RE: VGA pass-through

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Michael Tokarev wrote:
> Han, Weidong wrote:
>> Michael Tokarev wrote:
> []
>>> But how about using it as a "secondary" video card?  Like, I can
>>> plug another add-on vga card into a free PCI slot and tell X to
>>> use that one instead of "default" card.  Can kvm work like this?
>> 
>> "secondary" means secondary video card in host, and will be
>> "primary" in guest, right? As long as it's primary in guest, I think
>> you still need most of above changes.  
> 
> No, I mean "secondary" on guest - no matter if it's secondary or
> primary on host.  So that we'll have qemu-emulated VGA as primary
> and a hardware-based secondary on *guest*.
> 

Oh, for "secondary" in guest, it may needn't above changes. You can try it without any change.

> How much useful it is - it's another question.  For instance, I've
> no idea how windows guest will be able to use such "secondary" vga
> card on guest.
> 

I don't know. Is there any interesting usage of this secondary VGA in guest?

Regards,
Weidong--
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