From: Dominik Csapak <d.csapak@proxmox.com>
To: Markus Frank <m.frank@proxmox.com>, pve-devel@lists.proxmox.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH docs v4 3/3] VirGL: add info about feature sets with OpenGL4.6 and vulkan
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2026 13:39:17 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <667c77bf-9284-4f2c-8887-033fb607d0e4@proxmox.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260831094605.114396-4-m.frank@proxmox.com>
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Otherwise consider this
Reviewed-by: Dominik Csapak <d.csapak@proxmox.com>
On 8/31/26 11:46 AM, Markus Frank wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Markus Frank <m.frank@proxmox.com>
> ---
> new to v4
>
> qm.adoc | 17 +++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/qm.adoc b/qm.adoc
> index 18a4fbe..12c1752 100644
> --- a/qm.adoc
> +++ b/qm.adoc
> @@ -1047,6 +1047,9 @@ default due to being relatively big and also not available as open source for
> all GPU models/vendors. For most setups you'll just need to do:
> `apt install libgl1 libegl1`
>
> +To use Vulkan (Venus) you also need to install the virgl-server:
> +`apt install virgl-server`
> +
> You can edit the amount of memory given to the virtual GPU, by setting
> the 'memory' option. This can enable higher resolutions inside the VM,
> especially with SPICE/QXL.
> @@ -1066,6 +1069,20 @@ Selecting `serialX` as display 'type' disables the VGA output, and redirects
> the Web Console to the selected serial port. A configured display 'memory'
> setting will be ignored in that case.
>
> +.VirGL Feature Sets
> +
> +|===
> +|Feature Set |Description
> +|`opengl4.3 (Default)` |The default VirGL implementation; does not require a host memory window for blob resources
> +|`opengl4.6` |Adds support for OpenGL 4.6 by adding a host memory window (Default = 2048MiB) for blob resources
> +|`opengl4.6+vulkan` |Adds for OpenGL 4.6 and Vulkan by adding a host memory window for blob resources and enabling venus
here the word 'support' is missing between 'adds' and 'for'
> +|===
> +
> +The VirGL host memory window and blob resources allow a guest VM to
> +directly map and write to host GPU VRAM or system memory without copying
> +overhead, enabling the zero-copy buffer sharing and persistent memory
> +mapping required for Vulkan and OpenGL 4.6.
> +
> .VNC clipboard
> You can enable the VNC clipboard by setting `clipboard` to `vnc`.
>
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-01 11:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-31 9:38 [PATCH qemu-server/pve-manager/docs v4 0/1] add virtio-vga-gl OpenGL 4.6 & Vulkan (venus) support Markus Frank
2026-08-31 9:38 ` [PATCH qemu-server v4 1/3] fix #6277: virtio-vga-gl: add OpenGL 4.6 and Vulkan (Venus) support Markus Frank
2026-08-31 15:29 ` DERUMIER, Alexandre
2026-08-31 15:43 ` DERUMIER, Alexandre
2026-09-01 6:24 ` Dominik Csapak
2026-09-01 11:28 ` Dominik Csapak
2026-08-31 9:38 ` [PATCH pve-manager v4 2/3] ui: qemu: add VirGl feature selection in DisplayEdit Markus Frank
2026-09-01 11:35 ` Dominik Csapak
2026-08-31 9:38 ` [PATCH docs v4 3/3] VirGL: add info about feature sets with OpenGL4.6 and vulkan Markus Frank
2026-09-01 11:39 ` Dominik Csapak [this message]
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