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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v6] tools/libxl: Add qxl vga interface support for upstream-qemu-xen.



On Thu, 17 Jan 2013, Fabio Fantoni wrote:
> tools/libxl: Add qxl vga interface support for upstream-qemu-xen.
> 
> Usage:
>   qxl=1|0
> 
> Changes from v5 of Zhou Peng:
> - Some improvements and make videoram configurable.
> 
> This patch is based on staging branch updated today
> with also this patch applied:
> tools/libxl: Improve videoram setting
> 
> Signed-off-by: Fabio Fantoni <fabio.fantoni@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks for the patch!
You should add Zhou Peng's signed-off-by because the code originally
comes from him

>  docs/man/xl.cfg.pod.5       |   11 +++++++++++
>  tools/libxl/libxl_create.c  |   12 ++++++++++++
>  tools/libxl/libxl_dm.c      |   15 +++++++++++++++
>  tools/libxl/libxl_types.idl |    1 +
>  tools/libxl/xl_cmdimpl.c    |    4 ++++
>  5 files changed, 43 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/docs/man/xl.cfg.pod.5 b/docs/man/xl.cfg.pod.5
> index 9c5cdcd..a0f0dc3 100644
> --- a/docs/man/xl.cfg.pod.5
> +++ b/docs/man/xl.cfg.pod.5
> @@ -984,6 +984,9 @@ the amount of video ram is fixed at 4MB which is
> sufficient
>  for 1024x768 at 32 bpp and videoram option is currently working
>  only when using the upstream qemu-xen device-model.
> 
> +For B<qxl> vga, the default is both default and minimal 128MB.
> +If B<videoram> is set less than 128MB, an error will be triggered.
> +
>  =item B<stdvga=BOOLEAN>
> 
>  Select a standard VGA card with VBE (VESA BIOS Extensions) as the
> @@ -992,6 +995,14 @@ a Cirrus Logic GD5446 VGA card. If your guest supports
> VBE 2.0 or
>  later (e.g. Windows XP onwards) then you should enable this.
>  stdvga supports more video ram and bigger resolutions than Cirrus.
> 
> +=item B<qxl=BOOLEAN>
> +
> +Select a QXL VGA card as the emulated graphics device.
> +In general, QXL should work with the Spice remote display protocol
> +for acceleration, and QXL driver is necessary in guest in this case.
> +QXL can also work with the VNC protocol, but it will be like a standard
> +VGA without acceleration.
> +
>  =item B<vnc=BOOLEAN>
> 
>  Allow access to the display via the VNC protocol.  This enables the
> diff --git a/tools/libxl/libxl_create.c b/tools/libxl/libxl_create.c
> index 802209e..cdcf263 100644
> --- a/tools/libxl/libxl_create.c
> +++ b/tools/libxl/libxl_create.c
> @@ -197,6 +197,18 @@ int libxl__domain_build_info_setdefault(libxl__gc *gc,
>      case LIBXL_DOMAIN_TYPE_HVM:
>          if (b_info->shadow_memkb == LIBXL_MEMKB_DEFAULT)
>              b_info->shadow_memkb = 0;
> +
> +        if (b_info->device_model_version ==
> LIBXL_DEVICE_MODEL_VERSION_QEMU_XEN
> +            && b_info->u.hvm.vga.kind == LIBXL_VGA_INTERFACE_TYPE_QXL) {
> +            if (b_info->video_memkb == LIBXL_MEMKB_DEFAULT) {
> +                b_info->video_memkb = (128 * 1024);
> +            }else if (b_info->video_memkb < (128 * 1024)) {
> +                LIBXL__LOG(CTX, LIBXL__LOG_ERROR,
> +                    "128 Mib videoram is the minimum for qxl default");
> +                return ERROR_INVAL;
> +            }
> +        }
> +
>          if (b_info->video_memkb == LIBXL_MEMKB_DEFAULT)
>              b_info->video_memkb = 8 * 1024;
>          else if (b_info->video_memkb < 8192){
> diff --git a/tools/libxl/libxl_dm.c b/tools/libxl/libxl_dm.c
> index d719130..5cecaae 100644
> --- a/tools/libxl/libxl_dm.c
> +++ b/tools/libxl/libxl_dm.c
> @@ -181,6 +181,8 @@ static char **
> libxl__build_device_model_args_old(libxl__gc *gc,
>              break;
>          case LIBXL_VGA_INTERFACE_TYPE_CIRRUS:
>              break;
> +        case LIBXL_VGA_INTERFACE_TYPE_QXL:
> +            break;
>          }
> 
>          if (b_info->u.hvm.boot) {
> @@ -437,6 +439,19 @@ static char **
> libxl__build_device_model_args_new(libxl__gc *gc,
>                  NULL);
>              }
>              break;
> +        case LIBXL_VGA_INTERFACE_TYPE_QXL:
> +            flexarray_vappend(dm_args, "-vga", "qxl", NULL);
> +            if (b_info->video_memkb) {
> +                flexarray_vappend(dm_args, "-global",
> +                libxl__sprintf(gc, "qxl-vga.vram_size_mb=%d",
> +                libxl__sizekb_to_mb(b_info->video_memkb/2)),
> +                NULL);
> +                flexarray_vappend(dm_args, "-global",
> +                libxl__sprintf(gc, "qxl-vga.ram_size_mb=%d",
> +                libxl__sizekb_to_mb(b_info->video_memkb/2)),
> +                NULL);
> +            }
> +            break;

why twice?


>          }
> 
>          if (b_info->u.hvm.boot) {
> diff --git a/tools/libxl/libxl_types.idl b/tools/libxl/libxl_types.idl
> index acc4bc9..3f90f12 100644
> --- a/tools/libxl/libxl_types.idl
> +++ b/tools/libxl/libxl_types.idl
> @@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ libxl_shutdown_reason = Enumeration("shutdown_reason", [
>  libxl_vga_interface_type = Enumeration("vga_interface_type", [
>      (1, "CIRRUS"),
>      (2, "STD"),
> +    (3, "QXL"),
>      ], init_val = 0)
> 
>  #
> diff --git a/tools/libxl/xl_cmdimpl.c b/tools/libxl/xl_cmdimpl.c
> index e964bf1..80c36e4 100644
> --- a/tools/libxl/xl_cmdimpl.c
> +++ b/tools/libxl/xl_cmdimpl.c
> @@ -1473,6 +1473,10 @@ skip_vfb:
>              b_info->u.hvm.vga.kind = l ? LIBXL_VGA_INTERFACE_TYPE_STD :
> LIBXL_VGA_INTERFACE_TYPE_CIRRUS;
> 
> +        if (!xlu_cfg_get_long(config, "qxl", &l, 0))
> +            b_info->u.hvm.vga.kind = l ? LIBXL_VGA_INTERFACE_TYPE_QXL :
> + LIBXL_VGA_INTERFACE_TYPE_CIRRUS;
> +
>          xlu_cfg_get_defbool(config, "vnc", &b_info->u.hvm.vnc.enable, 0);
>          xlu_cfg_replace_string (config, "vnclisten",
>                                  &b_info->u.hvm.vnc.listen, 0);

this is going to overwrite the previous stdvga setting if:

stdvga=1
qxl=0

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