On Thu, 2010-12-30 at 16:02 +0000, Gordan Bobic wrote:
omalleys(a)msu.edu wrote:
> In F14 x86, we finally have the ability to add an ARM based VM via the
> libvirt management tool!! IE you can go through the GUI and set up an
> qemu based arm VM*.
What's the performance like? Is there multi-core capability? I'm
wondering if a 3+GHz Core2 can emulate an ARM fast enough to be faster
than native. I very much doubt it, but it'd be a real boon for large
cross-building.
In tests under F12 and F13, QEMU ARM performed at about 10% of the speed
of native hardware when building packages (Intel Q6600 quadcore vs.
Sheevaplug).
-Chris