From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1D0O0U-0003KB-09 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sun, 13 Feb 2005 12:58:06 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1D0O0F-0003CF-1u for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sun, 13 Feb 2005 12:57:52 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1D0O0E-0003Av-0F for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sun, 13 Feb 2005 12:57:50 -0500 Received: from [24.206.159.132] (helo=mx3.kw.tx.cebridge.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.34) id 1D0NjO-00052j-HV for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sun, 13 Feb 2005 12:40:26 -0500 Message-ID: <001e01c511f3$1aae1ab0$254d21d1@computername> From: References: <200502121018.09039.jm@poure.com> <420DD7F8.5080805@wasp.net.au><8c93d882b06fc13db0eda968a8f261ec@axiros.com><420E07E2.5090106@wasp.net.au><345371aff0fb0626b3d6f11161d57ad0@axiros.com><118123041.20050212191149@ena.si><715d3905bcba4149077ab7c26f09737c@axiros.com><67341562.20050213010610@ena.si><0850c4d1c941ac7338f58d0a658876e7@axiros.com> <20050213170136.GB28580@jbrown.mylinuxbox.org> Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2005 11:40:21 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: [Qemu-devel] Plex86 and Qemu Reply-To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org From: "Jim C. Brown" >To end this debate once and for all, I'd like to announce that I've = begun work >on getting qemu to use the plex86 kernel module. (Lucky for me I use a = 2.4 >kernel.) Anyone who is mad that kqemu is closed source, feel free to = email me >privately and help me make the necessary changes. Question... Which version of Plex86 are you talking about? The original one now at = Savannah, or the Plex86 v2 at SourceForge? The reason I'm asking is that I use Windows, not Linux. And I'm usually = wanting to run OS's other than Linux. (Dos, Win98, WinXP.) (And I = usually get the semi-daily build off FreeOSZoo, since it's easier to do = that than to build it myself.) Therefor Fabrice's new module is useless to me. Nice idea etc., but = utterly useless to me. Plex86 v2 is also Linux only, and requires patched guest kernels. I think the original version was for any OS, wasn't it? But it was = never stable, was it? Hence the reason it was abandoned. And others, such as CoLinux, are also linux only. (And require patched = kernal or host.) Anyway, the point I'm making (and asking about) is that the majority of = potential users are either going to run Windows as the guest, or as the = host.. (And possibly both.) So for the majority of people, for the majority of cases, it seems like = most of these 'fast emulator' projects are useless... Nice idea and = such, but not really helpful. So... is your idea going to be helpful to the majority of potential = users?