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Date:      Thu, 26 Jan 2006 20:45:02 -0500 (EST)
From:      Chris Hill <chris@monochrome.org>
To:        Xn Nooby <xnooby@gmail.com>
Cc:        Felix 'buebo' Kakrow <buebo@buebo.de>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Easy way to activate KQEMU for QEMU?
Message-ID:  <20060126204055.G33261@tripel.monochrome.org>
In-Reply-To: <bdf25fde0601261718g1983a224hcefae55910b11c37@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, 26 Jan 2006, Xn Nooby wrote:

> I de-installed qemu and kqemu, then I reinstalled qemu with the WITH_QEMU
> option.  Before I could get KQEMU to work, I had to enter this command:
>
>   kldload kqemu.ko
>
> I've read that I can put this command in my /boot/loader.conf file

Correct. The line to add to /boot/loader.conf is

kqemu_load="YES"

That will do the same thing as 'kldload kqemu.ko', except it happens 
automatically at boot.

> So far, I cannot really tell if it is faster, but I am assuming it is.

Subjectively, it is for me. My guest OS boots and runs apparently *much* 
faster with kqemu than without. Of course, I have no measurements.

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Chris Hill               chris@monochrome.org
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