[arch-general] Why qemu/kqemu conflict to kvm ?

[slubman]

On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:29:42 +0100, Thomas Bächler <thomas at archlinux.org>
wrote:
> goodmenzy at gmail.com schrieb:
>> OK, ok, I want install qemu+kqemu and KVM in my machine.
>> Why does they conflict?
>> 
>> 
>>     Sometime, I want my virtual machine run faster, so KVM
>> is a great choice. But sometime, I need simulate other 
>> CPU: ppc arm ... , so qemu is the best choice.
>> 
>>     Why does them conflict?  Can the community do some works
>> to let them co-exist in the SAME archlinux installation?
> 
> KVM works with the qemu package - The "kvm" package just has a newer 
> version of the KVM code than the qemu package.

There is also another argument to use the 2 packages.

Only the qemu package provide other archs than x86 and x86_64.

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