Re: Virtual GPU for FreeBSD as guest virtualized with qemu / kvm -- best alternative ? Cirrus ?
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2023 15:15:05 UTC
Actually the problem that I have is something like this : https://superuser.com/questions/1799481/wrong-mouse-movements-virtualizing-freebsd-on-windows-11-with-qemu-kvm On Fri, Jul 28, 2023 at 4:42 PM Mario Marietto <marietto2008@gmail.com> wrote: > In the last few days I found something better than the simple -vga std. It > is : > > -device vmware-svga,id=video0,vgamem_mb=16,bus=pcie.0,addr=0x1 > > > qemu supports it and FreeBSD,too.... > > On Fri, Jul 28, 2023 at 4:33 PM Jake Freeland <jake@technologyfriends.net> > wrote: > >> On Fri, Jul 28, 2023 at 9:27 AM Mario Marietto <marietto2008@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Thanks. it does not work. This is the error I get : (on the attached >>> picture,you can read "segmentation fault"... >>> >>> [image: unnamed.png] >>> >>> On Fri, Jul 28, 2023 at 4:18 PM Ronald Klop <ronald@freebsd.org> wrote: >>> >>>> On 7/23/23 16:27, Mario Marietto wrote: >>>> > Hello to everyone. >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > I would like to virtualize FreeBSD on Windows 11 with qemu-kvm (for >>>> Windows). I've end up with the following parameters which are working : >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > |I:\OS\qemu\Linux\qemu\qemu-system-x86_64w.exe -accel whpx -machine >>>> q35 \ -cpu >>>> Westmere,vendor=GenuineIntel,+pcid,+ssse3,+sse4.2,+popcnt,+avx,+aes,+xsave,+xsaveopt,check >>>> \ -m 8G -vga qxl -audiodev dsound,id=snd0 -device ich9-intel-hda -device \ >>>> hda-duplex,audiodev=snd0 \ -hda >>>> "I:\OS\ISO\FreeBSD\FreeBSD-13.2-RELEASE-amd64-disc1.iso" \ -hdb >>>> "I:\OS\qemu\Linux\FreeBSD.img" -rtc base=localtime \ -device >>>> nec-usb-xhci,id=xhci -device usb-tablet -device usb-kbd \ -global >>>> nec-usb-xhci.msi=off -smbios type=2 -nodefaults -netdev user,id=net0 \ >>>> -device virtio-net-pci,netdev=net0,id=net0,mac=52:54:00:11:22:33 \ -device >>>> ich9-ahci,id=sata -bios "I:\OS\qemu\Linux\OSX-KVM-master\OVMF_combined.fd"| >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > Now I'm trying to configure Xorg and the xfce4 desktop environment. >>>> Since I'm using qemu,there are a lot of display devices available to >>>> try,but I don't know which one is good for FreeBSD. In the website below >>>> there is a good list of all options available : >>>> >>> >> I've found that `-vga std` with the xf86-video-vesa package works best. >> >> This combination only appears to support a maximum resolution of >> 1920x1080, >> but I have not found anything better over the last few years. >> >> >>> > >>>> > >>>> > https://www.kraxel.org/blog/2019/09/display-devices-in-qemu/ < >>>> https://www.kraxel.org/blog/2019/09/display-devices-in-qemu/> >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > On FreeBSD I have installed the package drm-kmod and it suggests to >>>> me to add to the rc.conf file one of these parameters : >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > 1. >>>> > >>>> > for amdgpu : kld_list="amdgpu" >>>> > >>>> > 2. >>>> > >>>> > for intel : kld_list="i915kms" >>>> > >>>> > 3. >>>> > >>>> > for radeonkms : kld_list="radeonkms" >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > qemu does not cover any of those. I don't know which option is decent >>>> for my case. I would like to try with the cirrus display driver. Maybe this >>>> one : >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > https://www.freshports.org/x11-drivers/xf86-video-cirrus/ < >>>> https://www.freshports.org/x11-drivers/xf86-video-cirrus/> >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > |So,I have installed this package : pkg install xf86-video-cirrus >>>> > >>>> > | >>>> > >>>> > I've rebooted and I have changed |-vga qxl to -vga cirrus| >>>> > >>>> > FreeBSD recognized it at 0:1:0 >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > 2023-07-23 15_21_33-QEMU.png >>>> > >>>> > I have created xorg.conf with this content : >>>> > >>>> > |Section "Device" Identifier "Device0" Driver "cirrus" BusID >>>> "PCI:0:1:0" Screen 0 EndSection| >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > error : no screens found. >>>> > This is the reason why it does not work : >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > 2023-07-23 15 49 44.png >>>> > >>>> > but the module seems to be there : >>>> > >>>> > |cd /usr/local/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/ ls *cirrus_drv.so* ; >>>> modesetting_drv.so ; scfb_drv.so ; vesa_drv.so ;| >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > What should I do ? >>>> > >>>> > -- >>>> > Mario. >>>> >>>> >>>> A https://www.freshports.org/x11-drivers/xf86-video-qxl/ driver >>>> exists. It didn't work on my qemu on Mac/ARM. Maybe it works for you. >>>> >>>> Ronald. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> Mario. >>> >> > > -- > Mario. > -- Mario.