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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.


-- 
Do not meddle in the internals of kernels, for they are subtle and quick to panic.


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      parent reply	other threads:[~2007-02-22 20:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-02-22 18:14 qemu Ofer Oshri
     [not found] ` <996152.42253.qm-VdayaAauqOOA/QwVtaZbd3CJp6faPEW9@public.gmane.org>
2007-02-22 20:37   ` Avi Kivity [this message]

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