On Wed, Nov 09, 2011 at 03:57:30PM +0000, Mosebach Kai wrote: > On 11/9/11 3:51 PM, "Alon Levy" <al...@redhat.com> wrote: > > > >On Wed, Nov 09, 2011 at 01:52:12PM +0000, Mosebach Kai wrote: > >> Hi guys, > >> > >> Just a though : > >> > >> In a scenario where a kvm-host system has a openGL capable display > >> adapter, wouldn't it be possible (and relatively simple compared to a > >>full > >> VGA passthrough) to just > >> pass the OpenGL interface/access into the VMs QXL Adapter making this > >>one > >> (HW accelerated) OpenGL aware? > > > >There are threads in qemu-devel about using pci passthrough for using > > I tried for long time now to pass through PCIe Hardware into the guest > with all kind of PCIe cards w/o too much off success. So that¹s not what I > want ;-) > > >the host GPU from the guest. If you actually want to view the results > >then yes, it's relatively simple in theory. Maybe also in practice, but > >I've been struggling with a slightly larger problem, doing OpenGL and > >Direct3D passthrough, for almost a year now, with no results to show :/ > > > >I do have patches on my harddrive somewhere by Izik Eidos that do a > >proof of concept for GL passthrough from a windows guest to a > >windows/linux client, I could ask him if it's ok to post them if you'd > >like. (and if I can find them). > > > >Basically it adds qxl messages for all the GL commands, adds a surface > >type, tracks all commands from the last SwapBuffers (I guess > >wglSwapBuffers - the equivalent of glXSwapBuffers) per surface, and > >passes all of those to the client. Rendering on the server, that is the > >host, will be a little simpler. > > So (if I got you right and you got me right) we talk about the QXL device > on the KVM guest receiving OpenGL commands and passing them (thru > qemu-kvm) downwards to the OpenGL capable hardware on the KVM Host > (server). The client (spicec or similar) should not be involved at all. Is > there any work in progress (for rendering on the server) - similar to the > RemoteFX project of HyperV? >
I know I'm working on enabling both server side and client side rendering, not aware of anyone else. > > Cheers Kai > > > > >> > >> Thanks for enlightenment, > >> > >> Kai > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Spice-devel mailing list > >> Spice-devel@lists.freedesktop.org > >> http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/spice-devel > _______________________________________________ Spice-devel mailing list Spice-devel@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/spice-devel