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From: Fabrice Bellard <fabrice@bellard.org>
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To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org

Gianni Tedesco wrote:
> On Sun, 2004-08-29 at 14:58 +0200, Fabrice Bellard wrote:
> 
>>Just for your information, my next developments will consist in 
>>improving QEMU performance in the x86 on x86 case to match (or exceed 
>>:-)) the VMware or VirtualPC level of performance. The downside is that 
>>some kernel support will be needed. The kernel support will of course 
>>remain optional. This mode of operation will replace 'qemu-fast'.
> 
> 
> Out of interest, can you describe what kind of kernel support will be
> needed? (I take it you mean host kernel?)

Yes, I meant a kernel module for the host kernel. The guest OS will run 
unmodified as with the current QEMU.

Fabrice.