From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GWtwb-0003Up-Qf for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 09 Oct 2006 08:09:18 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GWtwQ-0003Pg-Nk for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 09 Oct 2006 08:09:11 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GWtwQ-0003Pa-8e for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 09 Oct 2006 08:09:06 -0400 Received: from [128.8.10.163] (helo=po1.wam.umd.edu) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1GWu3x-0004qP-La for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 09 Oct 2006 08:16:54 -0400 Received: from jbrown.mylinuxbox.org (jma-box.student.umd.edu [129.2.250.188]) by po1.wam.umd.edu (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id k99C90bs026482 for ; Mon, 9 Oct 2006 08:09:00 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2006 08:08:59 -0400 From: "Jim C. Brown" Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] International Virtualization Conference Message-ID: <20061009120859.GA8917@jbrown.mylinuxbox.org> References: <20061008123019.94942.qmail@web52613.mail.yahoo.com> <20061008143646.GA27314@jbrown.mylinuxbox.org> <200610090005.02895.rob@landley.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200610090005.02895.rob@landley.net> 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 Mon, Oct 09, 2006 at 12:05:02AM -0400, Rob Landley wrote: > > qemu is primarily a dynamic translator not a virtualizer. > > That's an implementation detail. The end result is running programs in a > virtual environment, and qemu's system emulation has lots of virtual hardware > it attaches to virtual busses, which it performs virtual I/O to, even > simulating the delivery of virtual interrupts to signal completion of virtual > DMA. > > Rob > -- > Never bet against the cheap plastic solution. > Here you are using the terms "virtual" and "emulated" interchangably. That's ok as long as the difference between virtualization and virtual/emulated is understood. If I follow your logic, then bochs is also a good canidate for the workshop. -- Infinite complexity begets infinite beauty. Infinite precision begets infinite perfection.