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authorMark Cave-Ayland <mark.cave-ayland@ilande.co.uk>2014-03-17 21:46:25 +0000
committerMichael Tokarev <mjt@tls.msk.ru>2014-03-27 19:22:48 +0400
commit33632788089531a4452976ff40bbb15551d37fea (patch)
tree047e87e03dc2c80d35b3ccd32c8e8ff8ef6f4640
parentb533f658a98325d0e47b36113bd9f5bcc046fdae (diff)
doc: update sun4m documentation
A few minor tidy-ups, plus add reference to the new -vga tcx and cg3 options. Signed-off-by: Mark Cave-Ayland <mark.cave-ayland@ilande.co.uk> Signed-off-by: Michael Tokarev <mjt@tls.msk.ru>
-rw-r--r--qemu-doc.texi9
-rw-r--r--qemu-options.hx10
2 files changed, 14 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/qemu-doc.texi b/qemu-doc.texi
index ad31f2d2d0..6d684e2c21 100644
--- a/qemu-doc.texi
+++ b/qemu-doc.texi
@@ -1996,7 +1996,7 @@ QEMU emulates the following sun4m peripherals:
@item
IOMMU
@item
-TCX Frame buffer
+TCX or cgthree Frame buffer
@item
Lance (Am7990) Ethernet
@item
@@ -2023,7 +2023,7 @@ firmware implementation. The goal is to implement a 100% IEEE
A sample Linux 2.6 series kernel and ram disk image are available on
the QEMU web site. There are still issues with NetBSD and OpenBSD, but
-some kernel versions work. Please note that currently Solaris kernels
+some kernel versions work. Please note that currently older Solaris kernels
don't work probably due to interface issues between OpenBIOS and
Solaris.
@@ -2035,8 +2035,9 @@ The following options are specific to the Sparc32 emulation:
@item -g @var{W}x@var{H}x[x@var{DEPTH}]
-Set the initial TCX graphic mode. The default is 1024x768x8, currently
-the only other possible mode is 1024x768x24.
+Set the initial graphics mode. For TCX, the default is 1024x768x8 with the
+option of 1024x768x24. For cgthree, the default is 1024x768x8 with the option
+of 1152x900x8 for people who wish to use OBP.
@item -prom-env @var{string}
diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx
index ee5437b230..2d33815fb9 100644
--- a/qemu-options.hx
+++ b/qemu-options.hx
@@ -1043,7 +1043,7 @@ Rotate graphical output some deg left (only PXA LCD).
ETEXI
DEF("vga", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_vga,
- "-vga [std|cirrus|vmware|qxl|xenfb|none]\n"
+ "-vga [std|cirrus|vmware|qxl|xenfb|tcx|cg3|none]\n"
" select video card type\n", QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
STEXI
@item -vga @var{type}
@@ -1068,6 +1068,14 @@ card.
QXL paravirtual graphic card. It is VGA compatible (including VESA
2.0 VBE support). Works best with qxl guest drivers installed though.
Recommended choice when using the spice protocol.
+@item tcx
+(sun4m only) Sun TCX framebuffer. This is the default framebuffer for
+sun4m machines and offers both 8-bit and 24-bit colour depths at a
+fixed resolution of 1024x768.
+@item cg3
+(sun4m only) Sun cgthree framebuffer. This is a simple 8-bit framebuffer
+for sun4m machines available in both 1024x768 (OpenBIOS) and 1152x900 (OBP)
+resolutions aimed at people wishing to run older Solaris versions.
@item none
Disable VGA card.
@end table