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authorAlberto Garcia <berto@igalia.com>2017-01-27 11:41:54 +0200
committerPaolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>2017-02-16 14:06:56 +0100
commit41eeb0e601cbc7ac28fa35547d2426f349ef137d (patch)
tree6388fef76cce912c1c74f06fd6c0bd6acbf9fcc5
parent4515e58d60dc3aac53dbd5e53e4c3bec126967d8 (diff)
qemu-doc: Clarify that -vga std is now the default
The QEMU manual page states that Cirrus Logic is the default video card if the user doesn't specify any. However this is not true since QEMU 2.2. Signed-off-by: Alberto Garcia <berto@igalia.com> Message-Id: <20170127094154.19778-1-berto@igalia.com> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
-rw-r--r--qemu-options.hx4
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx
index ac036b4cbd..5633d3914f 100644
--- a/qemu-options.hx
+++ b/qemu-options.hx
@@ -1194,12 +1194,12 @@ Select type of VGA card to emulate. Valid values for @var{type} are
Cirrus Logic GD5446 Video card. All Windows versions starting from
Windows 95 should recognize and use this graphic card. For optimal
performances, use 16 bit color depth in the guest and the host OS.
-(This one is the default)
+(This card was the default before QEMU 2.2)
@item std
Standard VGA card with Bochs VBE extensions. 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.
+this option. (This card is the default since QEMU 2.2)
@item vmware
VMWare SVGA-II compatible adapter. Use it if you have sufficiently
recent XFree86/XOrg server or Windows guest with a driver for this