Re: [Qemu-devel] The QEMU Accelerator Module

[Lennert Buytenhek]

On Fri, Feb 11, 2005 at 12:57:21AM +0100, Grzegorz Kulewski wrote:

> >I just commited the first alpha release of the QEMU Accelerator Module 
> >(aka KQEMU) in the CVS. It gives better performance for the "x86 on x86" 
> >case by running most of the application code as is. It works only for a 
> >Linux x86 host running a 2.4 or 2.6 kernel. Linux 2.4 and 2.6 kernels and 
> >Windows 2000 have been runnning as guest OSes, but other OSes may work as 
> >well. As with every alpha kernel driver testing, it is better to backup 
> >your data before trying it.
> >
> >KQEMU is _not_ open source as the rest of QEMU. It is a proprietary kernel 
> >module (read the LICENSE file) and will stay so until a gentle company 
> >decides to subsidy the QEMU project.
> 
> 1. How much? Can the money be collected by comunity (like blender)?

I'm interested in this as well.  How much would you need?


> 4. [Technical question.] Does savannah allow for not open source content 
> in their CVS?

I don't think so.

        This web site (called Savannah) is a central point for
        development, distribution and maintenance of Free Software
        that runs on free operating systems.


> Thanks for your work,

Same for me here.


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