From 0f0e9d32fa5dfcffc8c93a24c28563c8fef9a2c8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Edward W. Koenig" Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2017 22:15:25 +0000 Subject: system/qemu: Updated for version 2.8.0. Signed-off-by: David Spencer --- system/qemu/README | 16 ++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) (limited to 'system/qemu/README') diff --git a/system/qemu/README b/system/qemu/README index 744c79afac..cdefb92ffa 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. -- cgit v1.2.3