From: Avi Kivity <avi-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
To: Ofer Oshri <ofer_oshri-/E1597aS9LQAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Cc: kvm-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: qemu
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 22:37:23 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <45DDFF03.3060404@qumranet.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <996152.42253.qm-VdayaAauqOOA/QwVtaZbd3CJp6faPEW9@public.gmane.org>
Ofer Oshri wrote:
> hi,
Hello again Ofer. Small world :)
> is there a true need for qemu to run kvm on amd machine with
> pasifica? i have not dig into the kvm code but i presumed the qemu is
> needed for the real mode phase during boot. on pasifica there is the
> paged-realmode, namely it is possible to turn on paging without having
> to switch to protected first, and thus it is possible to run guest
> real mode code on host in long mode.
> thanks in advance,
qemu is not used for cpu emulation on either amd or intel hosts. It is
used only for the device model: virtual IDE, network card, display, and
the chipset emulation.
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Do not meddle in the internals of kernels, for they are subtle and quick to panic.
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2007-02-22 18:14 qemu Ofer Oshri
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2007-02-22 20:37 ` Avi Kivity [this message]
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