[Intel-gfx] [PATCH v9 5/7] vfio: Define vfio based dma-buf operations
Kirti Wankhede
kwankhede at nvidia.com
Wed Jul 12 13:18:47 UTC 2017
Hey Gerd,
Sorry, I missed this mail earlier.
On 6/21/2017 12:52 PM, Gerd Hoffmann wrote:
> Hi,
>
>> We don't support cursor for console vnc. Ideally console vnc should
>> be
>> used by admin for configuration or during maintenance, which refresh
>> primary surface at low refresh rate, 10 fps.
>
> But you surely want a mouse pointer for the admin?
> You render it directly to the primary surface then I guess?
>
If cursor surface is not provided, a dot for cursor is seen on the
primary surface, which is pretty much usable.
>> Right we need to know this at device initialization time for both
>> cases
>> to initialize VGACommonState structure for that device
>
> Why do you need a VGACommonState?
>
We need to create a GRAPHIC_CONSOLE for vGPU device and specify
GraphicHwOps so that from its .gfx_update callback, surface can be
queried and updated.
>> and also need
>> NONE to decide whether to init console vnc or not. We have a
>> mechanism
>> to disable console vnc path and we recommend to disable it for better
>> performance.
>
> Hmm, maybe we should have a ioctl to configure the refresh rate, or a
> ioctl to allow qemu ask for a refresh when needed?
>
What is default refresh rate of QEMU if vnc is connected?
Thanks,
Kirti
> qemu can throttle the display update rate, which for example happens in
> case no vnc client is connected. qemu updates the display only once
> every few seconds then.
>
> cheers,
> Gerd
>
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