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Move the README file to markdown so that it makes the github page look
prettier. I know that github repo is a mirror and not the official
repo, but I think it doesn't hurt to have it in markdown format.

Signed-off-by: Pranith Kumar <[email protected]>
Message-Id: <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <[email protected]>
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QEMU README
===========
QEMU
---

QEMU is a generic and open source machine & userspace emulator and
virtualizer.
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Building
========
---

QEMU is multi-platform software intended to be buildable on all modern
Linux platforms, OS-X, Win32 (via the Mingw64 toolchain) and a variety
of other UNIX targets. The simple steps to build QEMU are:

mkdir build
cd build
../configure
make
mkdir build
cd build
../configure
make

Complete details of the process for building and configuring QEMU for
all supported host platforms can be found in the qemu-tech.html file.
Additional information can also be found online via the QEMU website:

http://qemu-project.org/Hosts/Linux
http://qemu-project.org/Hosts/W32
http://qemu-project.org/Hosts/Linux
http://qemu-project.org/Hosts/W32


Submitting patches
==================
---

The QEMU source code is maintained under the GIT version control system.

git clone git://git.qemu-project.org/qemu.git
git clone git://git.qemu-project.org/qemu.git

When submitting patches, the preferred approach is to use 'git
format-patch' and/or 'git send-email' to format & send the mail to the
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Additional information on submitting patches can be found online via
the QEMU website

http://qemu-project.org/Contribute/SubmitAPatch
http://qemu-project.org/Contribute/TrivialPatches
http://qemu-project.org/Contribute/SubmitAPatch
http://qemu-project.org/Contribute/TrivialPatches


Bug reporting
=============
---

The QEMU project uses Launchpad as its primary upstream bug tracker. Bugs
found when running code built from QEMU git or upstream released sources
should be reported via:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/
https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/

If using QEMU via an operating system vendor pre-built binary package, it
is preferable to report bugs to the vendor's own bug tracker first. If
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For additional information on bug reporting consult:

http://qemu-project.org/Contribute/ReportABug
http://qemu-project.org/Contribute/ReportABug


Contact
=======
---

The QEMU community can be contacted in a number of ways, with the two
main methods being email and IRC

- [email protected]
http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/qemu-devel
- #qemu on irc.oftc.net
- Mailing List: [email protected]
- Archives: http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/qemu-devel
- IRC: #qemu on irc.oftc.net

Information on additional methods of contacting the community can be
found online via the QEMU website:

http://qemu-project.org/Contribute/StartHere

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