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See the [QEMU changelog] for more +</I>><i> details. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Upstream QEMU is capable of emulating many different platforms (arm, +</I>><i> i386, m68k, mips, ppc, sparc, x86_64, etc). On the other hand, you have +</I>><i> qemu-kvm, which is qemu (i386 and x86_64 architecture support only) with +</I>><i> KVM (kernel-based virtual machine) additions, allowing you to run +</I>><i> virtual machines at close to native speed. qemu-kvm is the version you +</I>><i> want if you have a CPU that supports hardware virtualization and you +</I>><i> only need to run virtual machines for the i386 and x86_64 architectures +</I>><i> (Linux, Windows, BSD, etc). +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Not all processors support KVM. You will need an x86-based machine +</I>><i> running a recent ( >= 2.6.22 ) Linux kernel on an Intel processor with +</I>><i> VT-x (virtualization technology) extensions or an AMD processor with SVM +</I>><i> (Secure Virtual Machine) extensions (also called AMD-V). Xen has a +</I>><i> complete list of compatible processors. For Intel processors, see also +</I>><i> the Intel® Virtualization Technology List. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> <A HREF="https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/QEMU#Difference_between_qemu_and_qemu-kvm">https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/QEMU#Difference_between_qemu_and_qemu-kvm</A> +</I>><i> +</I>><i> -- +</I>><i> +</I>><i> +</I>><i> And now from the qemu changelog +</I>><i> ~~ +</I>><i> KVM +</I>><i> Common +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Countless fixes ported over from qemu-kvm, core is now shared with +</I>><i> that tree, i.e. has the same quality +</I>><i> Pimped up threading model, now fully synchronized with qemu-kvm tree +</I>><i> Removed dependency on external kernel headers, all supported KVM +</I>><i> features are now built into the binary +</I>><i> +</I>><i> <A HREF="http://wiki.qemu.org/ChangeLog/0.15#KVM">http://wiki.qemu.org/ChangeLog/0.15#KVM</A> +</I>><i> ~~ +</I>><i> +</I>><i> What do you think? Can we move? +</I>><i> +</I>><i> There is also one important patch missed in Mageia - +</I>><i> <A HREF="http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2011-11/msg00787.html">http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2011-11/msg00787.html</A> it's +</I>><i> dependency for the GNS3 simulator. OpenSUSE already includes it +</I>><i> <A HREF="https://build.opensuse.org/package/files?package=qemu&project=openSUSE%3ATools">https://build.opensuse.org/package/files?package=qemu&project=openSUSE%3ATools</A> +</I>><i> +</I>><i> +</I>><i> If nobody is against I will do it and contact the maintainer (misc). +</I> + You should also contact pterjan wo was maintainer for a long time + +-- +Anne +<A HREF="http://mageia.org">http://mageia.org</A> +</PRE> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="009500.html">[Mageia-dev] qemu new upstream release (1.0-rc1) and should we move from qemu-kvm to qemu? +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="009502.html">[Mageia-dev] qemu new upstream release (1.0-rc1) and should we move from qemu-kvm to qemu? +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#9501">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#9501">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#9501">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#9501">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">More information about the Mageia-dev +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |