[Qemu-devel] qemu qemu-doc.texi

[Fabrice Bellard <fabrice@bellard.org>]

CVSROOT:	/sources/qemu
Module name:	qemu
Changes by:	Fabrice Bellard <bellard>	06/06/21 21:19:50

Modified files:
	.              : qemu-doc.texi 

Log message:
	more info about -std-vga

CVSWeb URLs:
http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/qemu/qemu-doc.texi?cvsroot=qemu&r1=1.95&r2=1.96

Patches:
Index: qemu-doc.texi
===================================================================
RCS file: /sources/qemu/qemu/qemu-doc.texi,v
retrieving revision 1.95
retrieving revision 1.96
diff -u -b -r1.95 -r1.96
--- qemu-doc.texi	16 Jun 2006 21:48:48 -0000	1.95
+++ qemu-doc.texi	21 Jun 2006 21:19:50 -0000	1.96
@@ -556,7 +556,10 @@
 
 @item -std-vga
 Simulate a standard VGA card with Bochs VBE extensions (default is
-Cirrus Logic GD5446 PCI VGA)
+Cirrus Logic GD5446 PCI VGA). If your guest OS supports the VESA 2.0
+VBE extensions (e.g. Windows XP) and if you want to use high
+resolution modes (>= 1280x1024x16) then you should use this option.
+
 @item -loadvm file
 Start right away with a saved state (@code{loadvm} in monitor)
 @end table
@@ -1260,6 +1263,11 @@
 and use this graphic card. For optimal performances, use 16 bit color
 depth in the guest and the host OS.
 
+If you are using Windows XP as guest OS and if you want to use high
+resolution modes which the Cirrus Logic BIOS does not support (i.e. >=
+1280x1024x16), then you should use the VESA VBE virtual graphic card
+(option @option{-std-vga}).
+
 @subsubsection CPU usage reduction
 
 Windows 9x does not correctly use the CPU HLT