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From: Brian Johnson <bjj4@charter.net>
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Subject: [Qemu-devel] Re: QEmu as a Device Software Optimization tool
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To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org

n schembr wrote:
> 
> -snap-
> 
>> Personally though I don't see much benefit to simple syntax config
>> files over C files, that are being used now.
> 
> Config files implies a self check process.  A better question might
> be, has qemu grown to the point where an outsider is going to define
> a new platform?

Absolutely.  I've been using it to prototype firmware for a NUMA 
chipset.  I've had to invent ugly command-line hacks for specifying the 
number of nodes, per-node consoles, etc.  And I still need to use a 
debugger to override variable values in my init. code when I want to 
test "odd" cases which my hacks don't support.  I could make good use of 
a generalized configuration file.

Brian