1b3bbc6887
The owner of qemu.org has delegated authority to modify DNS records to
the QEMU Project. This has allowed us to use the domain name without
worries about IP address changes or technical issues disrupting service.
The issues described in commit 8593898109
("Use qemu-project.org domain name") have therefore been mitigated.
This patch switches back to consistently using qemu.org instead of
qemu-project.org in documentation, version.rc, and the Windows installer
script.
The git submodules and SeaBIOS still use qemu-project.org for the time
being. This will be fixed in the QEMU 2.12 release cycle.
Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
Message-id: 20171121120435.28728-2-stefanha@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>
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QEMU README
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===========
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QEMU is a generic and open source machine & userspace emulator and
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virtualizer.
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QEMU is capable of emulating a complete machine in software without any
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need for hardware virtualization support. By using dynamic translation,
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it achieves very good performance. QEMU can also integrate with the Xen
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and KVM hypervisors to provide emulated hardware while allowing the
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hypervisor to manage the CPU. With hypervisor support, QEMU can achieve
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near native performance for CPUs. When QEMU emulates CPUs directly it is
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capable of running operating systems made for one machine (e.g. an ARMv7
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board) on a different machine (e.g. an x86_64 PC board).
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QEMU is also capable of providing userspace API virtualization for Linux
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and BSD kernel interfaces. This allows binaries compiled against one
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architecture ABI (e.g. the Linux PPC64 ABI) to be run on a host using a
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different architecture ABI (e.g. the Linux x86_64 ABI). This does not
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involve any hardware emulation, simply CPU and syscall emulation.
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QEMU aims to fit into a variety of use cases. It can be invoked directly
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by users wishing to have full control over its behaviour and settings.
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It also aims to facilitate integration into higher level management
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layers, by providing a stable command line interface and monitor API.
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It is commonly invoked indirectly via the libvirt library when using
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open source applications such as oVirt, OpenStack and virt-manager.
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QEMU as a whole is released under the GNU General Public License,
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version 2. For full licensing details, consult the LICENSE file.
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Building
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========
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QEMU is multi-platform software intended to be buildable on all modern
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Linux platforms, OS-X, Win32 (via the Mingw64 toolchain) and a variety
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of other UNIX targets. The simple steps to build QEMU are:
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mkdir build
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cd build
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../configure
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make
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Additional information can also be found online via the QEMU website:
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http://qemu.org/Hosts/Linux
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http://qemu.org/Hosts/Mac
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http://qemu.org/Hosts/W32
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Submitting patches
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==================
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The QEMU source code is maintained under the GIT version control system.
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git clone git://git.qemu.org/qemu.git
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When submitting patches, the preferred approach is to use 'git
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format-patch' and/or 'git send-email' to format & send the mail to the
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qemu-devel@nongnu.org mailing list. All patches submitted must contain
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a 'Signed-off-by' line from the author. Patches should follow the
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guidelines set out in the HACKING and CODING_STYLE files.
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Additional information on submitting patches can be found online via
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the QEMU website
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http://qemu.org/Contribute/SubmitAPatch
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http://qemu.org/Contribute/TrivialPatches
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Bug reporting
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=============
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The QEMU project uses Launchpad as its primary upstream bug tracker. Bugs
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found when running code built from QEMU git or upstream released sources
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should be reported via:
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/
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If using QEMU via an operating system vendor pre-built binary package, it
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is preferable to report bugs to the vendor's own bug tracker first. If
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the bug is also known to affect latest upstream code, it can also be
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reported via launchpad.
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For additional information on bug reporting consult:
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http://qemu.org/Contribute/ReportABug
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Contact
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The QEMU community can be contacted in a number of ways, with the two
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main methods being email and IRC
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- qemu-devel@nongnu.org
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http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/qemu-devel
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- #qemu on irc.oftc.net
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Information on additional methods of contacting the community can be
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found online via the QEMU website:
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http://qemu.org/Contribute/StartHere
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-- End
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