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| author | Thomas Schwinge <tschwinge@gnu.org> | 2008-10-07 22:59:01 +0200 |
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| committer | Thomas Schwinge <tschwinge@gnu.org> | 2008-10-07 23:01:28 +0200 |
| commit | 1f41e899e3da7b8f681e3787b5150e1cd9ecf50a (patch) | |
| tree | b857f7b57a73fbe92ac068e75381585944ee66ad /qemu.mdwn | |
| parent | f19c40829ab06b972f701759ef63c1b0a9814732 (diff) | |
Reintegrate the QEMU page, change formatting, add copyright and license statements.
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diff --git a/qemu.mdwn b/qemu.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 00000000..97ce5693 --- /dev/null +++ b/qemu.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ +[[meta copyright="Copyright © 2005, 2007, 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]] + +[[meta license="""[[toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[toggleable +id="license" text="Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this +document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or +any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant +Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license +is included in the section entitled +[[GNU_Free_Documentation_License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] + +QEMU is free software written by Fabrice Bellard that implements a fast +processor [[emulator|emulation]], allowing a user to run one operating system +within another one. It is similar to projects such as [[Bochs]] and VMware +Workstation, but has several features these lack, including increased speed and +support for multiple architectures. By using dynamic translation it achieves a +reasonable speed while being easy to port on new host CPUs. + +QEMU has two operating modes: + + * User mode emulation: QEMU can launch Linux processes compiled for one CPU + on another CPU. Linux system calls are converted because of endianness and + 32/64 bit mismatches. Wine and Dosemu are the main targets for QEMU. + + * System mode emulation: QEMU emulates a full system, including a processor + and various peripherials. It enables easier testing and debugging of + system code. It can also be used to provide virtual hosting of several + virtual PCs on a single server. + +The majority of the program is under the [[LGPL]], with the system mode +emulation under the [[GPL]]. + +# External Links + + * <http://fabrice.bellard.free.fr/qemu/> + * <http://kidsquid.com/cgi-bin/moin.cgi> QEMU Wiki + * [Qemu on Windows](http://www.h7.dion.ne.jp/~qemu-win/) |