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authorFabio Fantoni <fabio.fantoni@heliman.it>2013-02-20 15:46:06 +0000
committerFabio Fantoni <fabio.fantoni@heliman.it>2013-02-20 15:46:06 +0000
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libxl: Add qxl vga interface support for upstream qemu
Usage: vga="qxl" Signed-off-by: Fabio Fantoni <fabio.fantoni@heliman.it> Signed-off-by: Zhou Peng <zpengxen@gmail.com> Acked-by: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@eu.citrix.com> Acked-by: Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@eu.citrix.com> Committed-by: Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@eu.citrix.com>
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diff --git a/docs/man/xl.cfg.pod.5 b/docs/man/xl.cfg.pod.5
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@@ -1003,6 +1003,9 @@ 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
@@ -1014,9 +1017,14 @@ This option is deprecated, use vga="stdvga" instead.
=item B<vga="STRING">
-Selects the emulated video card (stdvga|cirrus).
+Selects the emulated video card (stdvga|cirrus|qxl).
The default is cirrus.
+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