From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CGmRT-0006LA-D6 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sun, 10 Oct 2004 18:45:27 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CGmRS-0006KL-B7 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sun, 10 Oct 2004 18:45:26 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CGmRR-0006Iz-NQ for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sun, 10 Oct 2004 18:45:26 -0400 Received: from [213.228.0.169] (helo=postfix3-2.free.fr) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1CGmKE-0001PY-L3 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sun, 10 Oct 2004 18:37:58 -0400 Received: from [192.168.1.30] (rkeller-2-81-57-247-13.fbx.proxad.net [81.57.247.13]) by postfix3-2.free.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 99D08C206 for ; Mon, 11 Oct 2004 00:37:56 +0200 (CEST) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619) In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: <076EB35C-1B0D-11D9-80F7-00039307264A@stanfordalumni.org> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Laurent Amon Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] compile qemu for a G5 Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 00:37:55 +0200 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 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.