From: Alexander Graf <agraf@suse.de>
To: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org, qemu-devel@nongnu.org,
linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, anthony@codemonkey.ws
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add VirtIO Frame Buffer Support
Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2009 07:27:06 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8BA1853F-11C9-44B1-9FDB-1DFDAED40E1B@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4AEFCCBA.9050408@redhat.com>
On 03.11.2009, at 07:24, Avi Kivity wrote:
> On 11/03/2009 08:22 AM, Alexander Graf wrote:
>>
>>>> This is especially important on machines that can't do MMIO, as
>>>> all current
>>>> graphics implementations qemu emulates I'm aware of so far fail
>>>> here.
>>>>
>>>
>>> s390 virtual desktops?
>>
>> Well - have you ever tried installing SLES / RHEL on an S390? If
>> not, give it a shot and comment again :-)
>>
>
> I won't be able to until qemu support s390.
I'm pretty sure RH has some S390 lying around ...
> How does it work today?
You boot into a TERM=dumb line based emulation on 3270 (worst thing
haunting people's nightmares ever), trying to get out of that mode as
quickly as possible and off into SSH / VNC.
> Does installation over vnc work?
Yes, but it requires a working network setup. That's a pretty
requirement on guests IMHO.
Alex
WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: Alexander Graf <agraf@suse.de>
To: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
Cc: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, qemu-devel@nongnu.org,
kvm@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH] Add VirtIO Frame Buffer Support
Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2009 07:27:06 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8BA1853F-11C9-44B1-9FDB-1DFDAED40E1B@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4AEFCCBA.9050408@redhat.com>
On 03.11.2009, at 07:24, Avi Kivity wrote:
> On 11/03/2009 08:22 AM, Alexander Graf wrote:
>>
>>>> This is especially important on machines that can't do MMIO, as
>>>> all current
>>>> graphics implementations qemu emulates I'm aware of so far fail
>>>> here.
>>>>
>>>
>>> s390 virtual desktops?
>>
>> Well - have you ever tried installing SLES / RHEL on an S390? If
>> not, give it a shot and comment again :-)
>>
>
> I won't be able to until qemu support s390.
I'm pretty sure RH has some S390 lying around ...
> How does it work today?
You boot into a TERM=dumb line based emulation on 3270 (worst thing
haunting people's nightmares ever), trying to get out of that mode as
quickly as possible and off into SSH / VNC.
> Does installation over vnc work?
Yes, but it requires a working network setup. That's a pretty
requirement on guests IMHO.
Alex
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-11-03 6:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 64+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-11-02 22:09 [PATCH] Add VirtIO Frame Buffer Support Alexander Graf
2009-11-02 22:09 ` [Qemu-devel] " Alexander Graf
2009-11-02 22:32 ` Ondrej Zajicek
2009-11-02 22:42 ` Alexander Graf
2009-11-02 23:24 ` [Linux-fbdev-devel] " Alexander Graf
2009-11-02 23:24 ` [Qemu-devel] " Alexander Graf
2009-11-02 23:57 ` Ondrej Zajicek
2009-11-02 23:57 ` [Qemu-devel] Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] " Ondrej Zajicek
2009-11-02 23:59 ` Alexander Graf
2009-11-02 23:59 ` [Qemu-devel] " Alexander Graf
2009-11-02 23:51 ` Ondrej Zajicek
2009-11-02 23:53 ` Alexander Graf
2009-11-02 23:58 ` Ondrej Zajicek
2009-11-03 6:21 ` Avi Kivity
2009-11-03 6:21 ` [Qemu-devel] " Avi Kivity
2009-11-03 6:22 ` Alexander Graf
2009-11-03 6:22 ` [Qemu-devel] " Alexander Graf
2009-11-03 6:24 ` Avi Kivity
2009-11-03 6:24 ` [Qemu-devel] " Avi Kivity
2009-11-03 6:27 ` Alexander Graf [this message]
2009-11-03 6:27 ` Alexander Graf
2009-11-03 6:34 ` Avi Kivity
2009-11-03 6:34 ` [Qemu-devel] " Avi Kivity
2009-11-03 6:39 ` Alexander Graf
2009-11-03 6:39 ` [Qemu-devel] " Alexander Graf
2009-11-03 7:43 ` Avi Kivity
2009-11-03 7:43 ` [Qemu-devel] " Avi Kivity
2009-11-03 7:50 ` Alexander Graf
2009-11-03 7:50 ` [Qemu-devel] " Alexander Graf
2009-11-03 8:20 ` Avi Kivity
2009-11-03 8:20 ` [Qemu-devel] " Avi Kivity
2009-11-03 8:26 ` Alexander Graf
2009-11-03 8:26 ` [Qemu-devel] " Alexander Graf
2009-11-03 8:53 ` Avi Kivity
2009-11-03 8:53 ` [Qemu-devel] " Avi Kivity
2009-11-03 15:14 ` Anthony Liguori
2009-11-03 15:14 ` [Qemu-devel] " Anthony Liguori
2009-11-03 15:57 ` Avi Kivity
2009-11-03 15:57 ` [Qemu-devel] " Avi Kivity
2009-11-03 11:25 ` Vincent Hanquez
2009-11-03 11:25 ` Vincent Hanquez
2009-11-03 9:38 ` Avi Kivity
2009-11-03 9:38 ` Avi Kivity
2009-11-03 15:29 ` Ondrej Zajicek
2009-11-03 15:29 ` [Linux-fbdev-devel] " Ondrej Zajicek
2009-11-03 16:05 ` Avi Kivity
2009-11-03 16:05 ` Avi Kivity
2009-11-03 16:53 ` Ondrej Zajicek
2009-11-03 16:53 ` Ondrej Zajicek
2009-11-03 17:33 ` [Linux-fbdev-devel] " Paolo Bonzini
2009-11-03 17:33 ` [Linux-fbdev-devel] [Qemu-devel] " Paolo Bonzini
2009-11-03 17:33 ` [Linux-fbdev-devel] " Paolo Bonzini
2009-11-04 16:09 ` [Qemu-devel] " Vincent Hanquez
2009-11-04 16:35 ` Anthony Liguori
2009-11-04 16:35 ` Anthony Liguori
2009-11-05 9:04 ` Avi Kivity
2009-11-08 4:43 ` Thomas Fjellstrom
2009-11-06 2:39 ` Jamie Lokier
2009-11-06 2:39 ` Jamie Lokier
2009-11-06 3:05 ` Anthony Liguori
2009-11-06 3:05 ` Anthony Liguori
2009-11-05 11:36 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2009-11-05 11:36 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2009-11-05 11:36 ` [Qemu-devel] " Michael S. Tsirkin
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