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= QXL driver for guests =
 
Add QXL driver for virtual machines
Add QXL driver for virtual machines


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== Owner ==
== Owner ==
* Name: [[User:rjones| Richard Jones]]
* Name: [[User:Rjones|Richard Jones]]
* email: rjones@redhat.com
* email: rjones@redhat.com


== Current status ==
== Current status ==
* Targeted release: [[Releases/{{FedoraVersion||next}} | {{FedoraVersion|long|next}} ]]  
* Targeted release: [[Releases/11|Fedora 11]]  
* Last updated: (DATE)
* Last updated: 2009-02-30
* Percentage of completion: XX%
* Percentage of completion: XX%
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== Detailed Description ==
== Detailed Description ==
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== Comments and Discussion ==
== Comments and Discussion ==


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* See [[Talk:Features/QXL driver for guests]]
 


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Revision as of 10:47, 2 February 2009

QXL driver for guests

Add QXL driver for virtual machines

Summary

Owner

Current status

  • Targeted release: Fedora 11
  • Last updated: 2009-02-30
  • Percentage of completion: XX%

Detailed Description

Current KVM-based virtual machines use an emulated Cirrus Logic graphics driver. This has numerous problems, the main ones being that it is slow and has a limited resolution. When Red Hat acquired Qumranet, we acquired a closed source protocol called QXL which removes these limitations, is highly optimized, and supports such features as on-the-fly compression of video streams. The plan is to fully open source this and include all the pieces in QEMU/KVM, libvirt, Xorg, virt-install and virt-manager.

Benefit to Fedora

Scope

How To Test

User Experience

Dependencies

Contingency Plan

Documentation

Release Notes

Comments and Discussion