Ofer Oshri wrote:
> hi,

Hello again Ofer.  Small world :)

> is there a true need for qemu to run kvm on amd machine with 
> pasifica?  i have not dig into the kvm code but i presumed the qemu is 
> needed for the real mode phase during boot.  on pasifica there is the 
> paged-realmode, namely it is possible to turn on paging without having 
> to switch to protected first,  and thus it is possible to run guest 
> real mode code on host in long mode.
> thanks in advance,

qemu is not used for cpu emulation on either amd or intel hosts.  It is 
used only for the device model: virtual IDE, network card, display, and 
the chipset emulation.


-- 
Do not meddle in the internals of kernels, for they are subtle and quick to 
panic.


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