Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: Cutting a new QEMU release

[Anthony Liguori <anthony@codemonkey.ws>]

Stefan Weil wrote:
> The kvm kernel module could be a good replacement for kqemu
> for those running linux on new cpus.
>
> It does not play this role in current linux distributions because
> you will need newer versions of kvm which are sometimes
> difficult to compile.
>
> It will never play this role for those running "old" cpus.
>
> And it will never play this role on Windows (or is there a kvm
> for Windows?). I am surprised that nobody mentions this part
> in the discussion.
>
> So even if kqemu is unmaintained, the Qemu developers
> should at least maintain the interface.
>
> I'd prefer to have a svn tree with kqemu beside qemu.
> Then patches could be sent, and maybe some day there could
> be a maintainer, too.
>   

Nothing is stopping anyone from taking kqemu and setting up a SVN repo 
somewhere.  That's the beauty of the GPL.

Regards,

Anthony Liguori

> Integration of code from virtualbox could be a way to replace
> kqemu, but I don't see this coming in the near future.
>
> Regards
> Stefan Weil
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