From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1Ae8ew-0006Nt-Jl for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 07 Jan 2004 03:03:22 -0500 Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1Ae8eQ-0006IU-Jo for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 07 Jan 2004 03:03:21 -0500 Received: from [212.16.62.51] (helo=mail.13thfloor.at) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1Ae8eQ-0006Ho-6u for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 07 Jan 2004 03:02:50 -0500 Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2004 08:01:17 +0100 From: Herbert Poetzl Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] qemu on 2.6.0-rc1 Message-ID: <20040107070117.GG4830@MAIL.13thfloor.at> References: <3FFB2D46.90002@free.fr> <20040107015929.BBFF22C21D@lists.samba.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040107015929.BBFF22C21D@lists.samba.org> Reply-To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Rusty Russell Cc: qemu-devel@nongnu.org On Wed, Jan 07, 2004 at 12:53:40PM +1100, Rusty Russell wrote: > In message <3FFB2D46.90002@free.fr> 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. > > > _______________________________________________ > Qemu-devel mailing list > Qemu-devel@nongnu.org > http://mail.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/qemu-devel