[Qemu-devel] compile qemu for a G5

[Qemu-devel] compile qemu for a G5

[Fred Hope]

I recently posted this in the qemu users forum online, but I doubt it's 
going to get answered there...

I recently bought an iMac G5 (1.8 GHz, 1 gig of RAM), and ran the qemu 
release for OS X (0.6.0 I believe). When I tried to install Windows 98 
SE, the installer always died right at the beginning, and when I tried 
to install SUSE Linux, it was just pretty slow. So I'm wondering if 
there's any options I could use to compile qemu for use with OS X on a 
G5 (i.e. specific ways to optimize it for use with a G5 and/or OS X). 
Or will qemu not run at all in OS X without being specifically modified 
to do so? (Keep in mind I know nothing about this type of coding, so I 
wouldn't be able to tweak the code myself).

Thanks,
Fred Hope

Re: [Qemu-devel] compile qemu for a G5

[Laurent Amon]

On 10 oct. 04, at 20:39, Fred Hope wrote:

> I recently posted this in the qemu users forum online, but I doubt 
> it's going to get answered there...
>
> I recently bought an iMac G5 (1.8 GHz, 1 gig of RAM), and ran the qemu 
> release for OS X (0.6.0 I believe). When I tried to install Windows 98 
> SE, the installer always died right at the beginning, and when I tried 
> to install SUSE Linux, it was just pretty slow. So I'm wondering if 
> there's any options I could use to compile qemu for use with OS X on a 
> G5 (i.e. specific ways to optimize it for use with a G5 and/or OS X). 
> Or will qemu not run at all in OS X without being specifically 
> modified to do so? (Keep in mind I know nothing about this type of 
> coding, so I wouldn't be able to tweak the code myself).
>
> Thanks,
> Fred Hope

I did some tests on my G4 and compiling with the added option 
"-mcpu=7400" (for my TiBook) yields a 8% speed increase. You do not 
need any other modification, just grab the latest CVS. I have no 
problem with the installation of W98 either with my compiled version or 
the 0.6.0 package.

I'll be interested in your results. I don't know if anybody else on the 
list has tested qemu on a G5, and I am planning to buy one in not too 
long a time.

Lga.