[OE-core] [PATCH 04/10] qemux86: drop resolution setting via uvesafb

[Alexander Kanavin]

What about higher than fullHD?

Alex

On Sun, 16 Feb 2020 at 17:01, Martin Jansa <martin.jansa at gmail.com> wrote:

> Why you think it doesn't support higher resolution? We were using it with
> fullHD in VirtualBox until recently.
>
> On Sun, Feb 16, 2020 at 4:52 PM Alexander Kanavin <alex.kanavin at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I am not sure if this has ever worked, but uvesafb is a really
>> outdated (VBE from the 1990s), awkward (needs v86d) and limited
>> (no support for high resolutions) way to do it.
>>
>> The specific reason 640x480-32 was introduced (ages ago) was
>> to force 32 bit mode with vmware driver, as 16bit had rendering issues.
>>
>> The modern, supported option is video=... kernel parameter documented
>> here:
>>
>> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/kernel_mode_setting#Forcing_modes_and_EDID
>> https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/Documentation/fb/modedb.rst
>> which can be passed directly to runqemu and doesn't require special
>> kernel modules.
>>
>> Sato under X will continue to use 640x480 as that is hardcoded into
>> xorg.conf under qemu.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Alexander Kanavin <alex.kanavin at gmail.com>
>> ---
>>  meta/conf/machine/include/qemuboot-x86.inc | 3 +--
>>  meta/conf/machine/qemux86-64.conf          | 4 ----
>>  meta/conf/machine/qemux86.conf             | 4 ----
>>  meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/parselogs.py   | 4 ----
>>  4 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 14 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/meta/conf/machine/include/qemuboot-x86.inc
>> b/meta/conf/machine/include/qemuboot-x86.inc
>> index 049681b27d..5dcc8b6f6b 100644
>> --- a/meta/conf/machine/include/qemuboot-x86.inc
>> +++ b/meta/conf/machine/include/qemuboot-x86.inc
>> @@ -8,9 +8,8 @@ QB_CPU_KVM_x86-64 = "-cpu core2duo"
>>
>>  QB_AUDIO_DRV = "alsa"
>>  QB_AUDIO_OPT = "-soundhw ac97,es1370"
>> -QB_KERNEL_CMDLINE_APPEND = "uvesafb.mode_option=${UVESA_MODE}
>> oprofile.timer=1 uvesafb.task_timeout=-1"
>> +QB_KERNEL_CMDLINE_APPEND = "oprofile.timer=1"
>>  QB_OPT_APPEND = "-show-cursor -usb -device usb-tablet"
>>  # Add the 'virtio-rng-pci' device otherwise the guest may run out of
>> entropy
>>  QB_OPT_APPEND += "-object rng-random,filename=/dev/urandom,id=rng0
>> -device virtio-rng-pci,rng=rng0"
>>
>> -UVESA_MODE ?= "640x480-32"
>> diff --git a/meta/conf/machine/qemux86-64.conf
>> b/meta/conf/machine/qemux86-64.conf
>> index 648cf2fe8f..db9004ee32 100644
>> --- a/meta/conf/machine/qemux86-64.conf
>> +++ b/meta/conf/machine/qemux86-64.conf
>> @@ -37,10 +37,6 @@ MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_EXTRA_RDEPENDS += "v86d"
>>
>>  MACHINE_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS = "kernel-module-snd-ens1370
>> kernel-module-snd-rawmidi"
>>
>> -KERNEL_MODULE_AUTOLOAD += "uvesafb"
>> -KERNEL_MODULE_PROBECONF += "uvesafb"
>> -module_conf_uvesafb = "options uvesafb mode_option=${UVESA_MODE}"
>> -
>>  WKS_FILE ?= "qemux86-directdisk.wks"
>>  do_image_wic[depends] += "syslinux:do_populate_sysroot
>> syslinux-native:do_populate_sysroot mtools-native:do_populate_sysroot
>> dosfstools-native:do_populate_sysroot"
>>
>> diff --git a/meta/conf/machine/qemux86.conf
>> b/meta/conf/machine/qemux86.conf
>> index 8e0da82076..7e6723b880 100644
>> --- a/meta/conf/machine/qemux86.conf
>> +++ b/meta/conf/machine/qemux86.conf
>> @@ -34,10 +34,6 @@ MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_EXTRA_RDEPENDS += "v86d"
>>
>>  MACHINE_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS = "kernel-module-snd-ens1370
>> kernel-module-snd-rawmidi"
>>
>> -KERNEL_MODULE_AUTOLOAD += "uvesafb"
>> -KERNEL_MODULE_PROBECONF += "uvesafb"
>> -module_conf_uvesafb = "options uvesafb mode_option=${UVESA_MODE}"
>> -
>>  WKS_FILE ?= "qemux86-directdisk.wks"
>>  do_image_wic[depends] += "syslinux:do_populate_sysroot
>> syslinux-native:do_populate_sysroot mtools-native:do_populate_sysroot
>> dosfstools-native:do_populate_sysroot"
>>
>> diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/parselogs.py
>> b/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/parselogs.py
>> index 9dafb89b03..3cad0709a1 100644
>> --- a/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/parselogs.py
>> +++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/parselogs.py
>> @@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ common_errors = [
>>      ]
>>
>>  video_related = [
>> -    "uvesafb",
>>  ]
>>
>>  x86_common = [
>> @@ -82,11 +81,8 @@ qemux86_common = [
>>      "fail to add MMCONFIG information, can't access extended PCI
>> configuration space under this bridge.",
>>      "can't claim BAR ",
>>      'amd_nb: Cannot enumerate AMD northbridges',
>> -    'uvesafb: 5000 ms task timeout, infinitely waiting',
>>      'tsc: HPET/PMTIMER calibration failed',
>>      "modeset(0): Failed to initialize the DRI2 extension",
>> -    "uvesafb: cannot reserve video memory at",
>> -    "uvesafb: probe of uvesafb.0 failed with error",
>>      "glamor initialization failed",
>>  ] + common_errors
>>
>> --
>> 2.25.0
>>
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