From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Avi Kivity Subject: Re: qemu Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 22:37:23 +0200 Message-ID: <45DDFF03.3060404@qumranet.com> References: <996152.42253.qm@web50408.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: kvm-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org To: Ofer Oshri Return-path: In-Reply-To: <996152.42253.qm-VdayaAauqOOA/QwVtaZbd3CJp6faPEW9@public.gmane.org> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: kvm-devel-bounces-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Errors-To: kvm-devel-bounces-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Id: kvm.vger.kernel.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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV