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diff --git a/OvmfPkg/README b/OvmfPkg/README index be798063a0..3243dc685c 100644 --- a/OvmfPkg/README +++ b/OvmfPkg/README @@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ Current capabilities: - Optional NIC support. Requires QEMU (0.12.2 or later)
* UEFI Linux boots
* UEFI Windows 8 boots
+* UEFI Windows 7 & Windows 2008 Server boot (see important notes below!)
=== FUTURE PLANS ===
@@ -243,3 +244,13 @@ selectively. For example: GCC:*_*_*_CC_FLAGS = -UMDEPKG_NDEBUG
}
+=== UEFI Windows 7 & Windows 2008 Server ===
+
+* One of the '-vga std' and '-vga qxl' QEMU options should be used.
+* Only one video mode, 1024x768x32, is supported at OS runtime.
+* The '-vga qxl' QEMU option is recommended. After booting the installed
+ guest OS, select the video card in Device Manager, and upgrade its driver
+ to the QXL XDDM one. Download location:
+ <http://www.spice-space.org/download.html>, Guest | Windows binaries.
+ This enables further resolutions at OS runtime, and provides S3
+ (suspend/resume) capability.
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