Changeset 101200 in vbox for trunk/src/VBox/Main/xml

Timestamp:

Sep 20, 2023 2:14:26 PM (20 months ago)

Author:

vboxsync

svn:sync-xref-src-repo-rev:

159173

Message:

Main,FE/Qt: Add the QEMU RAM based framebuffer device as a possible graphics controller for ARM platforms. Allows getting graphics output on guests like OpenSuse 15.4 and Oracle Linux 9 which don't have a compatible VSVGA3 device driver, bugref:10386

Location:

trunk/src/VBox/Main/xml

Files:

• Settings.cpp (modified) (3 diffs)
• VirtualBox-settings.xsd (modified) (1 diff)

trunk/src/VBox/Main/xml/Settings.cpp

@@ -5636 +5636 @@
                 else if (strGraphicsControllerType == "VBOXSVGA")
                     type = GraphicsControllerType_VBoxSVGA;
+                else if (strGraphicsControllerType == "QEMURAMFB")
+                    type = GraphicsControllerType_QemuRamFB;
                 else if (strGraphicsControllerType == "NONE")
                     type = GraphicsControllerType_Null;
@@ -7484 +7486 @@
                 case GraphicsControllerType_VMSVGA:             pcszGraphics = "VMSVGA"; break;
                 case GraphicsControllerType_VBoxSVGA:           pcszGraphics = "VBoxSVGA"; break;
+                case GraphicsControllerType_QemuRamFB:          pcszGraphics = "QemuRamFB"; break;
                 default: /*case GraphicsControllerType_Null:*/  pcszGraphics = "None"; break;
             }
@@ -9392 +9395 @@
     if (m->sv < SettingsVersion_v1_20)
     {
-        // VirtualBox 7.1 (settings v1.20) adds support for different VM platforms.
-        if (   hardwareMachine.platformSettings.architectureType != PlatformArchitecture_None
-            && hardwareMachine.platformSettings.architectureType != PlatformArchitecture_x86)
+        // VirtualBox 7.1 (settings v1.20) adds support for different VM platforms and the QEMU RAM based framebuffer device.
+        if (   (   hardwareMachine.platformSettings.architectureType != PlatformArchitecture_None
+                && hardwareMachine.platformSettings.architectureType != PlatformArchitecture_x86)
+            || hardwareMachine.graphicsAdapter.graphicsControllerType == GraphicsControllerType_QemuRamFB)
         {
             /* Note: The new chipset type ARMv8Virtual implies setting the platform architecture type to ARM. */

trunk/src/VBox/Main/xml/VirtualBox-settings.xsd

@@ -290 +290 @@
     <xsd:enumeration value="VMSVGA"/>
     <xsd:enumeration value="VBoxSVGA"/>
+    <xsd:enumeration value="QemuRamFB"/>
   </xsd:restriction>
 </xsd:simpleType>