From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:36953) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Vb8Bq-00085s-CK for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 29 Oct 2013 08:14:36 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Vb8Bk-00061g-El for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 29 Oct 2013 08:14:30 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:15318) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Vb8Bk-00061P-6b for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 29 Oct 2013 08:14:24 -0400 Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2013 14:17:10 +0200 From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" Message-ID: <20131029121710.GC18289@redhat.com> References: <526F8457.5040907@kamp.de> <20131029111324.GA18289@redhat.com> <20131029112659.GB15657@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20131029112659.GB15657@redhat.com> Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] Prohibit Windows from running in QEMU List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Gleb Natapov Cc: Peter Lieven , "qemu-devel@nongnu.org" On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 01:26:59PM +0200, Gleb Natapov wrote: > On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 01:13:24PM +0200, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > > 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 > > > For how long to wait before a crash? Or don't crash, disable some other functionality, for example, you can keep all network links down until your driver is loaded. > -- > Gleb.