Re: [Qemu-devel] Killing KQEMU

[Gleb Natapov]

On Mon, Jun 01, 2009 at 11:52:17PM -0400, Chris Frey wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I feel that I should post here, for the simple reason that most QEMU
> users likely don't read this list, and have no idea that developers are
> striving to kill off a valued feature.
> 
> This is a very valuable feature to me, as one of those users, and I find
> it sad to read the eagerness some have at getting rid of it.  Not everyone
> has access to the most modern hardware.  And not all hardware is worth
> throwing out just because it doesn't have a CPU capable of virtualization.
> 
If it works for you then use it! Just stay with the last version that
support kqemu. Nobody going to chase all mirrors and remove older
version from there and nobody is going to remove it from git history.

> I read excuses such as "it's not documented" and "nobody understands it"
> and "there's no maintainer", but in a project such as QEMU, that is nearly
> 500,000 lines of code, the KQEMU kernel module clocks in, for linux,
> at a whopping 674 lines.
> 
> I find it hard to believe that these 674 lines of code are too much for
> the substantial braintrust available on this list.
> 
> Wasn't KQEMU written in the first place to be small, auditable, and
> secure?  What has changed that it is now such a burden?
> 
If it matters enough for you you'll start to maintain it (it is sooo easy
after all) or will pay someone to maintain it.

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                        Gleb.