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Date:      Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:21:55 -0400
From:      Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org>
To:        stevefranks@ieee.org
Cc:        FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: kqemu runs 2x faster on i386 than amd64!?
Message-ID:  <44iqr9rfz0.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
In-Reply-To: <539c60b90810301129x58a6e5des56c062ecbb262663@mail.gmail.com> (Steve Franks's message of "Thu\, 30 Oct 2008 11\:29\:55 -0700")
References:  <539c60b90810301128j2493c4c1wc9519a6fef834490@mail.gmail.com> <539c60b90810301129x58a6e5des56c062ecbb262663@mail.gmail.com>

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"Steve Franks" <stevefranks@ieee.org> writes:

> Guess I should've mentioned the target is 32-bit win2k...

If the target isn't the same as the host, I think it's going to have
to use (at least partial) emulation instead of direct execution...

> On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 11:28 AM, Steve Franks <stevefranks@ieee.org> wrote:
>> I'm not comparing apples-to-apples exactly, but both my disks are in
>> the same system, both are running 7-stable from within the last few
>> months, so it's pretty close.  Also, the i386 is a direct replacement
>> of the amd64 to fix this and other problems, so the software &
>> settings set is pretty identical also...
>>
>> kqemu crawls when I boot amd64 (and I notice the processor is always
>> over 50%), and it's reasonalbly usable on i386 (also, the processor is
>> often in the 30% range, instead of 60%).
>>
>> Steve
>>
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Lowell Gilbert, embedded/networking software engineer, Boston area
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