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Re: [Qemu-devel] Which qemu ports actually work?
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Alexander Graf |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] Which qemu ports actually work? |
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Tue, 26 Oct 2010 10:13:42 -0700 |
On 26.10.2010, at 09:38, Torbjorn Granlund wrote:
> I am not sure this inquiry is appropriate for this mailing list. But at
> the qemu web site, this is the only mailing list mentioned.
>
> I would like to run as many OS's as possible under as many processors as
> possible, using qemu. Results thus far has not been very encouraging,
> though.
>
> Here is my test matrix:
>
> fbsd-8_1 nbsd-5_0_2 debian-5 gentoo hurd
>
> sparc n/a OK n/a n/a n/a
>
> sparc64 fw crash fw crash kern crash black fb n/a
>
> ppc early hang fw crash OK kern hang n/a
>
> ppc64 early panic fw crash kern hang kern hang n/a
Where exactly do the Linux kernels hang here? For BSD, I don't know. If there
are patches flowing in to fix BSD support, I'll gladly review and take them,
but I won't proactively try to get it running.
>
> i386 OK OK OK installs,
> non-booting
> x86_64 OK OK OK
>
> These are results from multiple attempts and google searches for what
> other people have done. Unfortunately, there aren't many matches,
> except that the various error messages I get have been experienced by
> several other people.
>
> Is this what I can expect from qemu today? Are the goals of the qemu
> project to make the various ports operational for running these OS's?
> If yes, what is the time frame?
>
> It would be nice with a status page (there is a blank such page already,
> I mean a non-blank page...) informing about the status of the various
> ports. A naive user--such as myself--tends to assume that a released
> port actually works. It takes many hours of poorly used effort before
> one can conclude that e.g., sparc64 does not work at all.
Well, the good news on this part is that the qemu web page is a wiki! So if
there's no status in there at all, feel free to add your experience. Natalia
also has a page trying to list compatibility.
Alex
- [Qemu-devel] Which qemu ports actually work?, Torbjorn Granlund, 2010/10/26
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Which qemu ports actually work?,
Alexander Graf <=
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Which qemu ports actually work?, Torbjorn Granlund, 2010/10/26
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Which qemu ports actually work?, Alexander Graf, 2010/10/26
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Which qemu ports actually work?, Torbjorn Granlund, 2010/10/26
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Which qemu ports actually work?, Alexander Graf, 2010/10/27
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Which qemu ports actually work?, Torbjorn Granlund, 2010/10/27
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Which qemu ports actually work?, Alexander Graf, 2010/10/27
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Which qemu ports actually work?, Torbjorn Granlund, 2010/10/27
- [Qemu-devel] Re: Which qemu ports actually work?, Paolo Bonzini, 2010/10/27
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Which qemu ports actually work?, Alexander Graf, 2010/10/27
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Which qemu ports actually work?, Torbjorn Granlund, 2010/10/27