From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1Bd9Rp-0002Re-Cy for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 23 Jun 2004 11:14:01 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1Bd9Rn-0002RS-LO for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 23 Jun 2004 11:14:01 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1Bd9Rn-0002RP-IB for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 23 Jun 2004 11:13:59 -0400 Received: from [62.253.162.49] (helo=mta09-svc.ntlworld.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1Bd9QF-0003KA-00 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 23 Jun 2004 11:12:23 -0400 Received: from [10.10.10.100] ([81.107.87.144]) by mta09-svc.ntlworld.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.37 201-229-121-137-20020806) with ESMTP id <20040623151244.IKJV20630.mta09-svc.ntlworld.com@[10.10.10.100]> for ; Wed, 23 Jun 2004 16:12:44 +0100 Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] Clarification about qemu-fast (was segfaults in fc1) From: Antony T Curtis In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1088003520.651.66.camel@pcgem.rdg.cyberkinetica.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 16:12:01 +0100 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 Wed, 2004-06-23 at 14:03, Thomas Munn wrote: > I would suggest that the documentation perhaps have large letters so > people won't have to go through the hell that I did. Basically, the > "qemu-fast" patch is only for oses inside of the main os (I know it > says it "guest" in docs), and NOT to be applied to main os! You might > want to include a warning so other people who aren't developers won't > try applying this patch to their main kernel. So Perhaps: > > Warning: The qemu-fast patch should NOT be applied to the "host" os, > (e.g. the main os) as it will impair the functionality of qemu by > causing segfaults and all kinds of other nasty stuff. Only apply this > when using linux inside of qemu-fast. > > You also might want to further clarify the purposes of qemu-fast and > its ilk, when not to use etc. I have patched it to compile under FreeBSD... but I do not know how I should test/debug it ... -- Antony T Curtis