Test Driving The QEMU-KVM KMS Driver

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  • phoronix
    Administrator
    • Jan 2007
    • 67366

    Test Driving The QEMU-KVM KMS Driver

    Phoronix: Test Driving The QEMU-KVM KMS Driver

    Just hours ago a new Linux KMS driver entered the world for the Cirrus GPU. Yes, as in that from Cirrus Logic for an ancient CL-GD5446 ASIC, this was a 2D-only 64-bit VisualMedia accelerator. But, fortunately, it is not for the actual hardware itself but rather the virtual incarnation that is emulated by QEMU and QEMU-KVM. Those running a Linux KVM virtualization stack with QEMU and the Cirrus adapter can now benefit from a kernel mode-setting driver.

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  • kbios
    Senior Member
    • Dec 2009
    • 277

    #2
    Shouldn't SPICE be supposed to be the future of virtualized graphics?

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    • mjg59
      Senior Member
      • Apr 2011
      • 151

      #3
      Originally posted by kbios View Post
      Shouldn't SPICE be supposed to be the future of virtualized graphics?
      Yes, this driver is just intended to help with legacy setups.

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      • gilboa
        Senior Member
        • Oct 2006
        • 1053

        #4
        Following the previous comment, I wonder when RedHat will start working on a KMS version of the QXL driver.

        - Gilboa
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