Re: With 8G RAM would RPI4 be a decent QEMU host?

[Ottavio Caruso <ottavio2006-usenet2012%yahoo.com@localhost>]

On 05/12/2020 03:27, Mayuresh wrote:
> I have just ordered RPI4B 8G model, for desktop usage. Initially I might
> use the stock OS (Raspberry OS - erstwhile Raspbian). But wonder with good
> amount of RAM what all the device can do for me.
>
> - What sort of virtualization accelerators are available on arm (or on
>    Pi4B)? (Any counterpart of VT-x on amd64?)
>
> - On aarch64 host if you emulate another aarch64 guest, does it have any
>    performance advantage as compared to emulating amd64/i386 on aarch64?
>
> Accordingly wondering about trying a NetBSD guest (aarch64 or amd64) on it
> to see if it is workable. If amd64 were to work (with decent speed) the
> pkgsrc package availability would improve.

I'm interested in the subject. I remember asking a similar question on 
the OTFC channel #qemu and the general consensus was that the RPI in 
general was not a good qemu host at all.

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Ottavio Caruso