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Date: Sat, 6 Jun 2009 19:29:55 +0300
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Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] POLL: Why do you use kqemu?
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To: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
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On 6/6/09, Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com> wrote:
> Andreas F=C3=A4rber wrote:
>
> > Or as another example, I've been unable to try KVM with svn/git QEMU
> because new capability defines keep being added that block compiling QEMU
> with KVM from any mainstream distribution. With nobody here being able to
> recommend a working distribution, that makes KVM a moot alternative,
> especially on systems you can't install your own kernel modules on. I jus=
t
> hope that Fedora 11 will let me try it.
> >
>
>  Try qemu-kvm.git, that should compile and run on almost anything (and is=
 a
> lot faster and more featureful than kvm support in qemu.git).

Maybe the backwards compatibility features should be ported to QEMU?
For example, is there a workaround for
#error Missing KVM capability KVM_CAP_DESTROY_MEMORY_REGION_WORKS
?