Tested-by: Greg Elkin <[email protected]>
Works OK under qemu v1.7.0 with cirrus vga (1024x768, giving text mode of
128x40). (not tested higher resolutions yet as need to setup spice for -vga
qxl)
On 22 February 2014 00:58, Laszlo Ersek <[email protected]> wrote:
> This is v2 of the vidmode selection series (codenamed "be careful what
> you ask for" :)), with v1 comments addressed, a whole lot of
> QemuVideoDxe cleanups, and -- in the "bells and whistles" category -- an
> HII form.
>
> Recap from the v1 blurb:
>
> > The series is mainly motivated by the Windows 2012 R2 / Windows 8
> > guest: the QXL WDDM driver (0.3) depends on VGABIOS services and
> > doesn't work with OVMF. The series allows the guest admin to configure
> > the GOP through the PreferredResolution global variable, and Windows
> > 2012 R2 simply inherits the GOP resolution and framebuffer.
>
> Anatomy of the patchset -- Laszlo Ersek (19):
>
> #01 enables the PCD-level configuration of the graphics console in OVMF:
>
> OvmfPkg: non-null PcdLib instance for GraphicsConsoleDxe
>
> #02-#03 introduce a simple library that abstracts out Platform
> Configuration knobs on top of one binary NvVar (the wire format can be
> changed later if needed):
>
> OvmfPkg: introduce gOvmfPlatformConfigGuid
> OvmfPkg: introduce PlatformConfigLib
>
> #04 makes OVMF's BDS shovel the resolution preference from the Platform
> Config to the graphics console:
>
> OvmfPkg: BDS: set preferred video resolution from platform
> configuration
>
> #05-#10 constitute a fearless cleanup of QemuVideoDxe:
>
> OvmfPkg: QemuVideoDxe: tidy up error checking/handling in & under
> Start()
> OvmfPkg: QemuVideoDxe: simplify UEFI driver model use in Supported() /
> Start()
> OvmfPkg: QemuVideoDxe: disentangle UEFI driver model use in Stop()
> OvmfPkg: QemuVideoDxe: plug remaining leaks in Stop()
> OvmfPkg: QemuVideoDxe: eliminate useless
> Private->HardwareNeedsStarting
> OvmfPkg: QemuVideoDxe: clarify QEMU_VIDEO_MODE_DATA.ModeNumber
>
> #11-#12 add a bunch of video modes for QXL:
>
> OvmfPkg: QemuVideoDxe: filter BOCHS modes vs. available frame buffer
> size
> OvmfPkg: QemuVideoDxe: add further BOCHS modes
>
> #13-19 develop an HII driver for interactively massaging Platform Config
> knobs -- at the end of the series, the preferred resolution can be
> specified (to be effective from next boot) under Device Manager.
>
> OvmfPkg: introduce PlatformConfigDxe
> OvmfPkg: PlatformConfigDxe: introduce state for the main form
> OvmfPkg: PlatformConfigDxe: add form widgets for video modes
> OvmfPkg: PlatformConfigDxe: get available resolutions from GOP
> OvmfPkg: PlatformConfigDxe: add save and discard buttons to the form
> OvmfPkg: PlatformConfigDxe: connect ExtractConfig() to platform data
> OvmfPkg: PlatformConfigDxe: connect RouteConfig() to platform data
>
> The patchset can be fetched from
>
> https://github.com/lersek/edk2/commits/mode_select_v2
>
> Please test and review.
>
> (
> For reviewing and generally working with .uni (UCS-2) files in the
> tree, see this thread:
>
> http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.bios.tianocore.devel/6351
>
> The "Notes:" sections have been prepared with git-notes(1).
> )
>
> Thanks!
> Laszlo
>
> OvmfPkg/Library/PlatformBdsLib/PlatformBdsLib.inf | 3 +
> .../PlatformConfigLib/PlatformConfigLib.inf | 36 +
> OvmfPkg/PlatformConfigDxe/PlatformConfig.inf | 59 ++
> OvmfPkg/Include/Guid/OvmfPlatformConfig.h | 24 +
> OvmfPkg/Include/Library/PlatformConfigLib.h | 54 ++
> OvmfPkg/PlatformConfigDxe/PlatformConfig.h | 42 ++
> OvmfPkg/QemuVideoDxe/Qemu.h | 12 +-
> OvmfPkg/PlatformConfigDxe/PlatformConfigForms.vfr | 74 +++
> OvmfPkg/Library/PlatformBdsLib/BdsPlatform.c | 32 +
> .../Library/PlatformConfigLib/PlatformConfigLib.c | 106 +++
> OvmfPkg/PlatformConfigDxe/PlatformConfig.c | 730
> +++++++++++++++++++++
> OvmfPkg/QemuVideoDxe/Driver.c | 291 ++++----
> OvmfPkg/QemuVideoDxe/Gop.c | 34 +-
> OvmfPkg/QemuVideoDxe/Initialize.c | 102 ++-
> OvmfPkg/OvmfPkg.dec | 1 +
> OvmfPkg/OvmfPkgIa32.dsc | 11 +-
> OvmfPkg/OvmfPkgIa32.fdf | 1 +
> OvmfPkg/OvmfPkgIa32X64.dsc | 11 +-
> OvmfPkg/OvmfPkgIa32X64.fdf | 1 +
> OvmfPkg/OvmfPkgX64.dsc | 11 +-
> OvmfPkg/OvmfPkgX64.fdf | 1 +
> OvmfPkg/PlatformConfigDxe/PlatformConfig.uni | Bin 0 -> 3322 bytes
> 22 files changed, 1437 insertions(+), 199 deletions(-)
> create mode 100644 OvmfPkg/Library/PlatformConfigLib/PlatformConfigLib.inf
> create mode 100644 OvmfPkg/PlatformConfigDxe/PlatformConfig.inf
> create mode 100644 OvmfPkg/Include/Guid/OvmfPlatformConfig.h
> create mode 100644 OvmfPkg/Include/Library/PlatformConfigLib.h
> create mode 100644 OvmfPkg/PlatformConfigDxe/PlatformConfig.h
> create mode 100644 OvmfPkg/PlatformConfigDxe/PlatformConfigForms.vfr
> create mode 100644 OvmfPkg/Library/PlatformConfigLib/PlatformConfigLib.c
> create mode 100644 OvmfPkg/PlatformConfigDxe/PlatformConfig.c
> create mode 100644 OvmfPkg/PlatformConfigDxe/PlatformConfig.uni
>
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