[Qemu-devel] Re: err Re: [qemu-discuss] New SUNWqemu-0.8.2, REV=2006.10.18-sol10-i386-opt.pkg.gz for x64/x86 ready for public testing

From: Eric Lowe <elowe8@yahoo.com>
To: Martin Bochnig <mb1x@gmx.com>
Cc: Open Solaris <opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org>,
	qemu-devel@nongnu.org, qemu-discuss@opensolaris.org
Subject: [Qemu-devel] Re: err  Re: [qemu-discuss] New SUNWqemu-0.8.2, REV=2006.10.18-sol10-i386-opt.pkg.gz for x64/x86 ready for public testing
Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2006 15:31:11 -0700 (PDT)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20061019223111.95266.qmail@web30907.mail.mud.yahoo.com> (raw)

kqemu should work with OpenSolaris guests provided you don't use -kernel-kqemu. -kernel-kqemu is incompatible with the OpenSolaris kernel for a couple of reasons. First, it appears kqemu will need a change in its page table shadowing if we want to support OpenSolaris guests with full virtualization, due to the way the HAT layer manages its page tables which is very different from Linux and Windows; second, there is a bug (well, an RFE) in OpenSolaris itself which would also need to be addressed.

I have booted Windows XP and Linux using -kernel-kqemu with OpenSolaris as the host using the binary bits mentioned below and they worked fine for me. I also had no difficulty booting OpenSolaris guests on these bits in 32-bit and 64-bit mode w/ kqemu. I will install the latest packages on my home system tonight and retry my tests with the latest kernel accelerator (my machine is an Athlon X2 so I can test both 32-bit and 64-bit).

- Eric

----- Original Message ----
From: Martin Bochnig <mb1x@gmx.com>
Cc: Open Solaris <opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org>; qemu-devel@nongnu.org; qemu-discuss@opensolaris.org
Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 2:50:37 AM
Subject: err  Re: [qemu-discuss] New SUNWqemu-0.8.2, REV=2006.10.18-sol10-i386-opt.pkg.gz for x64/x86 ready for public testing

Sorry, the new version doesn't work with kqemu very well.
This affects the old and the new src equally.
The compiler or build env seems to be the problem.

Please continue to use the previous version that can still be obtained
from
http://opensolaris.org/os/project/qemu/downloads/qemu-osol-0.8.2-bin-x86.tar.gz

Sorry for any inconveniences.

Martin Bochnig wrote:

>http://opensolaris.org/os/project/qemu/downloads/
>
>Latest patched QEMU sources 20061013
><http://opensolaris.org/os/project/qemu/downloads/qemu-0.8.2-solaris_src_20061013fri.tar.bz2>QEMU
>0.8.2 + patches snapshot October 13th 2006
>Previous patched QEMU sources 20061002
><http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/qemu/downloads/qemu-0.8.2-solaris.tar.gz>QEMU
>0.8.2 + patches snapshot October 2nd 2006
>Pre-built x86 binaries_pkg
><http://opensolaris.org/os/project/qemu/downloads/SUNWqemu-0.8.2_REV_2006.10.18-sol10-i386-opt.pkg.bz2>
>32-bit and 64-bit x86/x64 pre-compiled QEMU 0.8.2 binaries for Solaris
>10 / 11 / OpenSolaris
>
>Should run on Sol10-x86 FCS aka 03/05 or higher (has been built under
>Solaris 10 03/05 FCS).
>  
>

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