From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1D5zlo-0002dl-Cg for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 01 Mar 2005 00:18:08 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1D5zll-0002cE-Uw for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 01 Mar 2005 00:18:07 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1D5zll-0002bu-SD for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 01 Mar 2005 00:18:05 -0500 Received: from [203.190.192.17] (helo=wasp.net.au) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1D5zWw-0000Ma-Iw for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 01 Mar 2005 00:02:47 -0500 Message-ID: <4223F766.7050606@wasp.net.au> Date: Tue, 01 Mar 2005 09:02:30 +0400 From: Brad Campbell MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] Note on kqemu for Win4Lin users. References: <422378D7.3060807@bacbuc.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <422378D7.3060807@bacbuc.dyndns.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 Emmanuel Charpentier wrote: > Dear List, > > This small note to help users of Win4Lin trying to use QEMU with kqemu : > either mki-adapter or Win4Lin (device drivers used by Win4Lin) probably > uses major 250, hence prohibiting use of kqemu.ko. A temporary fix is to > unload them (/etc/rc.d/init.d/Win4Lin stop). After that, qemu uses kqemu > (no more "incompatible kernel" message), and works like a charm. The real problem is win4lin uses devices 244-253. I put keqmu at 239 and happily use both together > I have not yet done real tests, but my first impression is that the real > fix to the drivers problem is to drop Win4Lin entierely : QEMU with > kqemu seems a better solution (may even be faster, at first sight) to my > needs... win4lin running win95->winme is much, much faster than qemu running either those, or win2k. Horses for courses of course, but for my day to day stuff I can do on WinMe, it's just bucketloads quicker. So kqemu is not faster by a very long way. Shame, but I'm sure it will improve over time. bklaptop:~>cat /proc/devices Character devices: 1 mem 2 pty/m%d 3 pty/s%d 4 tts/%d 5 cua/%d 7 vcs 10 misc 13 input 14 sound 29 fb 128 ptm 136 pts/%d 162 raw 180 usb 202 cpu/msr 203 cpu/cpuid 239 kqemu 244 Vnetd 245 Vnet 246 vwdisp 247 vmouse 248 vkbd 249 vgic 250 vdsp 251 Mserial 252 Mpip 253 Merge 254 pcmcia Regards, Brad -- "Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so." -- Douglas Adams