On 03/16/11 12:46, Peter Maydell wrote: > On 16 March 2011 11:00, <jes.soren...@redhat.com> wrote: >> From: Jes Sorensen <jes.soren...@redhat.com> >> >> This patch introduces a -display argument which consolidates the >> setting of the display mode. Valid options are: >> sdl/curses/default/serial (serial is equivalent to -nographic) > > You forgot to update the commit message when you took out 'serial'...
Good catch, thanks! >> +Pick the SDL display option. > > How about "Display video output via SDL (usually in a separate graphics > window; see the SDL documentation for other possibilities)." ? Looks good to me. >> +@item curses >> +Pick the curses display option. Normally, QEMU uses SDL to display the >> +VGA output. With this option, QEMU can display the VGA output when in >> +text mode using a curses/ncurses interface. Nothing is displayed in >> +graphical mode. >> +@end table >> +ETEXI > > This kind of implies that the only kind of video is VGA, which isn't > true. > > "Display video output via curses. For graphics device models which > support a text mode, QEMU can display this output using a curses/ncurses > interface. Nothing is displayed when the graphics device is in > graphical mode or if the graphics device does not support a text mode. > Generally only the VGA device models support text mode." Ditto Cheers, Jes
