From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Nz6jg-0006Cy-0v for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 06 Apr 2010 07:14:24 -0400 Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=58965 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Nz6je-0006Cq-Q9 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 06 Apr 2010 07:14:23 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Nz6jd-0005Fv-KW for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 06 Apr 2010 07:14:22 -0400 Received: from mail-bw0-f218.google.com ([209.85.218.218]:54417) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Nz6jd-0005Fe-B6 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 06 Apr 2010 07:14:21 -0400 Received: by bwz10 with SMTP id 10so5187358bwz.2 for ; Tue, 06 Apr 2010 04:14:18 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2010 13:14:17 +0200 Message-ID: From: loki84@gmail.com Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=0016e6dd96afedf4db04838f8bd8 Subject: [Qemu-devel] General information about the QEMU project List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org --0016e6dd96afedf4db04838f8bd8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hi I am searching for some informations about QEMU. 1. Currently it's possible to compile and run QEMU under Windows. Is there a fixed support for Windows platforms (as Host)? Or is it possible that newer releases only work on Linux platforms? 2. I have searched for an "atapi cdrom passthrough" feature and found a (old) patch for Linux. http://archive.netbsd.se/?ml=qemu-devel&a=2009-06&t=11010205 Is "passthrough" support implemented in QEMU? Does this also work with Windows hosts? Or is there a major reason why this feature is not implemented in QEMU? 3. How long will the comunity support QEMU in the future? It seems for me with all the new virtualization technologies (CPU, ...) QEMU will be useless sometimes. Thank you all in previous. loki84 --0016e6dd96afedf4db04838f8bd8 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi

I am searching for some informations about QEMU.

1.
Cur= rently it's possible to compile and run QEMU under Windows. Is there a = fixed support for Windows platforms (as Host)? Or is it possible that newer= releases only work on Linux platforms?

2.
I have searched for an "atapi cdrom passthrough" featur= e and found a (old) patch for Linux.
http://archive.netbsd.s= e/?ml=3Dqemu-devel&a=3D2009-06&t=3D11010205

Is "passthrough" support implemented in QEMU? Does this also = work with Windows hosts? Or is there a major reason why this feature is not= implemented in QEMU?

3.
How long will the comunity support QEMU = in the future? It seems for me with all the new virtualization technologies= (CPU, ...) QEMU will be useless sometimes.

Thank you all in previous.

loki84
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