Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/3] switch to seavgabios

2012-04-19 Thread malc
On Wed, 18 Apr 2012, Gerd Hoffmann wrote: > Hi, > > >> Second, the display panning via vesa pmi was broken in qemu for three > >> years(!) and nobody noticed. The linux kernel's vesafb can use the vesa > >> pmi, it is disabled by default though due to bioses tending to be buggy. > >> I'm not

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/3] switch to seavgabios

2012-04-19 Thread malc
On Wed, 18 Apr 2012, Kevin O'Connor wrote: > On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 10:45:06PM +0400, malc wrote: > > On Wed, 18 Apr 2012, Gerd Hoffmann wrote: > > > > We talked with malc briefly on irc yesterday, and this is what > > > > he gave me: > > > > > > > > http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/vgabios/vb

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/3] switch to seavgabios

2012-04-19 Thread Avi Kivity
On 04/18/2012 08:07 AM, Gerhard Wiesinger wrote: > Negative also here: > Don't see anything on screen on startup... > > From log, latest qemu-kvm git version: > Running option rom at c180:3d4e > Running option rom at c180:3da2 > Running option rom at c180:3df6 > Running option rom at c580:0003 > qe

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/3] switch to seavgabios

2012-04-18 Thread Kevin O'Connor
On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 10:45:06PM +0400, malc wrote: > On Wed, 18 Apr 2012, Gerd Hoffmann wrote: > > > We talked with malc briefly on irc yesterday, and this is what > > > he gave me: > > > > > > http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/vgabios/vbe.c?root=vgabios&r1=1.47&r2=1.48 > > > > > > this is no

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/3] switch to seavgabios

2012-04-18 Thread malc
On Wed, 18 Apr 2012, Gerd Hoffmann wrote: > Hi, > > [ adding seabios list to Cc:, topic is the missing vesa 2.0 protected > mode interface in seavgabios ] > > >> Pointer? > >> I'd like to have a test case which breaks with the new vgabios. > > > > We talked with malc briefly on irc yesterda

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/3] switch to seavgabios

2012-04-18 Thread Gerd Hoffmann
Hi, [ adding seabios list to Cc:, topic is the missing vesa 2.0 protected mode interface in seavgabios ] >> Pointer? >> I'd like to have a test case which breaks with the new vgabios. > > We talked with malc briefly on irc yesterday, and this is what > he gave me: > > http://cvs.savannah.gn

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/3] switch to seavgabios

2012-04-18 Thread Michael Tokarev
On 18.04.2012 14:31, Gerd Hoffmann wrote: > Hi, > >>> Second, the display panning via vesa pmi was broken in qemu for three >>> years(!) and nobody noticed. The linux kernel's vesafb can use the vesa >>> pmi, it is disabled by default though due to bioses tending to be buggy. >>> I'm not aware

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/3] switch to seavgabios

2012-04-18 Thread Gerd Hoffmann
Hi, >> Second, the display panning via vesa pmi was broken in qemu for three >> years(!) and nobody noticed. The linux kernel's vesafb can use the vesa >> pmi, it is disabled by default though due to bioses tending to be buggy. >> I'm not aware of other users. >> >> => Is this actually used by

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/3] switch to seavgabios

2012-04-17 Thread Gerhard Wiesinger
Negative also here: Don't see anything on screen on startup... From log, latest qemu-kvm git version: Running option rom at c180:3d4e Running option rom at c180:3da2 Running option rom at c180:3df6 Running option rom at c580:0003 qemu-system-x86_64: /root/download/qemu/git/qemu-kvm/exec.c:2641:

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/3] switch to seavgabios

2012-04-17 Thread Anthony Liguori
On 04/17/2012 11:20 AM, Stefan Weil wrote: Am 17.04.2012 16:39, schrieb Anthony Liguori: You could also add SeaVGABIOS using to 1.1 while still providing the current default vgabios. Just put the new files in a new subdirectory. Then it's easier for users to test the SeaVGABIOS without the need

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/3] switch to seavgabios

2012-04-17 Thread Stefan Weil
Am 17.04.2012 16:39, schrieb Anthony Liguori: On 04/17/2012 09:29 AM, malc wrote: On Tue, 17 Apr 2012, Anthony Liguori wrote: On 04/17/2012 07:33 AM, malc wrote: On Tue, 17 Apr 2012, Gerd Hoffmann wrote: On 04/17/12 13:40, malc wrote: On Tue, 17 Apr 2012, Gerd Hoffmann wrote: Hi, Th

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/3] switch to seavgabios

2012-04-17 Thread Anthony Liguori
On 04/17/2012 09:29 AM, malc wrote: On Tue, 17 Apr 2012, Anthony Liguori wrote: On 04/17/2012 07:33 AM, malc wrote: On Tue, 17 Apr 2012, Gerd Hoffmann wrote: On 04/17/12 13:40, malc wrote: On Tue, 17 Apr 2012, Gerd Hoffmann wrote: Hi, This patch series switches the vgabios binaries s

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/3] switch to seavgabios

2012-04-17 Thread malc
On Tue, 17 Apr 2012, Anthony Liguori wrote: > On 04/17/2012 07:33 AM, malc wrote: > > On Tue, 17 Apr 2012, Gerd Hoffmann wrote: > > > > > On 04/17/12 13:40, malc wrote: > > > > On Tue, 17 Apr 2012, Gerd Hoffmann wrote: > > > > > > > > >Hi, > > > > > > > > > > This patch series switches the

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/3] switch to seavgabios

2012-04-17 Thread Anthony Liguori
On 04/17/2012 07:33 AM, malc wrote: On Tue, 17 Apr 2012, Gerd Hoffmann wrote: On 04/17/12 13:40, malc wrote: On Tue, 17 Apr 2012, Gerd Hoffmann wrote: Hi, This patch series switches the vgabios binaries shipped by qemu from the lgpl'ed vgabios to the seabios version. There should be no

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/3] switch to seavgabios

2012-04-17 Thread malc
On Tue, 17 Apr 2012, Gerd Hoffmann wrote: > On 04/17/12 13:40, malc wrote: > > On Tue, 17 Apr 2012, Gerd Hoffmann wrote: > > > >> Hi, > >> > >> This patch series switches the vgabios binaries shipped by qemu from the > >> lgpl'ed vgabios to the seabios version. > >> > >> There should be no gues

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/3] switch to seavgabios

2012-04-17 Thread Gerd Hoffmann
On 04/17/12 13:40, malc wrote: > On Tue, 17 Apr 2012, Gerd Hoffmann wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> This patch series switches the vgabios binaries shipped by qemu from the >> lgpl'ed vgabios to the seabios version. >> >> There should be no guest-visible changes (especially no regressions) in >> theory.

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/3] switch to seavgabios

2012-04-17 Thread malc
On Tue, 17 Apr 2012, Gerd Hoffmann wrote: > Hi, > > This patch series switches the vgabios binaries shipped by qemu from the > lgpl'ed vgabios to the seabios version. > > There should be no guest-visible changes (especially no regressions) in > theory. The only known (and intentional) excepti