Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] vga: disable default VGA if appropriate -device is used

[Blue Swirl]

On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 12:56, Paolo Bonzini <address@hidden> wrote:
> This is a partial revert of commits a369da5 (vga: improve VGA logic,
> committed 2012-01-22) and c5bd4f3 (vga: fix -nodefaults -device VGA,
> 2012-01-24) which broke command-line option parsing in different ways.
>
> Since commit a369da5 it has become impossible to specify a VGA device
> entirely with QemuOpts-enabled options, i.e. without needing an explicit
> "-vga none".
>
> In addition, until commit c5bd4f3 -nodefaults would not disable the device
> you specified with the legacy "-vga" option, independent of the order.
> Since commit c5bd4f3 QEMU -nodefaults will override a previous -vga
> option.
>
> I did not reintroduce machine->no_vga.  Boards can simply ignore the
> vga_interface_type variable, and most will indeed do so.
>
> Cc: Blue Swirl <address@hidden>

I have a RedHat address! How on earth did this happen? What was in my
last drink yesterday, I swear there was a funny taste? Wait a minute,
were you this "Paul Bonson" guy? What else did I sign? Is this new
tattoo permanent?

Otherwise patch looks OK.

> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <address@hidden>
> ---
>  vl.c |   25 ++++++++++++++++---------
>  1 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
> index 65f11f2..fd394c8 100644
> --- a/vl.c
> +++ b/vl.c
> @@ -272,6 +272,7 @@ static int default_monitor = 1;
>  static int default_floppy = 1;
>  static int default_cdrom = 1;
>  static int default_sdcard = 1;
> +static int default_vga = 1;
>
>  static struct {
>     const char *driver;
> @@ -287,6 +288,12 @@ static struct {
>     { .driver = "virtio-serial-pci",    .flag = &default_virtcon   },
>     { .driver = "virtio-serial-s390",   .flag = &default_virtcon   },
>     { .driver = "virtio-serial",        .flag = &default_virtcon   },
> +    { .driver = "VGA",                  .flag = &default_vga       },
> +    { .driver = "isa-vga",              .flag = &default_vga       },
> +    { .driver = "cirrus-vga",           .flag = &default_vga       },
> +    { .driver = "isa-cirrus-vga",       .flag = &default_vga       },
> +    { .driver = "vmware-svga",          .flag = &default_vga       },
> +    { .driver = "qxl-vga",              .flag = &default_vga       },
>  };
>
>  static void res_free(void)
> @@ -2269,7 +2276,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
>     const char *loadvm = NULL;
>     QEMUMachine *machine;
>     const char *cpu_model;
> -    const char *vga_model = NULL;
> +    const char *vga_model = "none";
>     const char *pid_file = NULL;
>     const char *incoming = NULL;
>  #ifdef CONFIG_VNC
> @@ -2699,6 +2706,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
>                 break;
>             case QEMU_OPTION_vga:
>                 vga_model = optarg;
> +                default_vga = 0;
>                 break;
>             case QEMU_OPTION_g:
>                 {
> @@ -3107,7 +3115,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
>                 default_floppy = 0;
>                 default_cdrom = 0;
>                 default_sdcard = 0;
> -                vga_model = "none";
> +                default_vga = 0;
>                 break;
>             case QEMU_OPTION_xen_domid:
>                 if (!(xen_available())) {
> @@ -3468,14 +3476,13 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
>
>     module_call_init(MODULE_INIT_QOM);
>
> -    /* must be after qdev registration but before machine init */
> -    if (vga_model) {
> -        select_vgahw(vga_model);
> -    } else if (cirrus_vga_available()) {
> -        select_vgahw("cirrus");
> -    } else {
> -        select_vgahw("none");
> +    /* This must be after qdev registration but before machine init.
> +     * If no default VGA is requested, the default is "none".
> +     */
> +    if (default_vga && cirrus_vga_available()) {
> +        vga_model = "cirrus";
>     }
> +    select_vgahw(vga_model);
>
>     if (qemu_opts_foreach(qemu_find_opts("device"), device_help_func, NULL, 
> 0) != 0)
>         exit(0);
> --
> 1.7.7.6
>
>