From: Zhihang Wei <wzh@ilbers.de>
To: vidyasagar.gc@siemens.com, isar-users@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] imagetypes_vm: add support for graphics controller configuration
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2026 14:32:07 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <d09df5ea-a42d-4f47-9000-234e74069519@ilbers.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260904103023.150460-1-vidyasagar.gc@siemens.com>
Applied to next, thanks.
Zhihang
On 9/4/26 12:30, vidyasagar.gc via isar-users wrote:
> From: Vidyasagar G C <vidyasagar.gc@siemens.com>
>
> By default, when an ova image is imported into virtualbox, the graphics
> controller was previously set to VBOXVGA (legacy).
> However, virtualbox (> 6.0) recommends using VMSVGA for modern Linux guests
> to ensure proper display initialization and performance.
>
> To address this, introduce the OVA_GRAPHICS_CONTROLLER variable to set
> the recommended graphics controller by default, while also allowing
> downstream layers to customize the controller type in the generated
> ovf descriptor.
>
> Signed-off-by: Vidyasagar G C <vidyasagar.gc@siemens.com>
>
> diff --git a/meta/classes-recipe/imagetypes_vm.bbclass b/meta/classes-recipe/imagetypes_vm.bbclass
> index 9f1f4c48..fd4e97ed 100644
> --- a/meta/classes-recipe/imagetypes_vm.bbclass
> +++ b/meta/classes-recipe/imagetypes_vm.bbclass
> @@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ OVA_FIRMWARE ?= "efi"
> OVA_ACPI ?= "true"
> OVA_3D_ACCEL ?= "false"
> OVA_SHA_ALG = "1"
> +OVA_GRAPHICS_CONTROLLER ?= "VMSVGA"
>
> # Generate random MAC addresses just as VirtualBox does, the format is
> # their assigned prefix for the first 3 bytes followed by 3 random bytes.
> @@ -59,7 +60,7 @@ macgen() {
> }
>
> OVA_VARS = "OVA_NAME OVA_MEMORY OVA_NUMBER_OF_CPU OVA_VRAM \
> - OVA_FIRMWARE OVA_ACPI OVA_3D_ACCEL \
> + OVA_FIRMWARE OVA_ACPI OVA_3D_ACCEL OVA_GRAPHICS_CONTROLLER \
> OVA_SHA_ALG VIRTUAL_MACHINE_IMAGE_FILE VMDK_SUBFORMAT"
>
> IMAGE_TEMPLATE_FILES:ova = "${OVF_TEMPLATE_FILE}"
> diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/images/virtualbox/vm-img-virtualbox.ovf.tmpl b/meta/recipes-core/images/virtualbox/vm-img-virtualbox.ovf.tmpl
> index c3295149..f4d1271c 100644
> --- a/meta/recipes-core/images/virtualbox/vm-img-virtualbox.ovf.tmpl
> +++ b/meta/recipes-core/images/virtualbox/vm-img-virtualbox.ovf.tmpl
> @@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
> <Firmware type="${OVA_FIRMWARE_UPPERCASE}"/>
> <HID Pointing="USBTablet"/>
> <Chipset type="ICH9"/>
> - <Display VRAMSize="${OVA_VRAM}" monitorCount="1" accelerate3D="${OVA_3D_ACCEL}" accelerate2DVideo="false"/>
> + <Display VRAMSize="${OVA_VRAM}" monitorCount="1" accelerate3D="${OVA_3D_ACCEL}" accelerate2DVideo="false" controller="${OVA_GRAPHICS_CONTROLLER}"/>
> <RemoteDisplay enabled="true"/>
> <BIOS>
> <IOAPIC enabled="${OVA_ACPI}"/>
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