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authorGerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com>2012-11-12 14:29:47 +0100
committerGerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com>2014-04-28 11:03:32 +0200
commit63e3e24db2e9eef8cf7e5f611c0a2e06dd9207c9 (patch)
treea420a9a3cd1ceaf3df71970bc92fd4056094d567 /docs
parente2bbfc8ee2aa82519da7de281305c3bea5431cf1 (diff)
vga: add secondary stdvga variant
Add a standard vga variant which doesn't occupy any legacy resources and thus can easily be used as secondary (or legacy-free) graphics adapter. Programming must be done using the MMIO bar. Signed-off-by: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'docs')
-rw-r--r--docs/specs/standard-vga.txt13
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/docs/specs/standard-vga.txt b/docs/specs/standard-vga.txt
index 8a4c1e93cd..f82773e677 100644
--- a/docs/specs/standard-vga.txt
+++ b/docs/specs/standard-vga.txt
@@ -5,9 +5,10 @@ QEMU Standard VGA
Exists in two variants, for isa and pci.
command line switches:
- -vga std [ picks isa for -M isapc, otherwise pci ]
- -device VGA [ pci variant ]
- -device isa-vga [ isa variant ]
+ -vga std [ picks isa for -M isapc, otherwise pci ]
+ -device VGA [ pci variant ]
+ -device isa-vga [ isa variant ]
+ -device secondary-vga [ legacy-free pci variant ]
PCI spec
@@ -31,9 +32,15 @@ PCI ROM Region:
Holds the vgabios (qemu 0.14+).
+The legacy-free variant has no ROM and has PCI_CLASS_DISPLAY_OTHER
+instead of PCI_CLASS_DISPLAY_VGA.
+
+
IO ports used
-------------
+Doesn't apply to the legacy-free pci variant, use the MMIO bar instead.
+
03c0 - 03df : standard vga ports
01ce : bochs vbe interface index port
01cf : bochs vbe interface data port (x86 only)