From owner-freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org Thu Aug 1 17:19:38 2019 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-virtualization@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 933A3C2E60 for ; Thu, 1 Aug 2019 17:19:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-rwg@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net) Received: from gndrsh.dnsmgr.net (br1.CN84in.dnsmgr.net [69.59.192.140]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 45zxqZ2CSrz3xSp; Thu, 1 Aug 2019 17:19:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-rwg@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net) Received: from gndrsh.dnsmgr.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gndrsh.dnsmgr.net (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id x71HJZum060701; Thu, 1 Aug 2019 10:19:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from freebsd-rwg@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net) Received: (from freebsd-rwg@localhost) by gndrsh.dnsmgr.net (8.13.3/8.13.3/Submit) id x71HJZ4u060700; Thu, 1 Aug 2019 10:19:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from freebsd-rwg) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" Message-Id: <201908011719.x71HJZ4u060700@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> Subject: Re: New video BIOS for bhyve In-Reply-To: To: John Baldwin Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2019 10:19:35 -0700 (PDT) CC: Henrik Gulbrandsen , FreeBSD Virtualization X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL121h (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 45zxqZ2CSrz3xSp X-Spamd-Bar: ---- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; none X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-4.82 / 15.00]; REPLY(-4.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.82)[-0.818,0] X-BeenThere: freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: "Discussion of various virtualization techniques FreeBSD supports." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2019 17:19:38 -0000 > On 7/19/19 3:02 AM, Henrik Gulbrandsen wrote: > > In the last few months, I have been extending the video support in bhyve > > to allow booting from live ISO images, which sometimes lack UEFI > > loaders. > > There was already a video BIOS with dormant support for VGA, but I could > > not use that, because the X11 int10 module runs a real-mode x86 emulator > > that aborts when it tries to enter the C code running in protected mode. > > > > Instead, I added support for PCI Expansion ROMs to bhyve and wrote a new > > SVGA video BIOS from scratch in 8086 assembly code. The current features > > include VGA modes 3 and 12h, 24-bit and 32-bit VESA modes from 640x480 > > to > > 1920x1200, and enough BIOS functions to boot a typical Linux desktop. > > > > At this point, I think it's good enough for a preliminary release, so if > > you are interested, you will find all patch files at the following URL: > > > > https://www.gulbra.net/freebsd-bhyve/ > > > > My apologies for the 15-year-old web layout, which will probably break > > horribly on modern smartphones. Also, I hope I have not duplicated the > > work of someone else. I didn't want to announce this before it worked. > > This is pretty impressive work! Would you be able to post these patches to > a public repository, e.g. on github or gitlab or some such? That would > really help with review and allow others to assist with the work as well. I let this fall through my cracks as well while busy with other things. I too would like to see this work moved forward. I see that your patches are against an 11.3 system, and can appreciate that not everone has resources to run -head, how can we assist in getting these patches moved forward to head? Regards, -- Rod Grimes rgrimes@freebsd.org