[libvirt] [PATCH] qemu: Detect VGA_QXL capability correctly

Michal Privoznik mprivozn at redhat.com
Fri Jan 4 14:37:46 UTC 2013


On 04.01.2013 15:21, Eric Blake wrote:
> On 01/04/2013 07:10 AM, Michal Privoznik wrote:
>>>
>>>     The problem here is about collecting cap flags via QMP, we need to
>>> set QEMU_CAPS_VGA_QXL
>>>     unconditionally but still in discussion.
> 
> That discussion was conclusive - we do not want the flag unconditionally.
> 
>>>
>>>   Patch from Doug Goldstein in [libvirt] [PATCH] The -vga CLI arg
>>> accepts qxl in qemu 1.2+ always
>>>
>>> The -vga command always accepts qxl in 1.2 and newer.
> 
> Not true...
> 
>> I don't think it should be set unconditionally neither. I know I wrote
>> it under commit message, but now re-thinking it again - what if somebody
>> builds his own qemu without QXL?
> 
> ...precisely because of this possibility.  Michal's patch is correct -
> if QXL is available, then -vga qxl is available; but it is possible to
> self-build qemu without QXL.
> 

Okay, now I've pushed the patch. Thanks.

Michal




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