On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 7:19 PM, Daniel da Veiga <danieldave...@gmail.com>wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 16, 2011 at 10:54, Kfir Lavi <lavi.k...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi, >> I'm creating a router based on Gentoo, that needs to run as a vm using >> qemu. >> The mother machine will be Core I7 4 cores. >> What cpu and CFLAGS should I use to get the best performance out of this >> vm? >> >> > If you intend to run this VM on different hardware or distribute it in any > way (so you don't really know on what hardware it will run) your best bet is > to set a generic arch like i686 or lower, OR hope the VM is run on software > based emulation (slow) so you don't have to worry about what CPU is running > it. > > From my experience with qemu, you'll have a lot of requirements too, like > bridging and kernel module for virtual interfaces (tun/tap). > > Now, if this will run on your machine, with kqemu, you'll set march on your > guest as your host is... > > -- > Daniel da Veiga > I'll build each router for its box. I don't want to use i686 as I'll run also on Atom, and this comp is really really slow with kvm support. Kfir
