From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 19 13:45:48 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F91716A403 for ; Tue, 19 Sep 2006 13:45:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@meijome.net) Received: from sigma.octantis.com.au (ns2.octantis.com.au [207.44.189.124]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 84D7D43D76 for ; Tue, 19 Sep 2006 13:45:41 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd@meijome.net) Received: (qmail 4458 invoked from network); 19 Sep 2006 23:45:40 +1000 Received: from 203-214-145-110.perm.iinet.net.au (HELO localhost) (203.214.145.110) by sigma.octantis.com.au with (DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA encrypted) SMTP; 19 Sep 2006 23:45:40 +1000 Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 23:45:31 +1000 From: Norberto Meijome To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20060919234531.19c1ecb6@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20060919064503.GA35287@it.ca> References: <20060914215728.8113.qmail@web34402.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <257D290F82FC6FAB8865E52F@gumby.localdomain> <20060916123059.6d047f8a@localhost> <20060918143848.GA12668@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <20060919160101.7147a01b@localhost> <20060919064503.GA35287@it.ca> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 2.4.0 (GTK+ 2.8.20; i386-portbld-freebsd6.1) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: paul+fbsd@it.ca, Jerry McAllister , RW Subject: Re: Firefox+Flash+Qemu X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 13:45:48 -0000 On Tue, 19 Sep 2006 02:45:03 -0400 Paul Chvostek wrote: > QEMU can read and write vmdk files, so you may have an easy migration > path. Well, i tried loading a pre-existing vmdk from Windows Vmware Wkstation 4.5 and it just didnt work (it'd stall). I have to admit I couldn't spend much more time on it so I moved on. > But if your issue is speed, have you looked at the kqemu-kmod > port? It's the bit that allows guest code to run directly on the host > cpu. YMMV, but it seems to allow QEMU to run Windows guests at about > the same speed as VMWare. http://qemu.org/qemu-accel.html for details. Definitely using kqemu-kmod. I was developing with eclipse under win32 and it was rather painful... interestingly enough, the clock inside the vm was ticking like crazy (4 or so times as fast as normal ) - i ended up syncwing via ntp every 90 seconds :D. It could well be a fault in my qemu config (pretty vanilla one ) .... but for what I need(ed) it, it does its job. _________________________ {Beto|Norberto|Numard} Meijome Law of Conservation of Perversity: we can't make something simpler without making something else more complex I speak for myself, not my employer. Contents may be hot. Slippery when wet. Reading disclaimers makes you go blind. Writing them is worse. You have been Warned.