From: Michael L Torrie <torriem@chem.byu.edu>
To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] Porting/running to GP32
Date: Fri, 07 May 2004 11:53:44 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1083952424.25237.2.camel@isengard> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200405070807.24266.MarkWatson@bcs.org.uk>
On Fri, 2004-05-07 at 01:07, Mark Watson wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've recently discovered QEMU when looking for ways to run Civilization (DOS
> version) on my GP32! For those who do not know the GP32, it is an ARM9 based
> handheld gaming device that runs at 150MHz max on 16-bit bus. It has 8MB RAM
> only. In terms of libraries it has newlib and the GP32 SDK only. I'd be
> pleased if it could emulate a 2MB 386 PC running at 16MHz ish -> using the
> System emulation. Do you think that will be possible?
Dunno, but if you're trying to run DOS applications, a better choice
than qemu may be dosbox (http://dosbox.sourceforge.net). Dosbox may not
be as fast as qemu, however, so that may not work for you. But dosbox
does implement a very good DOS pc environment that needs to other
operating system or video drivers. It provides standard vga (256-color)
and sound blaster support for DOS apps.
Michael
>
> Anyway I found QEMU and it looks great! I like the idea of dynamic compilation
> using small C code ections. I'm trying to work out what I'll need to do in
> order to get this working (and if it should be possible without too much
> effort). Also to check no-one objects. Note that I plan to build using GCC
> 3.4 cross compiling to arm-elf target. BTW what kind of state is the ARM Host
> CPU support? Anyone successfully run DOS programs?
>
> I believe I will need to do at least the following:
> i) Modify the sound emulation to talk directly to the GP32 sound hardware.
> ii) Modify the video emulation to talk directly to the GP32 video hardware.
> iii) Replace getopt with configuration file.
> iv) Remove all (any?) Linux specific code sections.
> iv) Modify build setup to only build x86 system emulation (with software mmu).
>
> I 'm sure I have missed _lots_ out here since I haven't looked at the source
> much yet. I'd be grateful for any hints/suggestions as to what else I will
> need to do.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mark
>
>
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Michael L Torrie <torriem@chem.byu.edu>
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2004-05-07 7:07 [Qemu-devel] Porting/running to GP32 Mark Watson
2004-05-07 17:53 ` Michael L Torrie [this message]
2004-05-07 21:42 ` Mark Watson
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