QEMU Accelerator Achieves Near-Native Performance

An anonymous reader writes "QEMU is a generic and open source processor emulator which achieves a good emulation speed by using dynamic translation. Its sporting a new module called the 'Accelerator' which can achieve near native speeds, and currently runs on Linux 2.4.x and 2.6.x kernels. This means you could theoretically run Windows (or another OS) on a Linux machine at near native speeds without buying a commercial emulator. The catch is that although QEMU is released under various open source licenses, the Accelerator uses a free (as in beer) license because the module is a 'closed source proprietary product.' Fabrice Bellard does mention that he would consider open sourcing the Accelerator under certain conditions."

Comments

Re:if only they could get this to run faster

[Anonymous Coward]

perhaps god is trying to tell you something.

Re:How do we know it;'s legal?

[ickoonite]

hope this will be treated with caution until it can be ascertained to be fully legitimate.

Oh yes, because the world does this with all proprietary offerings, like, er, say, Windows and Office and, well, most software one might care to mention.

This is good software. It doesn't need idiot scaremongers like you detracting from it.

iqu >:|