On 20.06.2013, at 14:19, Peter Maydell wrote: > On 20 June 2013 13:09, Alexander Graf <ag...@suse.de> wrote: >> We have stayed at 800x600x15 as default graphics mode for the last 9 years. >> If there ever was a reason to be there, surely nobody remembers it. >> >> However, recently non-Linux PPC guests started to show bad effects on 15 bit >> color mode. They do work just fine with 32 bits however. > > Have we identified what the actual problem with these guests is? > 32 bit might be a more sensible default but "it masks a bug" > doesn't seem like a very solid justification for the change...
Since Linux works just fine, I'd say it falls under the category of "QEMU diverges from typical test systems". Mark, have you explored the breakages any deeper? Alex
