RE: [RFC v2 0/2] ui: Add a Wayland backend for Qemu UI (v2)

2021-09-14 Thread Kasireddy, Vivek
Hi Daniel, > On Mon, Sep 13, 2021 at 03:20:34PM -0700, Vivek Kasireddy wrote: > > Why does Qemu need a new Wayland UI backend? > > The main reason why there needs to be a plain and simple Wayland backend > > for Qemu UI is to eliminate the Blit (aka GPU copy) that happens if using > > a toolkit

Re: [RFC v2 0/2] ui: Add a Wayland backend for Qemu UI (v2)

2021-09-14 Thread Daniel P . Berrangé
On Mon, Sep 13, 2021 at 03:20:34PM -0700, Vivek Kasireddy wrote: > Why does Qemu need a new Wayland UI backend? > The main reason why there needs to be a plain and simple Wayland backend > for Qemu UI is to eliminate the Blit (aka GPU copy) that happens if using > a toolkit like GTK or SDL

[RFC v2 0/2] ui: Add a Wayland backend for Qemu UI (v2)

2021-09-13 Thread Vivek Kasireddy
Why does Qemu need a new Wayland UI backend? The main reason why there needs to be a plain and simple Wayland backend for Qemu UI is to eliminate the Blit (aka GPU copy) that happens if using a toolkit like GTK or SDL (because they use EGL). The Blit can be eliminated by sharing the dmabuf fd --