Re: kvm + vmwgfx

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On 04/19/2012 10:34 AM, Alberich de megres wrote:
> Hello!
>
> Anyone has succeed on making a kvm guest linux, say fedora 16, with
> vmwgfx driver?
> I want to make it work over dri interface, but probably without the
> x-org, it will be some testbed for wayland builds.
>
> My host is a fedora 16, with kernel 3.3.0-8, with a working dri card.
>
> I run the kvm:
> qemu-kvm -vga vmware -hda f16.kernel-3.3.1.qcow
>
> When intro the guest OS, i try to modprobe kvm, drm, ttm and last vmwgfx.
>
> I got the following output in dmesg:
>  [drm:vmw_driver_load] *ERROR* Hardware has no pitchloc
>
> the probe failed with error -38
>

IIUC the vmware device emulation was based on reverse-engineering the
linux xorg driver, not on a spec.  As such it may be incomplete.

You can either reverse-engineer the linux driver for the missing bits,
or ask vmware for documentation.

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