Re: [Qemu-devel] POLL: Why do you use kqemu?

[Andreas Färber]

Am 03.06.2009 um 23:57 schrieb Anthony Liguori:

> I'm curious to know who all out there is using kqemu and why they are
> using it.  Please take a moment to fill out the following poll if you
> use kqemu.  Having actual data as to why people are using kqemu may  
> help
> figure out the best way to replace it in the future.
>
> http://www.micropoll.com/akira/mpview/604126-172373

Thanks for this move. Some flaws have already been pointed out - the  
above poll doesn't allow multiple choices and focuses on the why from  
a platform/hardware viewpoint.

Since you are looking for comments from users, did you post this on  
users' lists or forums as well?

While polls never get feedback from everybody, one group you are  
unlikely to reach this way is those users that don't care what kernel  
modules may be installed for them, as long as they work, on machines  
they don't have priviledges on. They'll simply notice the performance  
difference once it's gone. And I doubt all the admins will be reading  
the development lists of the hundreds of packages coming with the full  
installation on their systems.

Or as another example, I've been unable to try KVM with svn/git QEMU  
because new capability defines keep being added that block compiling  
QEMU with KVM from any mainstream distribution. With nobody here being  
able to recommend a working distribution, that makes KVM a moot  
alternative, especially on systems you can't install your own kernel  
modules on. I just hope that Fedora 11 will let me try it.

Andreas