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Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 2/7] Introduce -display argument
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Alexander Graf |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 2/7] Introduce -display argument |
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Tue, 15 Mar 2011 16:14:31 +0100 |
On 15.03.2011, at 15:07, Peter Maydell wrote:
> On 15 March 2011 12:36, <address@hidden> wrote:
>> From: Jes Sorensen <address@hidden>
>>
>> This patch introduces a -display argument which consolidates the
>> setting of the display mode. Valid options are:
>> sdl/curses/default/serial (serial is equivalent to -nographic)
>
> So I still think that we should not be including any new
> -display subargument which mirrors the behaviour of -nographic.
>
> -display represents an opportunity to provide a set of orthogonal
> command line options which affect the handling of particular
> devices; it ought to mean "what happens to VGA/video output?",
> and should not change the behaviour of any other devices.
>
> -nographic is effectively a convenience shortcut which changes
> the behaviour of several different devices (display, serial,
> parallel, at least). It doesn't belong under '-display' from
> an orthogonality argument, and people who want it because it
> is a shortcut will be better served by the existing '-nographic'
> because it's less typing than '-display serial' anyway.
>
> (Ideally we should document '-nographic' by saying that it
> is equivalent to some set of other options including
> -display none -serial stdio and whatever else it does.)
Ideally it should also be implemented as such :)
Alex
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 0/7] Introduce -display and make VNC optional, Jes . Sorensen, 2011/03/15
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 3/7] Introduce -display none, Jes . Sorensen, 2011/03/15
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 4/7] Add support for -display vnc, Jes . Sorensen, 2011/03/15
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 5/7] error message if user specifies SDL cmd line option when SDL is disabled, Jes . Sorensen, 2011/03/15
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 6/7] error message if user specifies curses on cmd line when curses is disabled, Jes . Sorensen, 2011/03/15
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 7/7] Make VNC support optional, Jes . Sorensen, 2011/03/15