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

[Daniel P. Berrange]

On Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 12:42:06AM +0000, malc 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
> 
> Update documentation accordingly.

This breaks compatability with existing management tools for merely
cosmetic benefits. Please add back in support for the existing
syntax, in the same way that -hda, etc was preserved when we added
-driver syntax.

Daniel
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