Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 00/13] tests/vm: serial console autoinstall, misc fixes.

[Kamil Rytarowski]

On 09.05.2019 15:57, Thomas Huth wrote:
> On 09/05/2019 15.50, Gerd Hoffmann wrote:
>>   Hi,
>>
>>>> Do we have accelerator support for the BSDs?  A "make check" for a full
>>>> build takes ages, and I suspect tcg being used is part of the problem.
>>>> I did my tests using "TARGET_LIST=x86_64-softmmu" because of that.
>>>
>>> I think they should be running with "--enable-kvm".
>>
>> The images themself yes, but the tests running *inside* (on make check) 
>> don't.
>
> No, we don't have accelerator support for *BSD, as far as I know.

As mentioned in the other mail, KVM-style?

NetBSD does support HAXM (--accel hax) and in a downstream copy NVMM
(-accel nvmm).

http://blog.netbsd.org/tnf/entry/the_hardware_assisted_virtualization_challenge

http://blog.netbsd.org/tnf/entry/from_zero_to_nvmm

Once NVMM will stabilize we intend to submit it upstream.

There is no support for hardware assisted acceleration in qemu for any
other BSD.

> But we
> also do not run that much TCG tests during "make check" that you should
> see such a big difference here. And for me, the compilation step is
> already way slower than on the host, so I think the problem is likely
> something else...
>
>  Thomas
>