[plug] Bochs + Plex86

[caston at arach.net.au]

Quoting caston at arach.net.au: 
 
> Hello,  
>   
> Looks like something interesting has happened with plex86 packages in sid.  
>   
> I just upgraded and am looking at the following te-s-t in the Debian 
									^x			 
> configuration:  
>   
> Plex86 userland component, which is mostly based on Bochs code, has no-t- been 
> replaced in										               ^w		  
> Debian to use the Bochs emulator natively.   
>   
> Among other advantages, this represents a gain in:  
>   
> - emulation / virtualisation speed  
> - smaller executable size  
> - new GUI (GTK+ and SDL, see bochs-wx and bochs  
> -sdl)  
> -more extended device support  
>   
> OK  
>   
> This just may be what I posted here before in regards to:  
>   
> Or plex86 can be used to accelerate bochs, by executing user code inside the 
> plex86 VM,  
> while letting bochs execute kernel code and IO functionality inside the 
> emulator.   This is  
> useful for executing binary-only OSes, and ones without the simple mods noted 
> above.   This  
> was also demonstrated recently(2).  
>   
> Or plex86 can be used to accelerate bochs, by executing user code inside the 
> plex86 VM,  
> while letting bochs execute kernel code and IO functionality inside the 
> emulator.   This is  
> useful for executing binary-only OSes, and ones without the simple mods noted 
> above.   This  
> was also demonstrated recently(2).  
>   
> source: plex86.sf.net  
>   
>   
> If I can get a copy of Windows running inside this beast and at a usable 
> speed then I may  
> never need to boot into Windows again...... famous last words..  
>   
> regards,  
>   
> Chris Caston  
>  
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