From: Markus Frank <m.frank@proxmox.com>
To: pve-devel@lists.proxmox.com
Subject: [PATCH qemu-server v2 1/2] virtio-vga-gl: add OpenGL 4.6 and Vulkan (Venus) support
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2026 15:54:37 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260626135527.299939-2-m.frank@proxmox.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260626135527.299939-1-m.frank@proxmox.com>
Adding the 'blob=on,hostmem=<size>' parameters to the 'virtio-gpu-gl'
device allows the VM to use OpenGL 4.6. By default virtio-gpu-gl only
supports up to OpenGL 4.3.
If Vulkan support is needed, the 'venus=on' parameter is added to the
'virtio-gpu-gl' device, in addition to the two parameters required for
OpenGL 4.6.
The Venus protocol facilitates the translation of Vulkan API calls via
the virglrenderer. To use it, the virgl-server package must be installed
on the host.
Set the default VirGL memory window to 2048 MiB, as having less could
lead to instability inside the VM.
Signed-off-by: Markus Frank <m.frank@proxmox.com>
---
src/PVE/QemuServer.pm | 34 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 33 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/src/PVE/QemuServer.pm b/src/PVE/QemuServer.pm
index 55e9f520..0b9f8dcd 100644
--- a/src/PVE/QemuServer.pm
+++ b/src/PVE/QemuServer.pm
@@ -170,6 +170,21 @@ my $vga_fmt = {
qw(cirrus qxl qxl2 qxl3 qxl4 none serial0 serial1 serial2 serial3 std virtio virtio-gl vmware)
],
},
+ 'virgl-features' => {
+ description => 'Enable support for OpenGL 4.6 and Vulkan with the VirGL GPU.',
+ type => 'string',
+ optional => 1,
+ enum => ['opengl4.6', 'opengl4.6+vulkan'],
+ },
+ 'virgl-memory-window' => {
+ description =>
+ 'Set the VirGL host memory window. This option allocates'
+ . ' host memory to act as VRAM in the VM.',
+ type => 'string',
+ default => '2048',
+ optional => 1,
+ enum => ['512', '1024', '2048', '4096', '8192'],
+ },
memory => {
description => "Sets the VGA memory (in MiB). Has no effect with serial display.",
type => 'integer',
@@ -1524,6 +1539,20 @@ sub print_vga_device {
$pciaddr = print_pci_addr($vgaid, $bridges, $arch);
}
+ my $virgl_param = "";
+ my $virgl_mode = $vga->{'virgl-features'};
+ if ($virgl_mode) {
+ my $virgl_memory_window = $vga->{'virgl-memory-window'}
+ // $vga_fmt->{'virgl-memory-window'}->{'default'};
+ $virgl_param = ",hostmem=${virgl_memory_window}M,blob=on";
+
+ if ($virgl_mode eq 'opengl4.6+vulkan') {
+ $virgl_param .= ",venus=on";
+ log_warn("missing virgl render server for Vulkan (Venus) support! Please install 'virgl-server'.\n")
+ if !-e "/usr/libexec/virgl_render_server";
+ }
+ }
+
if ($vga->{type} eq 'virtio-gl') {
my $base = '/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/lib';
die "missing libraries for '$vga->{type}' detected! Please install 'libgl1' and 'libegl1'\n"
@@ -1532,9 +1561,12 @@ sub print_vga_device {
die
"no DRM render node detected (/dev/dri/renderD*), no GPU? - needed for '$vga->{type}' display\n"
if !PVE::Tools::dir_glob_regex('/dev/dri/', "renderD.*");
+
+ } elsif ($virgl_mode) {
+ die "You need to use virtio-gl to enable OpenGL 4.6 or Vulkan support!\n";
}
- return "$type,id=${vgaid}${memory}${max_outputs}${pciaddr}${edidoff}";
+ return "$type,id=${vgaid}${memory}${max_outputs}${pciaddr}${edidoff}${virgl_param}";
}
sub vm_is_volid_owner {
--
2.47.3
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-06-26 13:55 UTC|newest]
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2026-06-26 13:54 [PATCH qemu-server/pve-manager v2 0/2] add virtio-vga-gl OpenGL 4.6 & Vulkan (venus) support Markus Frank
2026-06-26 13:54 ` Markus Frank [this message]
2026-06-26 13:54 ` [PATCH pve-manager v2 2/2] ui: qemu: add VirGl feature selection in DisplayEdit Markus Frank
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