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| author | Edward W. Koenig <kingbeowulf@gmail.com> | 2017-01-26 22:15:25 +0000 |
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| committer | Willy Sudiarto Raharjo <willysr@slackbuilds.org> | 2017-01-28 07:38:09 +0700 |
| commit | 0f0e9d32fa5dfcffc8c93a24c28563c8fef9a2c8 (patch) | |
| tree | 4cfe89c08aa6b672cda6d3d64cd7d10e70a3a821 /system/qemu/README | |
| parent | 400060a4459c4112d3c1776071464b7113d160b3 (diff) | |
system/qemu: Updated for version 2.8.0.
Signed-off-by: David Spencer <idlemoor@slackbuilds.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'system/qemu/README')
| -rw-r--r-- | system/qemu/README | 16 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/system/qemu/README b/system/qemu/README index 744c79afac520..cdefb92ffafcb 100644 --- a/system/qemu/README +++ b/system/qemu/README @@ -1,12 +1,12 @@ QEMU is a generic and open source machine emulator and virtualizer. -When used as a machine emulator, QEMU can run OSes and programs made for -one machine (e.g. an ARM board) on a different machine (e.g. your own PC). +When used as a machine emulator, QEMU can run OSes and programs made for +one machine (e.g. an ARM board) on a different machine (e.g. your own PC). By using dynamic translation, it achieves very good performances. -qemu (with kvm enabled) achieves near native performances by leveraging -the kvm-kmod modules and executing the guest code directly on the host -CPU. Slackware provides pre-built 32/64 bit x86 kvm-kmod modules or you +qemu (with kvm enabled) achieves near native performances by leveraging +the kvm-kmod modules and executing the guest code directly on the host +CPU. Slackware provides pre-built 32/64 bit x86 kvm-kmod modules or you can build different versions with the kvm-kmod package. By default, this script builds only the x86 and arm emulation targets @@ -22,13 +22,13 @@ Audio drivers support defaults to "pa,alsa,oss,sdl" and can be adusted e.g. AUDIODRIVERS="pa,alsa,oss" ./qemu.SlackBuild -We patch the installed udev rules to require membership in "users" +We patch the installed udev rules to require membership in "users" group instead of a custom "kvm" group to use /dev/kvm. If you prefer something different, then run the build script like this: - + KVMGROUP=group ./qemu.SlackBuild -Don't forget to load the 'kvm-intel' or 'kvm-amd' module (depending on +Don't forget to load the 'kvm-intel' or 'kvm-amd' module (depending on your processor) prior to launching qemu-system-ARCH with kvm enabled. For older/unmaintained qemu frontends, this build also creates a symlink to qemu-system-ARCH at /usr/bin/qemu-kvm. |