Commit 3cb0853a authored by Fabrice Bellard's avatar Fabrice Bellard
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more info about -std-vga 


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qemu-doc.texi

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@item -std-vga

Simulate a standard VGA card with Bochs VBE extensions (default is

Cirrus Logic GD5446 PCI VGA)

Cirrus Logic GD5446 PCI VGA). If your guest OS supports the VESA 2.0

VBE extensions (e.g. Windows XP) and if you want to use high

resolution modes (>= 1280x1024x16) then you should use this option.



@item -loadvm file

Start right away with a saved state (@code{loadvm} in monitor)

@end table
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and use this graphic card. For optimal performances, use 16 bit color

depth in the guest and the host OS.



If you are using Windows XP as guest OS and if you want to use high

resolution modes which the Cirrus Logic BIOS does not support (i.e. >=

1280x1024x16), then you should use the VESA VBE virtual graphic card

(option @option{-std-vga}).



@subsubsection CPU usage reduction



Windows 9x does not correctly use the CPU HLT