Improve environment running on VirtualBox or VMWare

Add configurations to template of local.conf:

  - Wider screen than default!
  - Fix corrupting screen by systemd's console message

Change-Id: I0f5fb28305e5fdb4625f7de62e85898f43f905a5
Signed-off-by: Tadao Tanikawa <tanikawa.tadao@jp.panasonic.com>

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 25e8d89..eab32ca 100644 (file)
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -175,8 +175,12 @@ IMAGE_INSTALL_append = " \
    To extend the amount of memory, add to runqemu:
         qemuparams="-m 512"
 
+   To separate console from VGA screen (to avoid corrupt screen while booting),
+   add to runqemu:
+        serial
+
    or use the virtual disk in Virtual Box from this location:
-       tmp/deploy/images/qemux86-64/agl-demo-platform-qemux86-64.vmdk 
+       tmp/deploy/images/qemux86-64/agl-demo-platform-qemux86-64.vmdk
 
 4. Some weston samples are available from weston terminal.
 

diff --git a/conf/local.conf.sample b/conf/local.conf.sample
index a9ed1b8..adc0c66 100644 (file)
--- a/conf/local.conf.sample
+++ b/conf/local.conf.sample
@@ -243,6 +243,25 @@ IMAGE_INSTALL_append = " kernel-modules"
 # Comment this out to receive the separate modules tarbal again.
 MODULE_TARBALL_DEPLOY ?= "0"
 
+# Configurations to run on VirtualBox/VMWare
+#
+# To get wide screen than default, there are a selection of resolutions
+# available:
+#
+#APPEND += "uvesafb.mode_option=1024x768-32"
+APPEND += "uvesafb.mode_option=1280x1024-32"
+#APPEND += "uvesafb.mode_option=1600x1200-32"
+#
+# To avoid corrupt boot screen by systemd message, you can use serial
+# console separated from VGA console or disable all boot messages by
+# kernel command line.
+#
+# Configuration for serial console
+APPEND += "console=ttyS0,115200n8"
+#
+# All boot message will be off
+APPEND += "quiet"
+
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 # /END AGL
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