On 20/03/19 11:03, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote:
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> -display/-vga options suffers same clarity problems than -net. Is it a
> card device or a cable linking to a network? Here is it a card device or
> a cable connecting a monitor display?
-display is a cable, -vga is a card ("-nic none" is a card, "-nic
anythingelse" is a card+cable; "-net nic" is a card, "-net anythingelse"
is a cable).
> Mind, I'm not demanding mips-fulong2e should continue to ignore -vga;
> that's for its maintainer to decide. I don't demand, I ask: what should
> a virtual board emulate? What should -nodefaults do?
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> IMHO -nodefaults contains soldered/mmio chipsets.
> Whether you plug a display or not is a different story.
In principle you could also cut the copper tracks that connect the card
to the PCI bus...
Paolo
