I'm looking at setting up 32-bit WINE to run a 32-bit Windows app. Since I'm on a pure 64-bit (no multi-lib) machine, that doesn't exactly work, which is why I'm looking at QEMU. I need to run WINE in 32 bit mode, on a 32-bit install in a VM. Is a 64-bit virtual cpu type recommended anyways? Are the "qemu" and "kvm" cpu types faster/slower? And what would they be listed as in the kernel .config?
I'm not familiar with all the weird codenames for Intel's chips. What's the hierarchy between Nehalem/Westmere/SandyBridge/Haswell ? Here's the list of available types... [i660][waltdnes][~/qemu] sudo /usr/bin/qemu-kvm -cpu help x86 qemu64 QEMU Virtual CPU version 1.4.2 x86 phenom AMD Phenom(tm) 9550 Quad-Core Processor x86 core2duo Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T7700 @ 2.40GHz x86 kvm64 Common KVM processor x86 qemu32 QEMU Virtual CPU version 1.4.2 x86 kvm32 Common 32-bit KVM processor x86 coreduo Genuine Intel(R) CPU T2600 @ 2.16GHz x86 486 x86 pentium x86 pentium2 x86 pentium3 x86 athlon QEMU Virtual CPU version 1.4.2 x86 n270 Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU N270 @ 1.60GHz x86 Conroe Intel Celeron_4x0 (Conroe/Merom Class Core 2) x86 Penryn Intel Core 2 Duo P9xxx (Penryn Class Core 2) x86 Nehalem Intel Core i7 9xx (Nehalem Class Core i7) x86 Westmere Westmere E56xx/L56xx/X56xx (Nehalem-C) x86 SandyBridge Intel Xeon E312xx (Sandy Bridge) x86 Haswell Intel Core Processor (Haswell) x86 Opteron_G1 AMD Opteron 240 (Gen 1 Class Opteron) x86 Opteron_G2 AMD Opteron 22xx (Gen 2 Class Opteron) x86 Opteron_G3 AMD Opteron 23xx (Gen 3 Class Opteron) x86 Opteron_G4 AMD Opteron 62xx class CPU x86 Opteron_G5 AMD Opteron 63xx class CPU -- Walter Dnes <waltd...@waltdnes.org> I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications