Re: VGA pass through and AHCI emulation status

2011-07-08 Thread Alexander Graf
On 08.07.2011, at 10:25, Piwko, Maciej wrote: Hi, We are currently working on passing primary VGA to GOS and checking AHCI emulation. Therefore we are facing problem with that tasks. My questions are: 1. What is the status of VGA pass-through? Are there any known issues with that? Are

Re: VGA pass-through

2009-08-18 Thread nathan binkert
Currently VGA pass-through is not supported in KVM. It needs much work to support it. Here's what I know of: - load the vga bios at 0xc - implement whatever main bios interfaces the vga vios expects - pass through the vga I/O ports I think it also needs: - map video RAM: 0xa -

RE: VGA pass-through

2009-08-18 Thread Han, Weidong
nathan binkert wrote: Currently VGA pass-through is not supported in KVM. It needs much work to support it. Here's what I know of: - load the vga bios at 0xc - implement whatever main bios interfaces the vga vios expects - pass through the vga I/O ports I think it also needs: -

RE: VGA pass-through

2009-06-30 Thread Han, Weidong
Subash Kalbarga wrote: Hi I am using kvm-86 on 2.6.28 and I am able to pass through most of my PCI devices successfully. However, I do not see even the KVM BIOS output if I pass through my VGA adapter. I am doing -vga none, -nographic and -pcidevice host=xx:yy.z Should I expect to

Re: VGA pass-through

2009-06-30 Thread Avi Kivity
On 06/30/2009 09:16 AM, Han, Weidong wrote: Subash Kalbarga wrote: Hi I am using kvm-86 on 2.6.28 and I am able to pass through most of my PCI devices successfully. However, I do not see even the KVM BIOS output if I pass through my VGA adapter. I am doing -vga none, -nographic and

RE: VGA pass-through

2009-06-30 Thread Han, Weidong
Avi Kivity wrote: On 06/30/2009 09:16 AM, Han, Weidong wrote: Subash Kalbarga wrote: Hi I am using kvm-86 on 2.6.28 and I am able to pass through most of my PCI devices successfully. However, I do not see even the KVM BIOS output if I pass through my VGA adapter. I am doing -vga none,

Re: VGA pass-through

2009-06-30 Thread Michael Tokarev
Han, Weidong wrote: [] Currently VGA pass-through is not supported in KVM. It needs much work to support it. What does it need? Here's what I know of: - load the vga bios at 0xc - implement whatever main bios interfaces the vga vios expects - pass through the vga I/O ports Anything

RE: VGA pass-through

2009-06-30 Thread Han, Weidong
Michael Tokarev wrote: Han, Weidong wrote: [] Currently VGA pass-through is not supported in KVM. It needs much work to support it. What does it need? Here's what I know of: - load the vga bios at 0xc - implement whatever main bios interfaces the vga vios expects - pass through

Re: VGA pass-through

2009-06-30 Thread Michael Tokarev
Han, Weidong wrote: Michael Tokarev wrote: [] But how about using it as a secondary video card? Like, I can plug another add-on vga card into a free PCI slot and tell X to use that one instead of default card. Can kvm work like this? secondary means secondary video card in host, and will

RE: VGA pass-through

2009-06-30 Thread Han, Weidong
Michael Tokarev wrote: Han, Weidong wrote: Michael Tokarev wrote: [] But how about using it as a secondary video card? Like, I can plug another add-on vga card into a free PCI slot and tell X to use that one instead of default card. Can kvm work like this? secondary means secondary

Re: VGA pass-through

2009-06-30 Thread Michael Tokarev
Han, Weidong wrote: Michael Tokarev wrote: Han, Weidong wrote: Michael Tokarev wrote: [] But how about using it as a secondary video card? Like, I can plug another add-on vga card into a free PCI slot and tell X to use that one instead of default card. Can kvm work like this? secondary

RE: VGA pass-through

2009-06-30 Thread Subash Kalbarga
Cc: 'Avi Kivity'; Subash Kalbarga; 'kvm@vger.kernel.org' Subject: Re: VGA pass-through Han, Weidong wrote: Michael Tokarev wrote: Han, Weidong wrote: Michael Tokarev wrote: [] But how about using it as a secondary video card? Like, I can plug another add-on vga card into a free PCI slot