Guillaume Thouvenin wrote:
>>>
>>>
>> As using the emulator is likely to be slower than VT, we can call the
>> emulator only if we are in a "VT unfriendly" state, so the code might
>> look like
>>
>> if (vmx->rmode.active && big_real_mode(vmx))
>> ...
>>
>> In addition, th
On Sun, 10 Feb 2008 13:44:05 +0200
Avi Kivity <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Anthony Liguori wrote:
> > So what we would like to do, is instead of setting up vm86 mode for the
> > guest to execute real mode, use x86_emulate() to just emulate the code.
> > This means that we wouldn't be using the
Anthony Liguori wrote:
> So what we would like to do, is instead of setting up vm86 mode for the
> guest to execute real mode, use x86_emulate() to just emulate the code.
> This means that we wouldn't be using the "vmlaunch" instruction when in
> real mode and instead would be doing an x86_emul
Actually having good Real Mode support will really help KVM running wider
variety of guest OSes.
Very welcome move.
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On Wed, 2008-02-06 at 11:32 -0600, Anthony Liguori wrote:
> Guillaume Thouvenin wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I read on the kvmwiki/TODO that there is a work in progress for
> > extending x86 emulator to support more instructions in real mode and for
> > changing the execution loop to call the emula
Guillaume Thouvenin wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I read on the kvmwiki/TODO that there is a work in progress for
> extending x86 emulator to support more instructions in real mode and for
> changing the execution loop to call the emulator for real mode.
>
Yes, Nitin has done some work in this area.
On Wed, 2008-02-06 at 13:07 +0100, Guillaume Thouvenin wrote:
> On Wed, 06 Feb 2008 10:52:54 +0200
> Izik Eidus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > i am not expert for the emulator area, but as far as i remember:
> >
> > virtual 8086 have some checks related to segments (the big mode
> > problem)
On Wed, 06 Feb 2008 10:52:54 +0200
Izik Eidus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> i am not expert for the emulator area, but as far as i remember:
>
> virtual 8086 have some checks related to segments (the big mode
> problem), it mean that for some addresses it wont be able to execute
> anything, you
On Wed, 2008-02-06 at 08:33 +0100, Guillaume Thouvenin wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I read on the kvmwiki/TODO that there is a work in progress for
> extending x86 emulator to support more instructions in real mode and for
> changing the execution loop to call the emulator for real mode.
>
> As I'm
Hello,
I read on the kvmwiki/TODO that there is a work in progress for
extending x86 emulator to support more instructions in real mode and for
changing the execution loop to call the emulator for real mode.
As I'm interested to work on this part I'd like to know what was
already done.
I'
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