Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH] remove pieces of source code

[Avi Kivity]

Stuart Brady wrote:
> Silly question, btw -- I've heard on several occasions that kqemu is not
> auditable.  Is it even possible to produce a replacement with reasonable
> performance that *is* auditable?
>   

Is it possible to produce a large scale system-level program (esp. with 
smp) that is auditable?  I think not.

kqemu is particularly difficult because it interacts with the hardware 
in complex ways.

> (Whilst I certainly have the interest, I'm not sure whether I possess a
> sufficient quantity of the other four required attributes to implement
> something like this for KVM, if such a thing is even possible.)

It's technically possible, but I don't think it's realistic.  No one 
wants to code for yesterday's hardware; every day there are fewer 
machines that need kqemu.

If you're interested in virtualization, but a cpu that supports 
virtualization.  If you want to keep your old cpu, keep your old 
software as well.

--
Do not meddle in the internals of kernels, for they are subtle and quick to 
panic.