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

Wed Nov 16 04:30:49 CET 2011

On 14.11.2011 14:47, Buchan Milne wrote:
+> 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.
+Dynamips is already imported into Mageia - it needs a review from my 
+mentor. This software is abandoned by its creator(s), and now without a 
+maintainer. It is developed in free time by GNS3 developers.
+
+And NO. There was new "community" release in this year.
+This is officially a fork and de facto considered as the main branch
+http://sourceforge.net/projects/gns-3/files/Dynamips/0.2.8-RC3-community/
+>
+>> 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).
+GNS3 contain qemuwrapper to help emulate connections between multiple 
+PCs through virtual (emulated) router on one single (but not limited to 
+only one) machine. It uses UDP networking. You can chose your ready to 
+use image for qemu - in GNS3 menu -  (for example  with JunOS - there 
+are downloadable ready to use images with different OS) and immediately 
+have it working.
+
+Honestly I haven't been testing it with qemu - I have probably to wait 
+for possible upstream patch or make it finally myself.
+
+There are some official images
+http://sourceforge.net/projects/gns-3/files/Qemu%20Appliances/
+> 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.
+For Pix there is as far as I know pemu. Pemu was for afaik for qemu 
+0.9.x series and it's to old to push to upstream.
+>> 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?
+I based on Mageia already existing package and then to make it working I 
+based on others distros (especially openSUSE) and FreeBSD ports.
+
+>> 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
+