linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH RFC] video: Add Hyper-V Synthetic Video Frame Buffer Driver

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Date:	Tue, 19 Feb 2013 19:04:48 +0000
From:	Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>
To:	Olaf Hering <olaf@...fle.de>
CC:	"FlorianSchandinat@....de" <FlorianSchandinat@....de>,
	"linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org" <linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	KY Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com>,
	"jasowang@...hat.com" <jasowang@...hat.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"devel@...uxdriverproject.org" <devel@...uxdriverproject.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH RFC] video: Add Hyper-V Synthetic Video Frame Buffer
 Driver

> -----Original Message-----
> From: linux-fbdev-owner@...r.kernel.org [mailto:linux-fbdev-
> owner@...r.kernel.org] On Behalf Of Olaf Hering
> Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2013 1:40 PM
> To: Haiyang Zhang
> Cc: FlorianSchandinat@....de; linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org; KY Srinivasan;
> jasowang@...hat.com; linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org;
> devel@...uxdriverproject.org
> Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC] video: Add Hyper-V Synthetic Video Frame Buffer
> Driver
> 
> On Tue, Feb 19, Haiyang Zhang wrote:
> 
> > The emulated video device is a separate device from the synthetic
> video.
> > The synthetic driver can only take control of the synthetic video, but
> not
> > the emulated video.
> 
> Please add this to the comment above.

Will do.

> > Actually, we already have a similar mechanism in ata/ata_piix.c to
> disable
> > emulated IDE drive on Hyper-V, so it won't conflict with the synthetic
> drive.
> 
> I havent read the vesafb code, but I think it can kind of give up the
> hardware, something ata_piix can not do.

In my test, the vesafb doesn't automatically give up the emulated video device,
unless I add the DMI based mechanism to let it exit on Hyper-V.

Thanks,
- Haiyang