On Tue, 12 Jan 2010 11:41:03 +0100 Simon Boulay <simon.boulay@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 01/12/2010 07:33 AM, Tobias Powalowski wrote: [snip] > >> So, again, what is the reason for there being a qemu-kvm package, > >> when it is apparently a subset of the qemu package? > >> > >> Greetings, > >> jinks > >> > > The size of the package differs enormous. I'll keep both. I didn't look at them until now, but yes, at 5 MB vs 56 MB this makes sense. > The size differs because qemu-kvm doesn't build all targets by > default unlike qemu. If you build qemu-kvm with ./configure > --target-list="" both packages will be the same size... > AFAIK the difference between the two is in the kvm implementation. > qemu-kvm is far more advanced in this area (support more targets, > ksm, and certainly many other things regarding the amount of code > differences). *This* was what i was looking for. I couldn't really find anything published about the differences between the two different releases in any prominent place. > The point is, as kqemu is gone, qemu-kvm can replace > qemu and even provide more functionality. But it is not so clear that > this will be always true. > archlinux choose to offer both packages for two different purposes > and it's fine. But if they are two different applications, why not > make it possible to install both at the same time? if qemu-kvm ist more advanced in the kvm regard and can offer the same functionality with an added --target-list, wouldn't it at least make sense to build both packages from the qemu-kvm sources? (I thought until now, the kvm sources wouldn't support other targets than x86(_64).) As far as I understand, at the moment I have to choose between either latest and greatest kvm performance *or* multiple target support. > > You, archlinux developers make an amazing job. The beauty and the > power of archlinux is that I can easily build qemu and/or qemu-kvm in > my own particular weird way ;-) +1 :) > > Greetings, > Simon. > Greetings, jinks P.S.: As a sidenote: Is it normal/intentional that I don't get my own mails back via the list? Or is this some weird GMail stuff?
