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Re: [Qemu-devel] qemu on 2.6.0-rc1
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Herbert Poetzl |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] qemu on 2.6.0-rc1 |
Date: |
Wed, 7 Jan 2004 08:01:17 +0100 |
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On Wed, Jan 07, 2004 at 12:53:40PM +1100, Rusty Russell wrote:
> In message <address@hidden> you write:
> > It seems I need to update the documentation :-)
> >
> > Did you try to submit the non QEMU specific patches to Linus ? I think
> > it is dangerous to leave harcoded constants in somes parts of the kernel.
>
> I'll see if Andrew takes the whole thing first. If not, I'll submit
> the "cleanup" part by itself. I'd really like the whole thing.
>
> > BTW, in the current CVS, qemu-fast is about 2.3 times faster as the
> > previous version (still 9 times slower than native on a P2 500 MHz on a
> > typical 'gcc -pipe' compilation task which involves a lot of task
> > switches).
>
> 0.5.1 feels about 10x slower booting the kernel (didn't measure, but
> it's that order of mag). Under 3 would really sway me...
>
> > and SMP is getting closer now with my last changes.
>
> Any idea when it'll be testable? And do you prefer cash or check?
I'm willing to do extensive testing on SMP capable
qemu, maybe ever gdb support?
I had some nightmares trying to get bochs up and
running in SMP emulation mode, and finally gave
up (too many apic/tsc issues) ...
TIA,
Herbert
> Rusty.
> --
> Anyone who quotes me in their sig is an idiot. -- Rusty Russell.
>
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