From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IESJG-0001s5-9k for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 27 Jul 2007 12:04:58 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IESJE-0001oF-JO for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 27 Jul 2007 12:04:57 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IESJE-0001me-76 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 27 Jul 2007 12:04:56 -0400 Received: from erizo.shearer.org ([210.10.97.33] helo=shearer.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_ARCFOUR_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IESJD-0004Cw-Ce for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 27 Jul 2007 12:04:55 -0400 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:44236 helo=shearer.org) by shearer.org with esmtp (Dan's MTA 1.0) id 1IESJ9-0000fP-Uu for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sat, 28 Jul 2007 01:34:51 +0930 Received: from dan by erizo.shearer.org with local (Spammer Slammer 3.141) id 1IESJ8-0000fM-Fg for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sat, 28 Jul 2007 01:34:50 +0930 Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2007 01:34:50 +0930 From: Dan Shearer Subject: Re: QEMU Automated Testing (was [Qemu-devel] qemu Makefile.target vl.h hw/acpi.c hw/adlib.c ...) Message-ID: <20070727160450.GI16020@erizo.shearer.org> References: <1176018595.1516.115.camel@rapid> <20070408144103.GM21953@networkno.de> <1176049887.1516.209.camel@rapid> <000c01c77a1e$8bc6d620$a3548260$@com> <20070727142142.GX8527@erizo.shearer.org> <46AA0137.8060007@codemonkey.ws> <20070727143404.GA16020@erizo.shearer.org> <46AA080B.9040902@gmail.com> <20070727151211.GE16020@erizo.shearer.org> <46AA142D.1000300@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <46AA142D.1000300@gmail.com> Reply-To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org On Fri, Jul 27, 2007 at 05:50:05PM +0200, Sunil Amitkumar Janki wrote: > Dan Shearer wrote: > >You do also have the architectures provided to you by QEMU :-) :-) > > Maybe in the future where we have all kinds of cheap multicore processors > this will not matter much but for the moment limited resources are still > some > kind of hindrance to realizing the benefits of multi-architecture emulation. In the special case of repeat automated test compiles where the only output is a short status message from time to time, the lack of speed is less of a problem. You do end up with a machine that creates the maximum amount of noise the hardware is capable of, and runs very hot :-) -- Dan Shearer dan@shearer.org