Re: [Qemu-devel] Qemu and Linux 2.4

[Vlad Lungu <vlad@comsys.ro>]

Thiemo Seufer wrote:
> 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?

Like, for example, the PCI stuff. So I can use the network card.
And yes, I am aware of YAMON.

>> - 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.)

I'm sure that improving the Qemu Malta emulation is a very noble goal, 
but for people that need a working 2.4 kernel NOW, my patch could be 
useful. Having the QEMU target in 2.6 surely helped me.

Vlad