1config DRM_CIRRUS_QEMU 2 tristate "Cirrus driver for QEMU emulated device" 3 depends on DRM && PCI && MMU 4 select DRM_KMS_HELPER 5 select DRM_TTM 6 help 7 This is a KMS driver for emulated cirrus device in qemu. 8 It is *NOT* intended for real cirrus devices. This requires 9 the modesetting userspace X.org driver. 10 11 Cirrus is obsolete, the hardware was designed in the 90ies 12 and can't keep up with todays needs. More background: 13 https://www.kraxel.org/blog/2014/10/qemu-using-cirrus-considered-harmful/ 14 15 Better alternatives are: 16 - stdvga (DRM_BOCHS, qemu -vga std, default in qemu 2.2+) 17 - qxl (DRM_QXL, qemu -vga qxl, works best with spice) 18 - virtio (DRM_VIRTIO_GPU), qemu -vga virtio) 19