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envelope-from=qemu-devel-bounces+importer=patchew.org@nongnu.org; helo=lists.gnu.org; Received-SPF: pass client-ip=2607:f8b0:4864:20::42c; envelope-from=gurchetansingh@chromium.org; helo=mail-pf1-x42c.google.com X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIMWL_WL_HIGH=-0.001, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+importer=patchew.org@nongnu.org Sender: qemu-devel-bounces+importer=patchew.org@nongnu.org X-ZohoMail-DKIM: pass (identity @chromium.org) X-ZM-MESSAGEID: 1696554603407100002 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" This adds basic documentation for virtio-gpu. Suggested-by: Akihiko Odaki Signed-off-by: Gurchetan Singh Tested-by: Alyssa Ross Tested-by: Emmanouil Pitsidianakis Tested-by: Akihiko Odaki Reviewed-by: Emmanouil Pitsidianakis Reviewed-by: Antonio Caggiano Reviewed-by: Akihiko Odaki --- docs/system/device-emulation.rst | 1 + docs/system/devices/virtio-gpu.rst | 112 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 113 insertions(+) create mode 100644 docs/system/devices/virtio-gpu.rst diff --git a/docs/system/device-emulation.rst b/docs/system/device-emulatio= n.rst index 4491c4cbf7..1167f3a9f2 100644 --- a/docs/system/device-emulation.rst +++ b/docs/system/device-emulation.rst @@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ Emulated Devices devices/nvme.rst devices/usb.rst devices/vhost-user.rst + devices/virtio-gpu.rst devices/virtio-pmem.rst devices/vhost-user-rng.rst devices/canokey.rst diff --git a/docs/system/devices/virtio-gpu.rst b/docs/system/devices/virti= o-gpu.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..cb73dd7998 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/system/devices/virtio-gpu.rst @@ -0,0 +1,112 @@ +.. + SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later + +virtio-gpu +=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D + +This document explains the setup and usage of the virtio-gpu device. +The virtio-gpu device paravirtualizes the GPU and display controller. + +Linux kernel support +-------------------- + +virtio-gpu requires a guest Linux kernel built with the +``CONFIG_DRM_VIRTIO_GPU`` option. + +QEMU virtio-gpu variants +------------------------ + +QEMU virtio-gpu device variants come in the following form: + + * ``virtio-vga[-BACKEND]`` + * ``virtio-gpu[-BACKEND][-INTERFACE]`` + * ``vhost-user-vga`` + * ``vhost-user-pci`` + +**Backends:** QEMU provides a 2D virtio-gpu backend, and two accelerated +backends: virglrenderer ('gl' device label) and rutabaga_gfx ('rutabaga' +device label). There is a vhost-user backend that runs the graphics stack +in a separate process for improved isolation. + +**Interfaces:** QEMU further categorizes virtio-gpu device variants based +on the interface exposed to the guest. The interfaces can be classified +into VGA and non-VGA variants. The VGA ones are prefixed with virtio-vga +or vhost-user-vga while the non-VGA ones are prefixed with virtio-gpu or +vhost-user-gpu. + +The VGA ones always use the PCI interface, but for the non-VGA ones, the +user can further pick between MMIO or PCI. For MMIO, the user can suffix +the device name with -device, though vhost-user-gpu does not support MMIO. +For PCI, the user can suffix it with -pci. Without these suffixes, the +platform default will be chosen. + +virtio-gpu 2d +------------- + +The default 2D backend only performs 2D operations. The guest needs to +employ a software renderer for 3D graphics. + +Typically, the software renderer is provided by `Mesa`_ or `SwiftShader`_. +Mesa's implementations (LLVMpipe, Lavapipe and virgl below) work out of box +on typical modern Linux distributions. + +.. parsed-literal:: + -device virtio-gpu + +.. _Mesa: https://www.mesa3d.org/ +.. _SwiftShader: https://github.com/google/swiftshader + +virtio-gpu virglrenderer +------------------------ + +When using virgl accelerated graphics mode in the guest, OpenGL API calls +are translated into an intermediate representation (see `Gallium3D`_). The +intermediate representation is communicated to the host and the +`virglrenderer`_ library on the host translates the intermediate +representation back to OpenGL API calls. + +.. parsed-literal:: + -device virtio-gpu-gl + +.. _Gallium3D: https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/gallium/ +.. _virglrenderer: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/virgl/virglrenderer/ + +virtio-gpu rutabaga +------------------- + +virtio-gpu can also leverage rutabaga_gfx to provide `gfxstream`_ +rendering and `Wayland display passthrough`_. With the gfxstream rendering +mode, GLES and Vulkan calls are forwarded to the host with minimal +modification. + +The crosvm book provides directions on how to build a `gfxstream-enabled +rutabaga`_ and launch a `guest Wayland proxy`_. + +This device does require host blob support (``hostmem`` field below). The +``hostmem`` field specifies the size of virtio-gpu host memory window. +This is typically between 256M and 8G. + +At least one virtio-gpu capability set ("capset") must be specified when +starting the device. The currently capsets supported are ``gfxstream-vulk= an`` +and ``cross-domain`` for Linux guests. For Android guests, the experimental +``x-gfxstream-gles`` and ``x-gfxstream-composer`` capsets are also support= ed. + +The device will try to auto-detect the wayland socket path if the +``cross-domain`` capset name is set. The user may optionally specify +``wayland-socket-path`` for non-standard paths. + +The ``wsi`` option can be set to ``surfaceless`` or ``headless``. +Surfaceless doesn't create a native window surface, but does copy from the +render target to the Pixman buffer if a virtio-gpu 2D hypercall is issued. +Headless is like surfaceless, but doesn't copy to the Pixman buffer. +Surfaceless is the default if ``wsi`` is not specified. + +.. parsed-literal:: + -device virtio-gpu-rutabaga,gfxstream-vulkan=3Don,cross-domain=3Don, + hostmem=3D8G,wayland-socket-path=3D/tmp/nonstandard/mock_wayland.so= ck, + wsi=3Dheadless + +.. _gfxstream: https://android.googlesource.com/platform/hardware/google/g= fxstream/ +.. _Wayland display passthrough: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DOZJiHMt= IQ2M +.. _gfxstream-enabled rutabaga: https://crosvm.dev/book/appendix/rutabaga_= gfx.html +.. _guest Wayland proxy: https://crosvm.dev/book/devices/wayland.html --=20 2.42.0.609.gbb76f46606-goog