OvmfPkg: QemuVideoDxe: Int10h stub for Windows 7 & 2008 (stdvga, QXL)

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