[Qemu-devel] Qemu future development

[Qemu-devel] Qemu future development

[AmigaPPC]

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Re: [Qemu-devel] Qemu future development

[Stuart Brady]

On Mon, Jan 14, 2008 at 01:49:11PM +0000, AmigaPPC wrote:

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> Hi there,
>   This Omu project
> You are developing is super thing, but community lost ; a little 
> interest when Mac went to Intel.
> 
> New life for Qemu or PearPc could be emulating of AmigaPPC based 
> hardware since recently final version of AmigaOS4 for AmigaOne and 
> AmigaClassic (equipped with PPC cards) came to public.
> 
> Since there is no new harware available for now (question is will it 
> be available in close future), and existing harware is very rare, Qemu 
> would be excelent solution.
> 
> There is also MorphOS for this line of computers. Amiga community is 
> very "hungry" for abbility to run new OS so I think it would support 
> development of Qemu or PearPC.
> 
> PearPC.net discussion for example:
> http://www.pearpc.net/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=5536&p=47395#p47395

I imagine supporting m68k Amigas with PPC accelerator cards might be 
tricky.  I gather the AmigaOne is PPC-only, though?  Anyway, AFAIK, 
when someone produces patches that work, they tend to be applied! :)
-- 
Stuart Brady

Re: [Qemu-devel] Qemu future development

[Andreas Färber]

Am 14.01.2008 um 14:49 schrieb AmigaPPC:

> Hi there,
>
> This Omu project You are developing is super thing, but
> community lost  a little interest when Mac went to Intel.
>
> New life for Qemu or PearPc could be emulating of AmigaPPC based
> hardware [...]

In case with "Omu" you mean QEMU, you really have no idea what you're  
talking about. Especially the move of Apple to Intel has greatly  
increased the demand for emulation or virtualization tools there. Lots  
of people change from Intel PC to Intel Mac and still want to run  
Windows apps without the need to reboot via Boot Camp - that's where Q/ 
QEMU, Parallel, VMware etc. come handy on the Mac.

There are also many other uses for emulation or virtualization in  
fields you may not be comfortable with. Don't be so fast throwing  
around words like community and new life. (QEMU was last released this  
month, not 2005 like PearPC.)

Have you even tried QEMU's ppc system emulation yet? How far did you  
get? Or do you know which hardware exactly needs to be emulated?  
Running Linux in qemu-system-ppc does not work for me ATM but maybe  
you have more luck.