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author | Yang Zhang <yang.z.zhang@intel.com> | 2015-08-28 09:58:54 +0800 |
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committer | Yang Zhang <yang.z.zhang@intel.com> | 2015-09-01 12:44:00 +0800 |
commit | e44e3482bdb4d0ebde2d8b41830ac2cdb07948fb (patch) | |
tree | 66b09f592c55df2878107a468a91d21506104d3f /qemu/docs/specs/standard-vga.txt | |
parent | 9ca8dbcc65cfc63d6f5ef3312a33184e1d726e00 (diff) |
Add qemu 2.4.0
Change-Id: Ic99cbad4b61f8b127b7dc74d04576c0bcbaaf4f5
Signed-off-by: Yang Zhang <yang.z.zhang@intel.com>
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diff --git a/qemu/docs/specs/standard-vga.txt b/qemu/docs/specs/standard-vga.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..19d2a7450 --- /dev/null +++ b/qemu/docs/specs/standard-vga.txt @@ -0,0 +1,81 @@ + +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 ] + -device secondary-vga [ legacy-free pci variant ] + + +PCI spec +-------- + +Applies to the pci variant only for obvious reasons. + +PCI ID: 1234:1111 + +PCI Region 0: + Framebuffer memory, 16 MB in size (by default). + Size is tunable via vga_mem_mb property. + +PCI Region 1: + Reserved (so we have the option to make the framebuffer bar 64bit). + +PCI Region 2: + MMIO bar, 4096 bytes in size (qemu 1.3+) + +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) +01d0 : bochs vbe interface data port + + +Memory regions used +------------------- + +0xe0000000 : Framebuffer memory, isa variant only. + +The pci variant used to mirror the framebuffer bar here, qemu 0.14+ +stops doing that (except when in -M pc-$old compat mode). + + +MMIO area spec +-------------- + +Likewise applies to the pci variant only for obvious reasons. + +0000 - 03ff : reserved, for possible virtio extension. +0400 - 041f : vga ioports (0x3c0 -> 0x3df), remapped 1:1. + word access is supported, bytes are written + in little endia order (aka index port first), + so indexed registers can be updated with a + single mmio write (and thus only one vmexit). +0500 - 0515 : bochs dispi interface registers, mapped flat + without index/data ports. Use (index << 1) + as offset for (16bit) register access. + +0600 - 0607 : qemu extended registers. qemu 2.2+ only. + The pci revision is 2 (or greater) when + these registers are present. The registers + are 32bit. + 0600 : qemu extended register region size, in bytes. + 0604 : framebuffer endianness register. + - 0xbebebebe indicates big endian. + - 0x1e1e1e1e indicates little endian. |