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by tracker1 301 days ago
I'm curious if QEMU will ever support features like x86(_64) hardware paths that with Arm and RISC-V... Since most of the patents are now expired, it makes a lot of sense. Apple seems to be further along here than other competitors, but it seems to be limited to Rosetta, not broadly supported.
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bonzini 300 days ago
If the kernel makes it available to userspace, then it could be done. I am not aware of any specific emulation-friendly extensions to RISC-V though.
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tracker1 300 days ago
Me either, but I'm assuming they'll start to become more common. Possibly the inverse as well, ARM cores on x86 even.
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