Xen users - Jul 2013 - qemu-system-i386: -gfx_passthru: invalid option

Hi,

How come gfx_passthru is now an invalid option? Does it mean 
Xen-unstable 4.4 changeset 27214 no longer supports vga passthrough?

-- 
Yours sincerely,

Singapore Citizen Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)

Hi,

How come gfx_passthru is now an invalid option? Does it mean 
Xen-unstable 4.4 changeset 27214 no longer supports vga passthrough?

-- 
Yours sincerely,

Singapore Citizen Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)

On Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 07:11:49PM +0800, Singapore Citizen Mr. Teo En Ming
(Zhang Enming) wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> How come gfx_passthru is now an invalid option? Does it mean
> Xen-unstable 4.4 changeset 27214 no longer supports vga passthrough?
> 
upstream qemu (which is now the default) doesn''t yet support VGA
passthrough.
You need to use qemu-traditional.

-- Pasi

On Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 07:11:49PM +0800, Singapore Citizen Mr. Teo En Ming
(Zhang Enming) wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> How come gfx_passthru is now an invalid option? Does it mean
> Xen-unstable 4.4 changeset 27214 no longer supports vga passthrough?
> 
upstream qemu (which is now the default) doesn''t yet support VGA
passthrough.
You need to use qemu-traditional.

-- Pasi

On 14/07/2013 19:56, Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 07:11:49PM +0800, Singapore Citizen Mr. Teo En Ming
(Zhang Enming) wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> How come gfx_passthru is now an invalid option? Does it mean
>> Xen-unstable 4.4 changeset 27214 no longer supports vga passthrough?
>>
> upstream qemu (which is now the default) doesn''t yet support VGA
passthrough.
> You need to use qemu-traditional.
>
> -- Pasi
>
>
How do I use qemu-traditional? What are the steps? I have no idea how to 
do it.

-- 
Yours sincerely,

Singapore Citizen Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)

On 14/07/2013 19:56, Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 07:11:49PM +0800, Singapore Citizen Mr. Teo En Ming
(Zhang Enming) wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> How come gfx_passthru is now an invalid option? Does it mean
>> Xen-unstable 4.4 changeset 27214 no longer supports vga passthrough?
>>
> upstream qemu (which is now the default) doesn''t yet support VGA
passthrough.
> You need to use qemu-traditional.
>
> -- Pasi
>
>
How do I use qemu-traditional? What are the steps? I have no idea how to 
do it.

-- 
Yours sincerely,

Singapore Citizen Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)

On Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 07:59:00PM +0800, Singapore Citizen Mr. Teo En Ming
(Zhang Enming) wrote:
> On 14/07/2013 19:56, Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote:
> >On Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 07:11:49PM +0800, Singapore Citizen Mr. Teo En
Ming (Zhang Enming) wrote:
> >>Hi,
> >>
> >>How come gfx_passthru is now an invalid option? Does it mean
> >>Xen-unstable 4.4 changeset 27214 no longer supports vga
passthrough?
> >>
> >upstream qemu (which is now the default) doesn''t yet support
VGA passthrough.
> >You need to use qemu-traditional.
> >
> >-- Pasi
> >
> >
> How do I use qemu-traditional? What are the steps? I have no idea
> how to do it.
> 
device_model_version="qemu-xen-traditional"

-- Pasi

On Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 07:59:00PM +0800, Singapore Citizen Mr. Teo En Ming
(Zhang Enming) wrote:
> On 14/07/2013 19:56, Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote:
> >On Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 07:11:49PM +0800, Singapore Citizen Mr. Teo En
Ming (Zhang Enming) wrote:
> >>Hi,
> >>
> >>How come gfx_passthru is now an invalid option? Does it mean
> >>Xen-unstable 4.4 changeset 27214 no longer supports vga
passthrough?
> >>
> >upstream qemu (which is now the default) doesn''t yet support
VGA passthrough.
> >You need to use qemu-traditional.
> >
> >-- Pasi
> >
> >
> How do I use qemu-traditional? What are the steps? I have no idea
> how to do it.
> 
device_model_version="qemu-xen-traditional"

-- Pasi