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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] gtk: Replace bogus term "VGA" with "display"
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Anthony Liguori |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] gtk: Replace bogus term "VGA" with "display" |
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Fri, 22 Feb 2013 08:17:11 -0600 |
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Jan Kiszka <address@hidden> writes:
> On 2013-02-22 14:21, Anthony Liguori wrote:
>> Hi Jan,
>>
>> Jan Kiszka <address@hidden> writes:
>>
>>> VGA is a misnomer, only some of our targets have it. Use the more
>>> generic term "display" instead.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Jan Kiszka <address@hidden>
>>
>> Sorry, I responded to your previous note in my head and forgot to also
>> respond on the mailing list.
>>
>> We expose this "misnomer" a lot. For instance, qemu -vga cirrus.
>
> That's because qemu started for x86 only. No excuse to spread this
> further in new code.
>
>>
>> OTOH, the term "display" is used to indicate the backend via qemu
>> -display sdl.
>>
>> So calling the VGA tab "Display" after selecting '-display gtk' seems a
>> bit confusing to me.
>>
>> So I'm open to picking better naming but I think we should try to make
>> it consistent throughout QEMU.
>
> We can also call it "screen" or "guest display" - just not VGA,
> please.
I don't care what we call it, I'm asking that if you want to change it
in one place, change it every where else too.
Regards,
Anthony Liguori
>
> Jan
>
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- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] gtk: Replace bogus term "VGA" with "display", Jan Kiszka, 2013/02/22
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] gtk: Replace bogus term "VGA" with "display", Anthony Liguori, 2013/02/22
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] gtk: Replace bogus term "VGA" with "display", Jan Kiszka, 2013/02/22
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] gtk: Replace bogus term "VGA" with "display",
Anthony Liguori <=
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] gtk: Replace bogus term "VGA" with "display", Jan Kiszka, 2013/02/22
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] gtk: Replace bogus term "VGA" with "display", Anthony Liguori, 2013/02/22
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] gtk: Replace bogus term "VGA" with "display", Jan Kiszka, 2013/02/22
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] gtk: Replace bogus term "VGA" with "display", Paolo Bonzini, 2013/02/22
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] gtk: Replace bogus term "VGA" with "display", Paolo Bonzini, 2013/02/22