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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] -machine vmport=off: Allow disabling of VMWare
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Richard W.M. Jones |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] -machine vmport=off: Allow disabling of VMWare ioport emulation |
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Mon, 19 May 2014 18:03:19 +0100 |
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On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 06:00:26PM +0100, Dr. David Alan Gilbert (git) wrote:
> From: "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <address@hidden>
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> VMWare apparently doesn't like running under QEMU due to our
> incomplete emulation of it's special IO Port. This adds a
> -machine suboption to allow it to be turned off.
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> Signed-off-by: Dr. David Alan Gilbert <address@hidden>
Tested-by: Richard W.M. Jones <address@hidden>
I was able to use this option in order to install VMware ESXi as a
guest under KVM. Here are my notes on how to do this:
https://rwmj.wordpress.com/2014/05/19/notes-on-getting-vmware-esxi-to-run-under-kvm/#content
Rich.
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