From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Giuseppe Falsetti Date: Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:34:37 +0000 Subject: Re: Compiling error : ppc440_bamboo.o fails Message-Id: <4936D13D.6040805@czero.it> List-Id: References: <49341A65.2080601@czero.it> In-Reply-To: <49341A65.2080601@czero.it> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: kvm-ppc@vger.kernel.org Hollis Blanchard ha scritto: > On Mon, 2008-12-01 at 19:30 +0100, Giuseppe Falsetti wrote: > >> Hi Hollis, >> no I don't have a 440, I have only many 970 :-| >> So I can't hope that KVM will support 970 cpus? Qemu already support >> this, why for KVM is so difficoult? >> > > Implementing KVM for 970 would require emulating the 970 core in the > kernel (probably the MMU would be the most difficult). I won't say this > is easier or harder than qemu, but it's hard in different ways. > Sorry, but, for example if I want to emulate an x86 system on a 970 Host, I need to emulate an x86 core and not the 970. Or not? Obviously the emulation is slowly with and without 970 features optimizations. >> Noone is interested? Or the problem is the HW to develop/test on? >> > > I can't speak for anybody else, but I think it's mostly interest. I have > a G5 at home, but not enough time/interest to work on KVM for it. > > >> I can participate only as tester, I'm not a developer, but I can provide >> the HW for the cause. >> > > Unfortunately at this point some pretty low-level development is > required. Thanks for your offer though; maybe somebody else on this list > will be interested. > I hope :-) Giuseppe.