Virgil and Windows: A True Romance

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Describes developing a graphics driver that enables Virgil 3D GPU (a QEMU virtual GPU) to work inside Windows guests by adding Direct3D support instead of the existing OpenGL-only path used for Linux guests; covers building a Windows-specific driver for Virgil to bridge the guest’s preferred Direct3D API to the virtual GPU.

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1. 0:00Start
2. 0:27Agenda
3. 1:17What is all about
4. 25:02Virgil meets WDDM
5. 30:28Virgil and WDDM driver
6. 33:35The Challenge: mysterious WDDM
7. 36:38Current status

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