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[v11,10/10] docs/system: virtio-gpu: Document host/guest requirements

Message ID 20250310120555.150077-11-dmitry.osipenko@collabora.com (mailing list archive)
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Series Support virtio-gpu DRM native context | expand

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Dmitry Osipenko March 10, 2025, 12:05 p.m. UTC 
From: Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@linaro.org>

This attempts to tidy up the VirtIO GPU documentation to make the list
of requirements clearer. There are still a lot of moving parts and the
distros have some catching up to do before this is all handled
automatically.

Signed-off-by: Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@linaro.org>
Cc: Sergio Lopez Pascual <slp@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Osipenko <dmitry.osipenko@collabora.com>
[dmitry.osipenko@collabora.com: Extended and corrected doc]
---
 docs/system/devices/virtio-gpu.rst | 101 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 98 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

Comments

Akihiko Odaki March 10, 2025, 12:25 p.m. UTC | #1 
On 2025/03/10 21:05, Dmitry Osipenko wrote:
> From: Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@linaro.org>
> 
> This attempts to tidy up the VirtIO GPU documentation to make the list
> of requirements clearer. There are still a lot of moving parts and the
> distros have some catching up to do before this is all handled
> automatically.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@linaro.org>
> Cc: Sergio Lopez Pascual <slp@redhat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Osipenko <dmitry.osipenko@collabora.com>
> [dmitry.osipenko@collabora.com: Extended and corrected doc]

Reviewed-by: Akihiko Odaki <akihiko.odaki@daynix.com>
Dmitry Osipenko March 10, 2025, 12:29 p.m. UTC | #2 
On 3/10/25 15:25, Akihiko Odaki wrote:
> On 2025/03/10 21:05, Dmitry Osipenko wrote:
>> From: Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@linaro.org>
>>
>> This attempts to tidy up the VirtIO GPU documentation to make the list
>> of requirements clearer. There are still a lot of moving parts and the
>> distros have some catching up to do before this is all handled
>> automatically.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@linaro.org>
>> Cc: Sergio Lopez Pascual <slp@redhat.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Osipenko <dmitry.osipenko@collabora.com>
>> [dmitry.osipenko@collabora.com: Extended and corrected doc]
> 
> Reviewed-by: Akihiko Odaki <akihiko.odaki@daynix.com>

Thanks a lot for the quick review!
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diff --git a/docs/system/devices/virtio-gpu.rst b/docs/system/devices/virtio-gpu.rst
index ea3eb052df3c..ed952468c331 100644
--- a/docs/system/devices/virtio-gpu.rst
+++ b/docs/system/devices/virtio-gpu.rst
@@ -5,14 +5,28 @@  virtio-gpu
 ==========
 
 This document explains the setup and usage of the virtio-gpu device.
-The virtio-gpu device paravirtualizes the GPU and display controller.
+The virtio-gpu device provides a GPU and display controller
+paravirtualized using VirtIO. It supports a number of different modes
+from simple 2D displays to fully accelerated 3D graphics.
 
-Linux kernel support
---------------------
+Linux guest kernel support
+--------------------------
 
 virtio-gpu requires a guest Linux kernel built with the
 ``CONFIG_DRM_VIRTIO_GPU`` option.
 
+3D acceleration
+---------------
+
+3D acceleration of a virtualized GPU is still an evolving field.
+Depending on the 3D mode you are running you may need to override
+distribution supplied libraries with more recent versions or enable
+build options. There are a number of requirements the host must meet
+to be able to be able to support guests. QEMU must be able to access the
+host's GPU and for the best performance be able to reliably share GPU
+memory with the guest. Details of 3D acceleration requirements are
+described in a further sections.
+
 QEMU virtio-gpu variants
 ------------------------
 
@@ -65,8 +79,14 @@  intermediate representation is communicated to the host and the
 `virglrenderer`_ library on the host translates the intermediate
 representation back to OpenGL API calls.
 
+By default OpenGL version on guest is limited to 4.3. In order to enable
+OpenGL 4.6 support, virtio-gpu  host blobs feature (``hostmem`` and ``blob``
+fields) should be enabled.  The ``hostmem`` field specifies the size of
+virtio-gpu host memory window. This is typically between 256M and 8G.
+
 .. parsed-literal::
     -device virtio-gpu-gl
+    -device virtio-gpu-gl,hostmem=8G,blob=true
 
 .. _virgl: https://docs.mesa3d.org/drivers/virgl.html
 .. _Gallium3D: https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/gallium/
@@ -94,6 +114,63 @@  of virtio-gpu host memory window. This is typically between 256M and 8G.
 
 .. _drm: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/virgl/virglrenderer/-/tree/main/src/drm
 
+.. list-table:: Linux Host Requirements
+  :header-rows: 1
+
+  * - Capability
+    - Kernel Version
+    - Libvirglrenderer Version
+  * - OpenGL pass-through
+    - Any Linux version compatible with QEMU if not using host blobs feature,
+      Linux 6.13+ otherwise
+    - 0.8.2+
+  * - Vulkan pass-through
+    - Linux 6.13+
+    - 1.0.0+
+  * - AMDGPU DRM native context
+    - Linux 6.13+
+    - 1.1.0+
+  * - Freedreno DRM native context
+    - Linux 6.4+
+    - 1.0.0+
+  * - Intel i915 DRM native context
+    - Linux 6.13+
+    - `mr1384`_
+  * - Asahi DRM native context
+    - `Downstream version`_ of Asahi Linux kernel
+    - `mr1274`_
+
+.. _mr1384: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/virgl/virglrenderer/-/merge_requests/1384
+.. _mr1274: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/virgl/virglrenderer/-/merge_requests/1274
+.. _Downstream version: https://github.com/AsahiLinux/linux
+
+.. list-table:: Linux Guest Requirements
+  :header-rows: 1
+
+  * - Capability
+    - Kernel Version
+    - Mesa Version
+  * - OpenGL pass-through
+    - Any Linux version supporting virtio-gpu
+    - 16.0.0+
+  * - Vulkan pass-through
+    - Linux 5.16+
+    - 24.2.0+
+  * - AMDGPU DRM native context
+    - Linux 6.14+
+    - 25.0.0+
+  * - Freedreno DRM native context
+    - Linux 6.14+
+    - 23.1.0+
+  * - Intel i915 DRM native context
+    - Linux 6.14+
+    - `mr29870`_
+  * - Asahi DRM native context
+    - Linux 6.14+
+    - 24.2.0+
+
+.. _mr29870: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/merge_requests/29870
+
 virtio-gpu rutabaga
 -------------------
 
@@ -133,3 +210,21 @@  Surfaceless is the default if ``wsi`` is not specified.
 .. _Wayland display passthrough: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZJiHMtIQ2M
 .. _gfxstream-enabled rutabaga: https://crosvm.dev/book/appendix/rutabaga_gfx.html
 .. _guest Wayland proxy: https://crosvm.dev/book/devices/wayland.html
+
+.. list-table:: Linux Host Requirements
+  :header-rows: 1
+
+  * - Capability
+    - Kernel Version
+  * - Vulkan+Wayland pass-through
+    - Linux 6.13+
+
+.. list-table:: Linux Guest Requirements
+  :header-rows: 1
+
+  * - Capability
+    - Kernel Version
+    - Mesa Version
+  * - Vulkan+Wayland pass-through
+    - Linux 5.16+
+    - 24.3.0+