Re: [Qemu-devel] Prohibit Windows from running in QEMU

[Li Guang]

Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 10:48:07AM +0100, Peter Lieven wrote:
>    
> > Hi all,
> >
> > this question might seem a bit weird, but does anyone see a good way to avoid
> > that Windows is able to boot inside qemu?
> >
> > We have defined several profiles for different operation systems and I want
> > to avoid that someone chooses Linux and then installs Windows within
> > a VM. Reason is licensing.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Peter
> >      
> - create a device
> - write a linux driver
> - if driver is not enabled crash guest
>
>    
another option:
_OSI() in ACPI, for ACPI compatible cases.