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Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 00:57:21 +0100 (CET)
From: Grzegorz Kulewski <kangur@polcom.net>
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] The QEMU Accelerator Module
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To: Fabrice Bellard <fabrice@bellard.org>
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Hi,

On Fri, 11 Feb 2005, Fabrice Bellard wrote:
> I just commited the first alpha release of the QEMU Accelerator Module (aka 
> KQEMU) in the CVS. It gives better performance for the "x86 on x86" case by 
> running most of the application code as is. It works only for a Linux x86 
> host running a 2.4 or 2.6 kernel. Linux 2.4 and 2.6 kernels and Windows 2000 
> have been runnning as guest OSes, but other OSes may work as well. As with 
> every alpha kernel driver testing, it is better to backup your data before 
> trying it.
>
> KQEMU is _not_ open source as the rest of QEMU. It is a proprietary kernel 
> module (read the LICENSE file) and will stay so until a gentle company 
> decides to subsidy the QEMU project.

1. How much? Can the money be collected by comunity (like blender)?
2. What if you will quit making qemu?
3. Are you planning to make and support it completly alone?
4. [Technical question.] Does savannah allow for not open source content 
in their CVS?


Thanks for your work,

Grzegorz Kulewski