[Spice-devel] VGPU-3D / Windows

[Marek Kedzierski]

Hi Robert, 
 
Yes, Windows 3D WDDM driver (that uses Virgl for graphics acceleration) 
is currently under development in the SPICE team. So my suggestion is to 
move this discussion to the spice-devel list.

Thanks,

Marek

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Vadim Rozenfeld" <vrozenfe at redhat.com>
> To: "Robert Scheck" <robert at fedoraproject.org>, gerd at kraxel.org
> Cc: "Marek Kedzierski" <mkedzier at redhat.com>
> Sent: Monday, March 25, 2019 8:08:49 AM
> Subject: Re: VGPU-3D / Windows
> 
> On Sun, 2019-03-24 at 20:44 +0100, Robert Scheck wrote:
> > Hello Gerd,
> > hello Vadim,
> > 
> > unfortunately the information out there about VGPU-3D is quite
> > confusing to
> > me - do you know what the current status regarding Windows is? I am
> > aware
> > that there is https://virgil3d.github.io - but it doesn't say much
> > about
> > the Windows state. Additionally, it feels like lists.freedesktop.org
> > is
> > down currently. https://github.com/vrozenfe/virtio-gpu-win exists
> > also, but
> > not much information. And https://github.com/Keenuts/virtio-gpu-win
> > exists,
> > but with similar less information.
> > 
> > Where would I start these days with VGPU-3D & Windows when having a
> > fully
> > up-to-date Fedora 30 (pre-release) here?
> 
> Hi Robert,
> 
> Windows virtio-gpu full/render WDDM driver is still under development.
> Windows virtio-gpu DOD (Display Only Driver) is almost done, but it is
> almost useless for 3D acceleration (which makes it equal to existing
> Windows qxl dod driver).
> 
> CC'ing Marek Kedzierski from Spice team who is working on adding
> Windows related 3D stuff.
> 
> Best regards,
> Vadim.
> 
> > 
> > 
> > Kind regards
> > 
> > Robert Scheck
>