Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] qxl: use correct rom size for revision < 4

[Alon Levy]

On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 03:43:46PM +0100, Gerd Hoffmann wrote:
>   Hi,
> 
> >> That is indeed a better solution, but it does change functionality. I
> >> think it is correct but I'd like to get some other opinions - Uri,
> >> Arnon, Yonit, Soren - any problems with dropping these?
> >>
> > Orientation is used in the Windows Display driver. It is used to set
> > dmDisplayOrientation in DEVMODEW structure
> > (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/ff552837(v=vs.85).aspx).
> 
> What is supposed to happen in case the guest picks a mode with
> orientation != 0?
> 
> > So, I'm not sure we can just drop it. Moreover, we need at least 2 of
> > the orientations, one for AxB resolution and the other for BxA.
> 
> How do I switch a windows guest into 600x800?

AFAIR it is just another mode that appears in the mode list, i.e. when
enumerating the modes via the windows API or via the GUI.

> 
> cheers,
>   Gerd
> 
>