Re: [Xen-devel] [Qemu-devel] [RFC PATCH] vga: Start supporting resolution not multiple of 16 correctly.

[Fabio Fantoni <fabio.fantoni@xxxxxxx>]

Il 25/09/2013 18:12, Pasi Kärkkäinen ha scritto:
> On Sun, Jul 28, 2013 at 05:56:01PM +0100, Frediano Ziglio wrote:
> >     2013/7/23 Gerd Hoffmann <[1]kraxel@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> >       Â  Hi,
> >       > Tested-by: Fabio Fantoni <[2]fabio.fantoni@xxxxxxx>
> >       >
> >       > I tested it for a long time with spice on xen (because qxl will be
> >       fully
> >       > working only after adding SSE support on hvm domUs). It works, I think
> >       > it is good to add this and the respective vgabios patch on upstream.
> >
> >       >> Â  Â  Â  Â  Â case VBE_DISPI_INDEX_XRES:
> >       >> - Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â if ((val <= VBE_DISPI_MAX_XRES) && ((val & 7) ==
> >       0)) {
> >       >> + Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â if ((val <= VBE_DISPI_MAX_XRES) && ((val & 1) ==
> >       0)) {
> >       >> Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â s->vbe_regs[s->vbe_index] = val;
> >       >> Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â }
> >       >> Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â break;
> >
> >       It's not that simple. Â With 32bit depths common today it will work
> >       fine,
> >       but for lower depths (especially those lower than 8bit) this will give
> >       you broken scanline alignment.
> >
> >       cheers,
> >       Â  Gerd
> >
> >     In the card I tested the scanline is keep aligned but for this reason is
> >     not directly computed by maxx * bits but is something bigger.
> Hmm.. so is an update needed for this patch? It'd be nice to get this patch in!
Ping

Some statistics for evidence the importance to add support for 1366x768 
and other resolutions:
http://www.rapidtables.com/web/dev/screen-resolution-statistics.htm
http://www.geek.com/chips/most-popular-screen-resolution-increases-to-1366-x-768-1482311/

> -- Pasi
>   
> >     Frediano
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