Re: [Qemu-devel] QEMU 0.4 release

[Fabrice Bellard]

Jens Axboe wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 25 2003, Fabrice Bellard wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > The QEMU x86 CPU emulator version 0.4 is available at 
> > http://bellard.org/qemu. QEMU can now launch an unpatched(*) Linux 
> > kernel and give correct execution performances by using dynamic 
> > compilation.
> >
> > QEMU requires no host kernel patches and no special priviledge in order 
> > to run a Linux kernel. QEMU simulates a serial console and a NE2000 
> > network adapter. X11 applications such as xterm have been launched.
> >
> > QEMU can be used for example for faster kernel testing/debuging and 
> > virtual hosting.
>
>
> Wow, this is very very cool! Has the hosting been testing on anything
> else than x86?

[I made a private reply but it may interest other people!]

Currently vl only supports x86 as host, but nothing would prevent it 
from supporting other hosts provided the host page size is 4 KB. Some 
small patches are needed for precise timer support (rdtsc) and to fix 
endianness issues in the kernel parameters.

Fabrice.