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On 8/4/07, Ricardo Almeida <ric.almeida@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I'm just a user...
>
> Is it planned to submit kqemu to lkml for inclusion into the mainline
> > kernel?
>
>
> Never seen anyone talking about this...
>
> if not why?
>
>
> Maybe because KVM was included (http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=6aa8b732ca01c3d7a54e93f4d701b8aabbe60fb7
> )
>

I know that

if yes any idea when? is it possible to try to get it in 2.6.24 ?
> >
>
> I don't know if Linus would accept it. As I said, KVM was included,
> although kqemu as the advantage of working in older hardware (without AMD-V
> or Intel equivalent virtualization instructions).
> Maybe if it was possible to make merge kqemu into KVM to take the best of
> the two... But I don't know anything about KVM nor kqemu code...


thats the reason I  (and many other users) want to see it merged.
for ex. the fedora kernel maintainers don't want to add it until its part of
the upstream kernel.

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<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 8/4/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Ricardo Almeida</b> &lt;<a href="mailto:ric.almeida@gmail.com">ric.almeida@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Hi,<br>I&#39;m just a user...<br><br><div><span class="q"><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Is it planned to submit kqemu to lkml for inclusion into the mainline kernel?
</blockquote></span><div><br>Never seen anyone talking about this... <br></div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">if not why?
</blockquote>
<div><br>Maybe because KVM was included (<a href="http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=6aa8b732ca01c3d7a54e93f4d701b8aabbe60fb7" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=6aa8b732ca01c3d7a54e93f4d701b8aabbe60fb7
</a>) </div></div></blockquote><div><br>I know that <br></div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div><span class="q"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
if yes any idea when? is it possible to try to get it in 2.6.24 ?<br>
</blockquote></span></div><br>I don&#39;t know if Linus would accept it. As I said, KVM was included, although kqemu as the advantage of working in older hardware (without AMD-V or Intel equivalent virtualization instructions).
<br>Maybe if it was possible to make merge kqemu into KVM to take the best of the two... But I don&#39;t know anything about KVM nor kqemu code...</blockquote><div><br>thats the reason I&nbsp; (and many other users) want to see it merged.
<br>for ex. the fedora kernel maintainers don&#39;t want to add it until its part of the upstream kernel.<br></div><br></div><br>

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