On Fri, 20 May 2016 14:19:19 +0200 Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mi, 2016-05-18 at 12:45 -0600, Alex Williamson wrote: > > On Wed, 18 May 2016 16:24:49 +0200 > > Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > I believe we're no longer blocked by SeaBIOS being willing to > > > > consume the new fw_cfg entries, so barring feedback otherwise, my > > > > plan will be to send a pull request including these changes (after > > > > an appropriate review period), ask Kevin to apply the matching > > > > SeaBIOS change, then see if Gerd will help me pull that support > > > > into the default QEMU SeaBIOS image. > > > > > > Sounds good. Patches look sane to me too. > > > > > > Will try to set aside some time to test them later this week (and also > > > push a branch with updated seabios etc for others to try). > > > > Thanks Gerd! > > Works flawlessly. > > Linux works fine with the igd assigned as primary (pc machine type and > igd using slot 2). > > Linux doesn't work in UPT mode for me. That is more a guest driver > issue though. The i915 driver of older kernels Oopses. The i915 driver > of recent kernels (4.4.5+) loads fine on q35, but fails to drive my > monitor, no matter whenever I enable the opregion or not. For pc an > additional kernel patch is needed (which hopefully lands upstream soon) > to reach feature parity (as-in: no Oops on load) with q35. Yes, I've never had success with UPT for Linux guests either. > For windows UPT mode is the only thing supported by the drivers. Needs > the opregion enabled to show something on the connected display. Works > fine on both pc and q35, in parallel with a emulated display, and you > can configure things as you want (mirror, expand desktop, use only one > of the displays). UPT is probably the only thing Intel cares to support on Windows, yes, but did you have any issues or try legacy mode on Windows? I find that Windows 7/8/10 all work well with legacy mode, including the basic drivers in the shrink-wrap images. Please let me know if you find otherwise. > > Reviewed-by: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@xxxxxxxxxx> > Tested-by: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@xxxxxxxxxx> Awesome, thanks! Alex -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
