Date: Fri, 27 May 2016 01:36:51 -0700 From: "K. Macy" <kmacy@freebsd.org> To: Peter Grehan <grehan@freebsd.org> Cc: "freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org" <freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: bhyve graphics support Message-ID: <CAHM0Q_OqR4ZYKytxDz8Dh0HhGG7oEpGaqrhw8xWLYed4MgZ18Q@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <442c6d8f-2b64-c88b-382a-cf73eb6f7404@freebsd.org> References: <442c6d8f-2b64-c88b-382a-cf73eb6f7404@freebsd.org>
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Cool stuff. FYI new i915 driver has vgpu support, incliuding 3D. On Friday, May 27, 2016, Peter Grehan <grehan@freebsd.org> wrote: > As of r300829, support for graphic output has been checked into the > projects/bhyve_graphics branch. This is just the usr.sbin/bhyve executable, > so is quick and easy to build from source. > > Assuming a reasonably current source tree is in /usr/src, > svn co http://svn.freebsd.org/base/projects/bhyve_graphics path/to/dir > cd path/to/dir > make BHYVE_SYSDIR=/usr/src -m /usr/src/share/mk > > UEFI GOP support has been checked into the freebsd/edk2 repo: > > > https://github.com/freebsd/uefi-edk2/commit/a36132939e259df79b16699c03c6f1d63c7454b9 > > A pre-built bhyve/UEFI binary image with GOP support is available at: > https://people.freebsd.org/~grehan/bhyve_uefi/BHYVE_UEFI_20160526.fd > > The new bhyve executable supports some new devices. An example of using > them for Windows10 is: > > bhyve \ > -c 2 \ > -s 3,ahci-cd,/images/win10_install.iso \ > -s 4,ahci-hd,/images/win10.img \ > -s 11,fbuf,tcp=0.0.0.0:5900,w=1600,h=900,wait \ > -s 20,xhci,tablet \ > -s 31,lpc \ > -l bootrom,/images/BHYVE_UEFI_20160526.fd \ > -m 2G -H -w \ > windows > > The framebuffer device, "fbuf", takes parameters describing the VNC > server options. The optional "wait" parameter will hold execution of the > guest until a VNC client is connected. The height and width of the frame > buffer can be specified, with the constraints that the maximum is 1920x1200. > > Arbitrary resolutions are not yet supported by UEFI. That will be fixed, > but in the meantime, available resolutions are: > 1920 x 1200 > 1920 x 1080 > 1600 x 1200 > 1600 x 900 > 1280 x 1024 > 1280 x 720 > 1024 x 768 > 800 x 600 > 640 x 480 > Specifying an unsupported resolution will result in UEFI falling back to > 800x600. > > The XHCI emulation currently only has a tablet back end. This connects to > pointer input from VNC. If not present, pointer input defaults to the ps2 > mouse emulation. Note the latter only suppports relative coordinates which > don't track the cursor very well in VNC. > > Keyboard input currently defaults to the PS2 keyboard. > > The code has been tested with Windows 7/8/8.1/10 and Server 2k12/2k16, > Ubuntu 15.10, and FreeBSD 10.3/11-CURRENT. Note that older versions of > Windows, and FreeBSD, don't like the XHCI tablet - the default ps2 mouse > should be used with those. > > For VNC clients, TightVNC, TigherVNC, and RealVNC (aka VNC Viewer) have > been tested on various hosts. The OSX VNC client is known not to work. > > Give it a try and let us know how it goes ! > > Many thanks to Michael Dexter for helping out with the testing of this. > > later, > > Peter. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-virtualization > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-virtualization-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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