Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/2] vga: demote cirrus

[Gerd Hoffmann]

On So, 2014-11-02 at 13:14 +0200, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 10:09:10AM +0100, Gerd Hoffmann wrote:
> >   Hi,
> > 
> > Time to flip the default to stdvga.  Done for 2.2+ machine types only,
> > for obvious compatibility reasons.
> > 
> > https://www.kraxel.org/blog/2014/10/qemu-using-cirrus-considered-harmful/
> 
> Would you classify this a bugfix?  If not, this missed soft freeze
> deadline, so should be deferred to 2.3?

Given that cirrus simply can't meet todays graphics needs I think this
can be classified as bugfix.  And as we don't add something new but just
flip the default to something more sane I don't expect any stability
issues from adding this post freeze.

cheers,
  Gerd