[libvirt] [PATCH] news: mention 'ramfb' mdev attribute

Signed-off-by: Jonathon Jongsma <jjongsma@redhat.com> --- docs/news.xml | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/news.xml b/docs/news.xml index c362bf3a15..046314ef78 100644 --- a/docs/news.xml +++ b/docs/news.xml @@ -53,6 +53,19 @@ which were introduced in QEMU 4.2.0. </description> </change> + <change> + <summary> + qemu: support boot display for GPU mediated devices + </summary> + <description> + Until now, GPU mediated devices generally did not show any output + until the guest OS had initialized the vgpu. By specifying the + <code>ramfb</code> attribute, qemu can be configured to use ramfb as + a boot display for the device. This allows for display of firmware + messages, boot loader menu, and other output before the guest OS has + initialized the vgpu. + </description> + </change> </section> <section title="Improvements"> </section> -- 2.21.0

On Thu, 2019-11-14 at 16:29 -0600, Jonathon Jongsma wrote:
+ <change> + <summary> + qemu: support boot display for GPU mediated devices
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+ </summary> + <description> + Until now, GPU mediated devices generally did not show any output + until the guest OS had initialized the vgpu. By specifying the
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+ <code>ramfb</code> attribute, qemu can be configured to use ramfb as
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+ a boot display for the device. This allows for display of firmware
s/device. This/device: this/
+ messages, boot loader menu, and other output before the guest OS has + initialized the vgpu.
s/vgpu/vGPU/ With all of the above fixed, Reviewed-by: Andrea Bolognani <abologna@redhat.com> Thanks for helping keeping the release notes up to date! -- Andrea Bolognani / Red Hat / Virtualization
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