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Re: [Xen-devel] [RFC] Xen Virtual Framebuffer


  • To: Jon Smirl <jonsmirl@xxxxxxxxx>
  • From: Jacob Gorm Hansen <jacobg@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 13:14:28 +0100
  • Cc: xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Tracy R Reed <treed@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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On 12/11/05, Jon Smirl <jonsmirl@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> You don't have to run the X server in dom0. You can run it in any
> domain that has sole control of the graphics hardware.  The core
> problem is that only one domain can have control of the video
> hardware, there is no realistic way to virtualize a 3D engine.

Even if it is impossible, I am currently attempting to do just that.
At http://www.diku.dk/~jacobg/gfx you can see a screen shot of 3 Xen
VM's displaying hardware-accelerated OpenGL to a shared server in
dom0.

best regards,
Jacob

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