[Qemu-devel] Re: experimental FreeBSD {k,}qemu port update

[Juergen Lock <qemu-l@jelal.kn-bremen.de>]

On Sun, Apr 02, 2006 at 01:36:17AM +0200, Juergen Lock wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 02, 2006 at 12:21:52AM +0200, Juergen Lock wrote:
> > Here is what I have tested on i386 with kqemu.  I also tried
> > -kernel-kqemu with a few linux 2.6 guests but only got panics, one
> > screenshot of KANOTIX-2006-CeBIT-RC3.iso is at
> > http://www.mytempdir.com/562050 (all panics looked like that).
> 
> Update: installed the qemu port (at first i was only using it from
> within the work dir), and now it works!  And pretty fast too! :)

A small `benchmark':

1. `normal' kqemu:

480s from `return' in grub until kde desktop up with:
	QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=sdl qemu -monitor stdio -cdrom ~/iso/KANOTIX-2006-CeBIT-RC3.iso -m 256 -usb -soundhw es1370 -localtime

then: 47s from clicking on `root shell' menu entry until rxvt up

2. -kernel-kqemu:

128s from `return' in grub until kde desktop up with:
	QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=sdl qemu -monitor stdio -cdrom ~/iso/KANOTIX-2006-CeBIT-RC3.iso -m 256 -usb -soundhw es1370 -localtime -kernel-kqemu

then below 5s from clicking on `root shell' menu entry until rxvt up!
(dmesg is filled with lines like:
	npxdna: fpcurthread == curthread 38482 times
tho)

 host CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2600+ (2075 MHz), 512 MB RAM.

 ...is vmware much faster? :)

	Juergen