QEMU 2.9 Is Being Prepped With New Functionality

[phoronix]

Phoronix: QEMU 2.9 Is Being Prepped With New Functionality

QEMU 2.9-rc0 was tagged yesterday as this important piece of the open-source Linux virtualization stack prepares for its next major release...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=QEMU-2.9-Features

[Staffan]

Here's a feature I would like: write a proper manual for the damn thing! The documentation is all over the place and most of it is obsolete.

[Pyra]

And 2.8 still doesn't work properly... (at least on Arch)

https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/52258

[sl1pkn07]

fail build with gcc 6.3.1. needs add #include <sys/sysmacros.h> into linux-user/strace.c

[artivision]

When they will get 50% translation efficiency, wake me up.

[Kemosabe]

Wow, so much qemu hate. In my experience it performs significantly better than anything else ... (x86_64 on x86_64 at least)

[mlau]

fail build with gcc 6.3.1. needs add #include <sys/sysmacros.h> into linux-user/strace.c

Actually, that's due to glibc-2.25.

[carewolf]

Wow, so much qemu hate. In my experience it performs significantly better than anything else ... (x86_64 on x86_64 at least)

Actually full emulation of x64 is one of the slower modes, and hardware assisted virtualization is as fast as everywhere, practical 100%. Emulation of ARM is cooler. On a fast desktop it can emulate a slow phone.

[Kemosabe]

Actually full emulation of x64 is one of the slower modes, and hardware assisted virtualization is as fast as everywhere, practical 100%. Emulation of ARM is cooler. On a fast desktop it can emulate a slow phone.

Yeah without KVM it is a pain indeed. But I'm not too deep into it. What's the best (free) solution? VirtualBox?

[sarfarazahmad]

i dont think we will much development on without hardware assisted virtualization front. with kvm linux virualization is almost as good as vmware just not as polished . proper linux shops wont complain though i am confident.