app-emulation/qemu-0.7.x support for qvm86 qvm86 is a kernel module to provide x86 virtualisation capabilities for the qemu emulator. Virtualisation allows "emulated" code to be run natively on the host cpu, using the CPU protection mechanisms to intercept and emulate priveleged events. qvm86 is the same as KQEMU, but under gpl. some info in german is also on http://www.linuxforen.de/forums/showpost.php?p=1082475&postcount=12
Hope it's the right to push this directly to you, Luca.
Last time I tested it resulted in stability problem and is incompatible enought to kqemu to make them mutually exclusive. I'll try in the weekend and see how it improved
Maybe a virtual for kqemu/qvm86 is the answer? Doubt many people would want both on their systems. Default to kqemu as it's more stable I guess? Just a thought
(In reply to comment #3) > Maybe a virtual for kqemu/qvm86 is the answer? Doubt many people would want > both on their systems. Default to kqemu as it's more stable I guess? > > Just a thought > kqemu is freeware and qvm86 is gpl... but mabe we could: -add it as use flag on the qemu package -mask it as hard maskered so users kow why it is masked and can unmask it with /etc/portage/package.unmask
(In reply to comment #4) > (In reply to comment #3) > > Maybe a virtual for kqemu/qvm86 is the answer? Doubt many people would want > > both on their systems. Default to kqemu as it's more stable I guess? > > > > Just a thought > > > > kqemu is freeware and qvm86 is gpl... > but mabe we could: > -add it as use flag on the qemu package > -mask it as hard maskered so users kow why it is masked and can unmask it with > /etc/portage/package.unmask > mabe a new ebuild is better because "QVM86 requires a recent CVS version of QEMU. It does not work with any of the current release versions of QEMU. QVM86 currently contains code for 2.4 and 2.6 linux kernels and windows (2000/XP) hosts." the problem is which version should we build against because QEMU cvs has changed a lot an is now working on a full virtualisation kernel module
mabe we don't need a qvm86 suport IN qemu but a qvm86-qemu
Just link about qvm86 update: "kqemu 1.3.0 compatibility and small bugfix" http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.emulators.qemu.qvm86/19/focus=19
Thank you for the update I'll look into it now
kqemu now is gpl.