From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list linux-mips); Tue, 11 Sep 2007 14:13:35 +0100 (BST) Received: from phoenix.bawue.net ([193.7.176.60]:52402 "EHLO mail.bawue.net") by ftp.linux-mips.org with ESMTP id S20022304AbXIKNN0 (ORCPT ); Tue, 11 Sep 2007 14:13:26 +0100 Received: from lagash (intrt.mips-uk.com [194.74.144.130]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.bawue.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5C10DB84B1; Tue, 11 Sep 2007 14:54:52 +0200 (CEST) Received: from ths by lagash with local (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1IV5G1-0001xh-IU; Tue, 11 Sep 2007 13:54:21 +0100 Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2007 13:54:21 +0100 From: Thiemo Seufer To: Vlad Lungu Cc: qemu-devel@nongnu.org, linux-mips@linux-mips.org Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] Qemu and Linux 2.4 Message-ID: <20070911125421.GE10713@networkno.de> References: <46E68AA3.2010907@comsys.ro> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <46E68AA3.2010907@comsys.ro> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-11) Return-Path: X-Envelope-To: <"|/home/ecartis/ecartis -s linux-mips"> (uid 0) X-Orcpt: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org Original-Recipient: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org X-archive-position: 16452 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org Errors-to: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org X-original-sender: ths@networkno.de Precedence: bulk X-list: linux-mips Vlad Lungu wrote: > I know some of you will laugh, but: > > - QEMU malta emulation is not really complete, to put it mildly Out of curiosity, what parts did you miss? > - the QEMU target is available only for Linux 2.6 > - despite popular opinion, 2.4 ain't dead yet, at least in the embedded > market > > > I have a port of the QEMU target for Linux 2.4.34.4 (latest 2.4 kernel on > linux-mips.org), with NE2000 card working (in both BE and LE modes). > Still rough at the edges, but it works on stock qemu-0.9.0 with -M mips. I recommend to improve the Qemu Malta emulation, and make it work with 2.4 Malta kernels. (ISTR it used to work, so it shouldn't need a lot to get there.) Thiemo From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IV5Y0-0004fE-Tp for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 11 Sep 2007 09:12:56 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IV5Xx-0004ez-Vk for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 11 Sep 2007 09:12:56 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IV5Xx-0004ew-QU for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 11 Sep 2007 09:12:53 -0400 Received: from phoenix.bawue.net ([193.7.176.60] helo=mail.bawue.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IV5Xx-00038k-Fg for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 11 Sep 2007 09:12:53 -0400 Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2007 13:54:21 +0100 From: Thiemo Seufer Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] Qemu and Linux 2.4 Message-ID: <20070911125421.GE10713@networkno.de> References: <46E68AA3.2010907@comsys.ro> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <46E68AA3.2010907@comsys.ro> Reply-To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Vlad Lungu Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org, qemu-devel@nongnu.org Vlad Lungu wrote: > I know some of you will laugh, but: > > - QEMU malta emulation is not really complete, to put it mildly Out of curiosity, what parts did you miss? > - the QEMU target is available only for Linux 2.6 > - despite popular opinion, 2.4 ain't dead yet, at least in the embedded > market > > > I have a port of the QEMU target for Linux 2.4.34.4 (latest 2.4 kernel on > linux-mips.org), with NE2000 card working (in both BE and LE modes). > Still rough at the edges, but it works on stock qemu-0.9.0 with -M mips. I recommend to improve the Qemu Malta emulation, and make it work with 2.4 Malta kernels. (ISTR it used to work, so it shouldn't need a lot to get there.) Thiemo