stdvga|cirrus|qxl" > > ? > > Yes that should be nice. > I''ll do a patch that remove stdvga option and add vga option.Please keep the stdvga as a (deprecated) synonym for vga=stdvga, so that configuration files are forward compatible.> >> + > >> + if (b_info->device_model_version => >> LIBXL_DEVICE_MODEL_VERSION_QEMU_XEN > >> + && b_info->u.hvm.vga.kind == LIBXL_VGA_INTERFACE_TYPE_QXL) { > >> + if (b_info->video_memkb == LIBXL_MEMKB_DEFAULT) { > >> + b_info->video_memkb = (128 * 1024); > >> + }else if (b_info->video_memkb < (128 * 1024)) { > >> + LIBXL__LOG(CTX, LIBXL__LOG_ERROR, > >> + "128 Mib videoram is the minimum for qxl default"); > > You can use the LOG() macros to shorten this line (and in other places > > including you videoram patch too). > > > > Should this error out on qemu == traditional and vga == QXL? > > Must I only replace LIBXL__LOG with LOG?LOG is just a convenience macro. LIBXL__LOG(CTX, LIBXL__LOG_ERROR, ... ) becomes LOG(ERROR, ...)> I''ll add error and exit if vga=qxl and qemu is traditional.Great. Remember that libxl can''t exit(2), so it should return an error which causes xl to exit.
George Dunlap
2013-Feb-05 17:56 UTC
Re: [PATCH v8] tools/libxl: Add qxl vga interface support for upstream-qemu-xen.
On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 11:30 AM, Stefano Stabellini < stefano.stabellini@eu.citrix.com> wrote:> BTW you can find a simple doc here that explains how to send patches to > mailing lists: > > http://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/SubmittingPatches > > the first part is a bit out-of-date: nowadays you would use "hg diff" or > "git diff" to generate your patches. >There''s information about sending patch series with hg here: http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Submitting_Xen_Patches If you''re using git, "git email" is the most convenient thing to use. -George _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xen.org http://lists.xen.org/xen-devel