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Re: [Qemu-devel] QEMU-fast and guest os
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John R. Hogerhuis |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] QEMU-fast and guest os |
Date: |
Sat, 30 Oct 2004 11:32:58 -0700 |
On Sat, 2004-10-30 at 07:06, Bartosz Fabianowski wrote:
> > can or will qemu-fast ever be able to have Windows/XP/2000/2003 as a
> > guest?
>
> No. QEMU-Fast requires a patched *guest* kernel and since Windows is not
> open source, such a patch cannot be made.
>
That's the 'will ever' answer.
The 'can ever' is, of course, it would just be very hard work. It
wouldn't be the first time in history someone has patched a binary
modules. In fact, that used to be pretty typical before the open source
movement came to fruition. The disassembler was your friend.
-- John.