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1 files changed, 12 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/contrib/bochs/README.qemu b/contrib/bochs/README.qemu index ae2984ca..e72c8841 100644 --- a/contrib/bochs/README.qemu +++ b/contrib/bochs/README.qemu @@ -14,14 +14,21 @@ To get qemu running is fairly simple: cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.savannah.nongnu.org:/sources/qemu \ co qemu +2a. Patch the qemu code. There is currently a bug that causes qemu to + execute Etherboot incredibly slowly. The bug seems to be related + to the relative prioritisation of CPU and I/O operations within + qemu. This patch (which I found via Google) isn't a proper fix, + but it does work around the problem: + patch -p0 < qemu-patch + 3. Configure qemu with pushd qemu - ./configure --enable-system --enable-profiler + ./configure --enable-system popd - Note that qemu will not compile with gcc4; if your system's - default compiler is gcc4 then specify the path to gcc3 using - e.g. --cc=gcc-3.3.6 + Note that qemu will not compile with gcc4; if your system's + default compiler is gcc4 then specify the path to gcc3 using + e.g. --cc=gcc-3.3.6 4. Build qemu: make -C qemu @@ -52,6 +59,7 @@ To get qemu running is fairly simple: popd 9. Start qemu + export SDL_VIDEO_X11_DGAMOUSE=0 ./qemu/i386-softmmu/qemu -L qemu/pc-bios \ -net nic,model=rtl8139 -net tap,ifname=tap0 \ -boot a -fda ../../src/bin/rtl8139.dsk |