Because I didn't see any reference to VirtualBox but just for qEmu I would like to report the great success running the demo-cd under VB version 4.3.12 r93733 without any special configuration. The network driver and sound system is working perfectly.
It's interesting also to report that I configured the virtual machine as type=other and version=L4. The version=L4 is not a must but it's remarkable to see that they are aware that the future is not Windows and Linux.
Hello again,
It's interesting also to report that I configured the virtual machine as type=other and version=L4. The version=L4 is not a must but it's remarkable to see that they are aware that the future is not Windows and Linux.
this option is actually not a statement of embracing L4 but more a kind of legacy. Many years ago, before VirtualBox was an open-source project, it was ported to the original version of L4/Fiasco as a research experiment. Back then, the project was called "L4VM". You can still find traces of it in the VirtualBox source tree. This work was primarily being done by Frank Mehnert who is one of the maintainers of VirtualBox nowadays. So I guess, some VirtualBox developers like Frank have a sweet spot for L4, still. ;-)
Btw, speaking of VirtualBox, just some months ago, this virtual machine monitor was ported to Genode/NOVA. So it is possible to use it on top of a Genode system. See the release notes of Genode version 14.02 for more information:
http://genode.org/documentation/release-notes/14.02#VirtualBox_on_top_of_the...
Cheers Norman
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Jorge Ventura -
Norman Feske