On Tue, Jun 05, 2018 at 10:59:53PM +0530, Mayuresh wrote: > I have a requirement where I plan to use NetBSD amd64 as a primary OS and > the system needs to occasionally run Windows for some applications. > Currently this is done with Linux-Virtualbox-Windows combo which I want to > migrate to NetBSD-and what? > > Various mailing lists report Virtualbox to be faster. I have used the > same on Linux and found it satisfactory. I have used qemu on NetBSD and > felt it was slower. > > In general is the motivation behind wip/virtualbox - speed and > performance? Would appreciate inputs. > > And yes, I think I should consider xen in the comparison as well. (I don't > have processor details right now to assess virtualization support. Will > post soon. Assume it's supported.)
If you want to run on a desktop you'll probably run into graphic drivers issues with NetBSD/Xen. qemu on NetBSD is a plain emulator, no hardware speedup. I'm not sure what virtualbox would do on a NetBSD host. AFAIK this would need some kernel support which we don't have. -- Manuel Bouyer <[email protected]> NetBSD: 26 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference --
