Re: [Qemu-devel] [5335] Change the way video graphics adapter is selected

[malc]

On Sun, 28 Sep 2008, Blue Swirl wrote:

> On 9/28/08, malc <address@hidden> wrote:
> > Revision: 5335
> >           http://svn.sv.gnu.org/viewvc/?view=rev&root=qemu&revision=5335
> >  Author:   malc
> >  Date:     2008-09-28 00:42:05 +0000 (Sun, 28 Sep 2008)
> >
> >  Log Message:
> >  -----------
> >  Change the way video graphics adapter is selected
> >
> >  Instead of having (current)three command line switches -std-vga,
> >  -cirrusvga and -vmwarevga, provide one -vga switch which takes
> >  an argument, so that:
> >  qemu -std-vga   becomes qemu -vga std
> >  qemu -cirrusvga becomes qemu -vga cirrus
> >  qemu -vmwarevga becomes qemu -vga vmware
>
> I'd prefer a more generic syntax, like -drive options:
> -displayhw model=vga,type=std
> -displayhw model=vga,type=std
> -displayhw model=vga,type=std
> -displayhw model=tcx,type=hardwarecursor
>
> Then this option would be useful for non-VGA targets. I don't see -vga
> xxx as an improvement over -xxx-vga.

It wasn't intended to be an improvement to the current stuff, that said
i belive it is. The goal was to find a way to provide an option (later
commit) for controlling the retrace stuff, i could have added yet another
command line switch for that, but it makes no sense in isolation.

[..snip..]

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