libvirt/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/qemuxml2xmlout-aarch64-video-virtio-gpu-pci.xml
Laszlo Ersek 706b5b6277 qemu: map "virtio" video model to "virt" machtype correctly (arm/aarch64)
Most of QEMU's PCI display device models, such as:

  libvirt video/model/@type  QEMU -device
  -------------------------  ------------
  cirrus                     cirrus-vga
  vga                        VGA
  qxl                        qxl-vga
  virtio                     virtio-vga

come with a linear framebuffer (sometimes called "VGA compatibility
framebuffer"). This linear framebuffer lives in one of the PCI device's
MMIO BARs, and allows guest code (primarily: firmware drivers, and
non-accelerated OS drivers) to display graphics with direct memory access.

Due to architectural reasons on aarch64/KVM hosts, this kind of
framebuffer doesn't / can't work in

  qemu-system-(arm|aarch64) -M virt

machines. Cache coherency issues guarantee a corrupted / unusable display.
The problem has been researched by several people, including kvm-arm
maintainers, and it's been decided that the best way (practically the only
way) to have boot time graphics for such guests is to consolidate on
QEMU's "virtio-gpu-pci" device.

>From <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1195176>, libvirt
supports

  <devices>
    <video>
      <model type='virtio'/>
    </video>
  </devices>

but libvirt unconditionally maps @type='virtio' to QEMU's "virtio-vga"
device model. (See the qemuBuildDeviceVideoStr() function and the
"qemuDeviceVideo" enum impl.)

According to the above, this is not right for the "virt" machine type; the
qemu-system-(arm|aarch64) binaries don't even recognize the "virtio-vga"
device model (justifiedly). Whereas "virtio-gpu-pci", which is a pure
virtio device without a compatibility framebuffer, is available, and works
fine.

(The ArmVirtQemu ("AAVMF") platform of edk2 -- that is, the UEFI firmware
for "virt" -- supports "virtio-gpu-pci", as of upstream commit
3ef3209d3028. See
<https://tianocore.acgmultimedia.com/show_bug.cgi?id=66>.)

Override the default mapping of "virtio", from "virtio-vga" to
"virtio-gpu-pci", if qemuDomainMachineIsVirt() evaluates to true.

Cc: Andrea Bolognani <abologna@redhat.com>
Cc: Drew Jones <drjones@redhat.com>
Cc: Marc-André Lureau <marcandre.lureau@redhat.com>
Cc: Martin Kletzander <mkletzan@redhat.com>
Suggested-by: Marc-André Lureau <marcandre.lureau@redhat.com>
Resolves: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1372901
Signed-off-by: Laszlo Ersek <lersek@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Martin Kletzander <mkletzan@redhat.com>
2016-09-16 14:13:07 +02:00

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<domain type='qemu'>
<name>aarch64-vgpu</name>
<uuid>f3197c89-6457-44fe-b26d-897090ba6541</uuid>
<memory unit='KiB'>1048576</memory>
<currentMemory unit='KiB'>1048576</currentMemory>
<vcpu placement='static'>1</vcpu>
<os>
<type arch='aarch64' machine='virt'>hvm</type>
</os>
<features>
<acpi/>
<gic version='2'/>
</features>
<cpu mode='custom' match='exact'>
<model fallback='allow'>cortex-a57</model>
</cpu>
<clock offset='utc'/>
<on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
<on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
<on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
<devices>
<emulator>/opt/qemu-installed/bin/qemu-system-aarch64</emulator>
<controller type='pci' index='0' model='pcie-root'/>
<controller type='pci' index='1' model='pcie-root-port'>
<model name='ioh3420'/>
<target chassis='1' port='0x8'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x0' multifunction='on'/>
</controller>
<controller type='pci' index='2' model='pcie-root-port'>
<model name='ioh3420'/>
<target chassis='2' port='0x9'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x1' multifunction='on'/>
</controller>
<interface type='user'>
<mac address='52:54:00:73:34:53'/>
<model type='virtio'/>
<boot order='1'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x01' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/>
</interface>
<video>
<model type='virtio' heads='1' primary='yes'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x02' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/>
</video>
</devices>
</domain>