On Tue, Apr 06, 2010 at 01:14:17PM +0200, lok...@gmail.com wrote: > Hi > > I am searching for some informations about QEMU. > > 1. > Currently it's possible to compile and run QEMU under Windows. Is there a > fixed support for Windows platforms (as Host)? Or is it possible that newer > releases only work on Linux platforms?
As long as there are some people who care for Windows, reporting bugs and patches, it will be supported. I don't think support for Windows will disappear soon. > 2. > I have searched for an "atapi cdrom passthrough" feature and found a (old) > patch for Linux. > http://archive.netbsd.se/?ml=qemu-devel&a=2009-06&t=11010205 > > Is "passthrough" support implemented in QEMU? Does this also work with > Windows hosts? Or is there a major reason why this feature is not > implemented in QEMU? This atapi passthrough has never been merged. > 3. > How long will the comunity support QEMU in the future? It seems for me with > all the new virtualization technologies (CPU, ...) QEMU will be useless > sometimes. > QEMU will never be useless, as the new virtualization technologies do not solve the problem of emulating an ARM machine on a MIPS machine. Moreover virtualization technologies are only the hardware part, a software part is needed, and for example KVM is based on QEMU. -- Aurelien Jarno GPG: 1024D/F1BCDB73 aurel...@aurel32.net http://www.aurel32.net