[Mageia-dev] qemu new upstream release (1.0-rc1) and should we move from qemu-kvm to qemu?

Mon Nov 14 14:47:44 CET 2011

On Saturday, 12 November 2011 22:11:31 Kamil Rytarowski wrote:
+> On 12.11.2011 20:20, Michael Scherer wrote:
+> > Le samedi 12 novembre 2011 à 16:44 +0100, Kamil Rytarowski a écrit :
+> >> There is also one important patch missed in Mageia -
+> >> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2011-11/msg00787.html it's
+> >> dependency for the GNS3 simulator. OpenSUSE already includes it
+> >> https://build.opensuse.org/package/files?package=qemu&project=openSUSE%3
+> >> ATools
+> >> 
+> >> If nobody is against I will do it and contact the maintainer (misc).
+> > 
+> > I prefer to wait on the stable release ( ie, no rc1 ).
+> > We will wait on stable version of qemu.
+> 
+> OK
+> 
+> > And no patch unless it comes from upstream ( and even, I am not keen on
+> > backporting feature, better wait for stable release ).
+> 
+> GNS3 is already in stable! This package is broken - no dynamips (=no
+> router emulation at all...),
+
+Well, for me, I upgraded from Mandriva, and AFAIK there has been no new 
+release of dynamips in the past year => grab the package from Mandriva for 
+nwo, and log an enhancement bug (you can assign to me) for dynamips.
+
+
+> no patched qemu (no virtualization support
+> at all...) According to the developers and their online documentation
+> for package maintainers http://forum.gns3.net/post11571.html UDP patched
+> Qemu is dependency/very important.
+
+Can you provide a bit more information on what GNS3 feature needs this patched 
+qemu? I have in the past hooked up my kvm VMs to dynamips routers (before 
+GNS3).
+
+Is this for Pix emulation, or just for launching generic virtual 
+machines/emulated hardware as part of your lab?
+
+I really don't think the Pix emulation (I have never seen a maintained patch) 
+is ready for anyone to include it ... but I haven't looked recently.
+
+> 
+> We must fix the package and provide at least not so heavy broken ones...
+> 
+> I've prepared new version of GNS3, included into svn dynamips
+
+Did you base it on the existing Mandriva package?
+
+> and
+> xdotool (this one suggested) - these I can maintain with my mentor, so I
+> ask for patch qemu in stable versus UDP support.
+
+
+Regards,
+Buchan
+