From 3893c124e7b768d7e7e6cd9933df77e6dbf0816f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: malc Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2008 00:42:05 +0000 Subject: Change the way video graphics adapter is selected Instead of having (current)three command line switches -std-vga, -cirrusvga and -vmwarevga, provide one -vga switch which takes an argument, so that: qemu -std-vga becomes qemu -vga std qemu -cirrusvga becomes qemu -vga cirrus qemu -vmwarevga becomes qemu -vga vmware Update documentation accordingly. git-svn-id: svn://svn.savannah.nongnu.org/qemu/trunk@5335 c046a42c-6fe2-441c-8c8c-71466251a162 --- qemu-doc.texi | 23 ++++++++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) (limited to 'qemu-doc.texi') diff --git a/qemu-doc.texi b/qemu-doc.texi index 9519d9a..98ad678 100644 --- a/qemu-doc.texi +++ b/qemu-doc.texi @@ -955,11 +955,24 @@ images. @item -L path Set the directory for the BIOS, VGA BIOS and keymaps. -@item -std-vga -Simulate a standard VGA card with Bochs VBE extensions (default is -Cirrus Logic GD5446 PCI VGA). If your guest OS supports the VESA 2.0 -VBE extensions (e.g. Windows XP) and if you want to use high -resolution modes (>= 1280x1024x16) then you should use this option. +@item -vga @var{type} +Select type of VGA card to emulate. Valid values for @var{type} are +@table @code +@item cirrus +Cirrus Logic GD5446 Video card. All Windows versions starting from +Windows 95 should recognize and use this graphic card. For optimal +performances, use 16 bit color depth in the guest and the host OS. +(This one is the default) +@item std +Standard VGA card with Bochs VBE extensions. If your guest OS +supports the VESA 2.0 VBE extensions (e.g. Windows XP) and if you want +to use high resolution modes (>= 1280x1024x16) then you should use +this option. +@item vmware +VMWare SVGA-II compatible adapter. Use it if you have sufficiently +recent XFree86/XOrg server or Windows guest with a driver for this +card. +@end table @item -no-acpi Disable ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) support. Use -- cgit v1.1