Re: [9fans] qemu, kvm, xen

["Paweł Lasek" <pawel.lasek@gmail.com>]

On 4/6/07, ron minnich <rminnich@gmail.com> wrote:
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You can also use the current sources from kvm's website (I am
currently using kvm-16 w/ add-scsi patch). It's easy to setup unless
you have gcc >3.x _and_ 64-bit userland....

Also, compiling patched qemu with gcc newer than 3.x means you can run
only w/ kvm enabled.

> First problem I hit with kvm was an emulation problem, so you do need
> to modify your plan9.ini to set
> *norealmode=1
> The far jump in again16bit causes kvm to crash and burn (look for the
> "EA", etc. at the end of again16bit).

I never noticed that - I had troubles with march cd's 9pcf kernel, but
using an old one from ca 2005 solved the problem of hangup after
"running /bin/rc".

On the other hand, I use AMD's SVM instead of intel's VTx, and they do
differ in some places, as qemu needs to put most of real mode through
emulation.

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Unfortunately I haven;t had time to do any benchmarking. The only one
I could say I have performed is that after switching to SCSI I have
been able to sit through the whole installation process without
falling asleep...

> thanks
>
> ron
>

-- 
Paul Lasek