From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:45702) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Vb7C9-0005cW-MM for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 29 Oct 2013 07:10:51 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Vb7C3-0002C1-M8 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 29 Oct 2013 07:10:45 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:9323) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Vb7C3-0002Bs-E1 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 29 Oct 2013 07:10:39 -0400 Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2013 13:13:24 +0200 From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" Message-ID: <20131029111324.GA18289@redhat.com> References: <526F8457.5040907@kamp.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <526F8457.5040907@kamp.de> Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] Prohibit Windows from running in QEMU List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Peter Lieven Cc: "qemu-devel@nongnu.org" On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 10:48:07AM +0100, Peter Lieven wrote: > Hi all, > > this question might seem a bit weird, but does anyone see a good way to avoid > that Windows is able to boot inside qemu? > > We have defined several profiles for different operation systems and I want > to avoid that someone chooses Linux and then installs Windows within > a VM. Reason is licensing. > > Thanks, > Peter - create a device - write a linux driver - if driver is not enabled crash guest -- MST