On 16.04.2012 01:58, Michael Tokarev wrote:
On 16.04.2012 01:07, Kevin O'Connor wrote:
On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 12:17:09AM +0400, Michael Tokarev wrote:
On 15.04.2012 06:48, Kevin O'Connor wrote:
- Many enhancements to VGA BIOS code - it should now be feature complete with LGPL vgabios.
This is something which prompted me to test the new release, but it gives... interesting results.
WinXP guest is unable to find drivers for the video adaptor with -vga std and this vgabios.bin, not even its "standard VGA" fallback driver. The device in question is detected as "Other devices / Video controller (VGA compat.)", and its identification looks like:
PCI\VEN_1234&DEV_1111&SUBSYS_11001AF4&REV_00\3&13C0B0C5&0&10
The identification is the same as with seabios-1.6.2 and vgabios-0.6<someting> - the "other vgabios" from bochs project.
I just tried to re-install the video driver in 1.6.2 & 0.6, by deleting the device in device manager and rebooting the virtual machine - and it is unable to find any drivers too, saying this is some "Other device - vga compatible", -- i.e. exactly as with 1.7 and vgarom from it.
The only difference is that with 1.6.2 & vgabios, even if the device is listed as "other device", there are a ton of various video modes available, while with 1.7 & vga rom from it, only one mode -- 640x480, 16 colors -- is available.
This appears to be bogus somehow, no?
Bogus or not, but it was the same with bochs vgabios.. :)
Thank you!
/mjt