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Re: [Xen-devel] Xen 4.0.0 first release candidate / graphics passthru

To: Pasi Kärkkäinen <pasik@xxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Xen 4.0.0 first release candidate / graphics passthru
From: Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 10:05:12 +0000
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On 12/01/2010 09:32, "Pasi Kärkkäinen" <pasik@xxxxxx> wrote:

>>> Does 4.0 include gpu passthru features? If not are there any updated
>>> patches to try gpu passthru with 4.x?
>> 
>> There is support (c/s 20144).
>> 
> 
> Btw is it possible now to specify a file to load the VGA bios from?
> earlier it was required to hardcode it into some header file or so.

I think it is hardcoded that qemu will take a copy of the host system's BIOS
(i.e., for the primary host VGA). Other options would be easy to implement
I'm sure, if someone's interested.

 -- Keir



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