[virt-tools-list] [iGVT-g] GVT-g - suboptimal user experience

Yuan, Hang hang.yuan at intel.com
Thu May 9 07:38:30 UTC 2019


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gerd Hoffmann [mailto:gerd at kraxel.org]
> Sent: Thursday, May 9, 2019 3:28 PM
> To: Alex Ivanov <gnidorah at ya.ru>
> Cc: Yuan, Hang <hang.yuan at intel.com>; libvirt-users at redhat.com; igvt-
> g at lists.01.org; virt-tools-list at redhat.com
> Subject: Re: [iGVT-g] GVT-g - suboptimal user experience
> 
>   Hi,
> 
> > 1. Its about local display / dmabuf feature. Currently user needs to
> > use virt-viewer tool. But virt-manager already incorporates graphical
> > console. It would be nice if it could support accelerated gvt-g local
> > display.
> 
> virt-manager and virt-viewer essentially run the same code spice client
> code: both are using the spice-gtk widget.  So, if that isn't working (didn't
> verify) it should be rather easy to wire up.
> 
> > Also virt-manager should allow to use mdev videocard alone, without
> > requiring to use additional primary virtual adapter like QXL or Cirrus
> 
> That works fine, you can just set the video card model to "none" in libvirt
> xml.  Not sure whenever virt-manager allows to do that via GUI, maybe you
> have to use "virsh edit" instead.
> 
> > 2. Currently with gvt solution there few mdev devices each with fixed
> > resolution. User should be able to configure own resolutions for
> > devices at host without additional manipulations in guest. Ideally,
> > resolution should be dynamic and change appropriately on resize of
> > virt-manager window
> 
> Works.  Needs cutting edge software versions though (qemu 4.0 and linux
> kernel 5.1 on the host).
> 
> > 3. This is about windows guest and VM configured with UEFI (OVMF)
> > instead of BIOS. I head its about dropping OpRegion dependency in
> > Windows guest driver to support that configuration
> 
> That one is for intel to answer ...
[Yuan, Hang] Thanks for your answers, Gerd! On dropping OpRegion dependency, we raised the request to Windows gfx driver team but so far not in their plan yet.




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