From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=50000 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PcFhM-00007F-HU for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 10 Jan 2011 06:14:05 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PcFhL-000463-FE for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 10 Jan 2011 06:14:04 -0500 Received: from srv1.whshost.com ([174.121.90.50]:45461) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PcFhL-00045u-C8 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 10 Jan 2011 06:14:03 -0500 Message-ID: <4D2AEAD3.7050107@loskot.net> Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 11:17:39 +0000 From: Mateusz Loskot MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] Linux as VirtualBox quest OS with QEMU running Solaris References: <4D274D3C.9020008@loskot.net> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Michal Suchanek Cc: qemu-devel@nongnu.org On 07/01/11 17:36, Michal Suchanek wrote: > On 7 January 2011 18:28, Mateusz Loskot wrote: >> Hi, >> >> First, I'm sorry if my question does not belong here. The qemu-devel >> says it's "devel", but I can't find any qemu-users mailing list. > > I have seen it once but could not find it either when searching for a > qemu mailing list to subscribe to. I see. >> I have found the "QEMU on Winows" [1] but I'm not sure if this is an >> official project and if it's "production ready". >> I need to have fairly stable environment for building and >> testing software on SPARC architecture. > > > If you can find a build of recent qemu for Windows it should preform > as well as qemu on Linux for emulating a SPARC (= different > architecture). I will try to find or build it. > Adding another layer of virtualization is going to hurt performance at > least and could potentially introduce additional issues. Yes, that's what I am worried about. > However, the device emulation is different on Windows compared to > Linux so you may find that networking and screen emulation works > differently compared to Linux. I see. Actually, I do not need to access Solaris with any GUI, text mode will do well. Thanks for the hints. Best regards, -- Mateusz Loskot, http://mateusz.loskot.net Charter Member of OSGeo, http://osgeo.org Member of ACCU, http://accu.org