Re: [Qemu-devel] Poor Qemu documentation for Windows host
Alexey Eremenko wrote: Hello !?! Have anyone looked at my patch ? Fabrice already comitted its contents to cvs. Jan ___ Qemu-devel mailing list Qemu-devel@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/qemu-devel
Re: [Qemu-devel] Poor Qemu documentation for Windows host
Alexey Eremenko wrote: For example the documentation is very poor about running Qemu under Windows host, with it's lacking details about Windows networks. Maybe you like to check if QEMU Wiki http://kidsquid.com/cgi-bin/moin.cgi/QemuOnWindows can help you (and link at bottom of that page). I would like to state exactly which parts of Qemu or not available on Windows host system in the end-user docs, and I will send you a diff/patch. You are invited to add anything to wiki you think is missing as well. Dirk ___ Qemu-devel mailing list Qemu-devel@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/qemu-devel
Re: [Qemu-devel] Poor Qemu documentation for Windows host
See also: http://www.h7.dion.ne.jp/~qemu-win/ (Documentation section below) Thank you very much. I have found something useful: TAP for Windows - that is - virtual ethernet network driver for Win NT based systems. So basically only those docs were relevant: http://www.h7.dion.ne.jp/~qemu-win/TapWin32-en.html http://www.h7.dion.ne.jp/~qemu-win/HowToNetwork-en.html But unfortunately, it comes separately from Qemu package, inside OpenVPN software. So my recommendation is to: 1) get the TAP driver out of OpenVPN package, and 2) put it into Qemu setup, and 3) update user docs with that. I dunno if I will succeed in getting the driver out of OpenVPN, it really depends how far it integrates into Windows... especially if it integrates very deeply into registry this will be mission-impossible. But if it's just few files, then it's doable. alternatively it is possible to just: 1) update the docs, that will say it is included in different package. But while this is accpetable practise in the Linux world, (to have dependencies) this is unacceptable behavior in Windows world. (in Windows, the standard is to have the package be dependent only on the OS itself, and all else dependencies must come in the setup) Maybe you like to check if QEMU Wiki http://kidsquid.com/cgi-bin/moin.cgi/QemuOnWindows I have checked this wiki - this stuff is really nooby, so there was really nothing new compared to the Official End-User documentation of Qemu. Bottom line: if I succeed in case one, this would be best, otherwise (in case 2) it's not-so-good, but better than having poor docs as we have now. ___ Qemu-devel mailing list Qemu-devel@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/qemu-devel
Re: [Qemu-devel] Poor Qemu documentation for Windows host
But unfortunately, it comes separately from Qemu package, inside OpenVPN software. So my recommendation is to: 1) get the TAP driver out of OpenVPN package, and 2) put it into Qemu setup, and 3) update user docs with that. I dunno if I will succeed in getting the driver out of OpenVPN, it really depends how far it integrates into Windows... especially if it integrates very deeply into registry this will be mission-impossible. OK, I have succeeded in retrieving the driver from OpenVPN package, because it didn't have registry entries at all. Now, I have built a separate setup package, that can be used independedly from OpenVPN. Here is the setup-virtual-ethernet-tap.exe: http://download.yousendit.com/E73E60032A75C3DF NOTE: This download location is temporarily and will expire soon, by then I hope to move else, to normal HTTP server. Next step, I can build an integrated Qemu setup package for Windows, that has TAP-Win32 drivers in it. (that way I will follow the standard rule of Windows to depend *just* on the OS itself) But I will only do this setup, if you agree to list it on Qemu homesite. As for docs, I should note that this driver requires Win NT 5.0 and up (2000 and XP), so if users wanna run Qemu on Win98, they won't have this functionality. ___ Qemu-devel mailing list Qemu-devel@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/qemu-devel
Re: [Qemu-devel] Poor Qemu documentation for Windows host
On Mon, 2006-09-18 at 05:05 +0200, Alexey Eremenko wrote: Hi all ! I would like to update some part of Qemu documentation, especially related to Windows Host. I am speaking about the end-user docs, those: http://fabrice.bellard.free.fr/qemu/qemu-doc.html For example the documentation is very poor about running Qemu under Windows host, with it's lacking details about Windows networks. Such things, only if I understand them correctly, like host-integration (TAP-network, or virtual Host ethernet devices) and SMB integration are only work for Linux host, right? I would like to state exactly which parts of Qemu or not available on Windows host system in the end-user docs, and I will send you a diff/patch. See also: http://www.h7.dion.ne.jp/~qemu-win/ (Documentation section below) ___ Qemu-devel mailing list Qemu-devel@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/qemu-devel
