From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GWdIS-0004Mk-NA for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sun, 08 Oct 2006 14:22:44 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GWdIQ-0004Lf-W3 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sun, 08 Oct 2006 14:22:44 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GWdIQ-0004LV-Ou for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sun, 08 Oct 2006 14:22:42 -0400 Received: from [81.29.64.88] (helo=mail.shareable.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA:32) (Exim 4.52) id 1GWdPo-0006PL-7a for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sun, 08 Oct 2006 14:30:20 -0400 Received: from mail.shareable.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.shareable.org (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id k98IMdWs007799 for ; Sun, 8 Oct 2006 19:22:39 +0100 Received: (from jamie@localhost) by mail.shareable.org (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.8/Submit) id k98Gwq6Z003302 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sun, 8 Oct 2006 17:58:52 +0100 Date: Sun, 8 Oct 2006 17:58:51 +0100 From: Jamie Lokier Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] International Virtualization Conference Message-ID: <20061008165851.GA3009@mail.shareable.org> References: <20061008123019.94942.qmail@web52613.mail.yahoo.com> <20061008143646.GA27314@jbrown.mylinuxbox.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20061008143646.GA27314@jbrown.mylinuxbox.org> 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 Jim C. Brown wrote: > On Sun, Oct 08, 2006 at 05:30:19AM -0700, Ottavio Caruso wrote: > > http://www.linuxworldexpo.de/linux_messe.php?ID=124&STEP=&lang=en > > > > I don't see Qemu mentioned at all. I wonder if any of the > > developers have been contacted at all. I thing it is a pity that once > > againg Qemu is ignored. > > > > Ottavio > > qemu is primarily a dynamic translator not a virtualizer. VMware is also a dynamic translator for some code. "Full" virtualisation (i.e. not like Xen) requires that. > I suppose that qemu could get in by virtue of kqemu. qemu+kqemu is a useful, powerful, versatile x86 virtualisation package. It really should be mentioned at a conference on the subject. But maybe the conference is only for commercially-backed parties? > That [kqemu] is closed source but being closed source hasn't stopped > VMware. Don't forget qvm86, which is intended as an open source drop-in replacement for kqemu. -- Jamie