- Add a news entry - Update driver's page with information about the new vgaconf attribute and provide usage example; while here, fix a grammar mistake Signed-off-by: Roman Bogorodskiy <bogorodskiy@xxxxxxxxx> --- docs/drvbhyve.html.in | 28 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++- docs/news.xml | 12 ++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/drvbhyve.html.in b/docs/drvbhyve.html.in index dd6620d..f083db9 100644 --- a/docs/drvbhyve.html.in +++ b/docs/drvbhyve.html.in @@ -351,10 +351,36 @@ FreeBSD port.</p> <p>This way, VNC will be accessible on <code>127.0.0.1:5904</code>.</p> -<p>Please note that the tablet device requires to have an USB controller +<p>Please note that the tablet device requires to have a USB controller of the <code>nec-xhci</code> model. Currently, only a single controller of this type and a single tablet are supported per domain.</p> +<p><span class="since">Since 3.5.0</span>, it's possible to configure how the video device is exposed +to the guest using the <code>vgaconf</code> attribute:</p> + +<pre> +<domain type='bhyve'> + <devices> + ... + <graphics type='vnc' port='5904'> + <listen type='address' address='127.0.0.1'/> + </graphics> + <video> + <driver vgaconf='on'/> + <model type='gop' heads='1' primary='yes'/> + </video> + ... + </devices> + ... +</domain> +</pre> + +<p>If not specified, bhyve's default mode for <code>vgaconf</code> +will be used. Please refer to the +<a href="https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=bhyve&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+12-current";>bhyve(8)</a> +manual page and the <a href="https://wiki.freebsd.org/bhyve";>bhyve wiki</a> for more details on using +the <code>vgaconf</code> option.</p> + <h3><a name="clockconfig">Clock configuration</a></h3> <p>Originally bhyve supported only localtime for RTC. Support for UTC time was introduced in diff --git a/docs/news.xml b/docs/news.xml index 27562e1..d320965 100644 --- a/docs/news.xml +++ b/docs/news.xml @@ -46,6 +46,18 @@ select a boot entry. </description> </change> + <change> + <summary> + Support controlling how video devices are exposed to the bhyve guests + </summary> + <description> + The <code>vgaconf</code> attribute was added to <code>video</code>'s + <code>driver</code> element. Possible values are: <code>on</code>, + <code>off</code>, and <code>io</code>. It controlls the way how + bhyve exposes video devices to its guests; various guest OSes might + require different settings to boot properly. + </description> + </change> </section> <section title="Improvements"> </section> -- 2.7.4 -- libvir-list mailing list libvir-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list
