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From: Fabrice Bellard <fabrice.bellard@free.fr>
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Jens Axboe wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 25 2003, Fabrice Bellard wrote:
> 
>>Hi,
>>
>>The QEMU x86 CPU emulator version 0.4 is available at 
>>http://bellard.org/qemu. QEMU can now launch an unpatched(*) Linux 
>>kernel and give correct execution performances by using dynamic 
>>compilation.
>>
>>QEMU requires no host kernel patches and no special priviledge in order 
>>to run a Linux kernel. QEMU simulates a serial console and a NE2000 
>>network adapter. X11 applications such as xterm have been launched.
>>
>>QEMU can be used for example for faster kernel testing/debuging and 
>>virtual hosting.
> 
> 
> Wow, this is very very cool! Has the hosting been testing on anything
> else than x86?

[I made a private reply but it may interest other people!]

Currently vl only supports x86 as host, but nothing would prevent it 
from supporting other hosts provided the host page size is 4 KB. Some 
small patches are needed for precise timer support (rdtsc) and to fix 
endianness issues in the kernel parameters.

Fabrice.