From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IV5rz-00018o-Uq for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 11 Sep 2007 09:33:35 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IV5rx-00018b-If for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 11 Sep 2007 09:33:34 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IV5rx-00018Y-DP for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 11 Sep 2007 09:33:33 -0400 Received: from ftp.linux-mips.org ([194.74.144.162]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IV5rw-0006xN-Ug for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 11 Sep 2007 09:33:33 -0400 Received: from localhost.localdomain ([127.0.0.1]:46274 "EHLO dl5rb.ham-radio-op.net") by ftp.linux-mips.org with ESMTP id S20022331AbXIKNby (ORCPT ); Tue, 11 Sep 2007 14:31:54 +0100 From: ralf@linux-mips.org Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2007 14:31:53 +0100 Message-ID: <20070911133153.GA32031@linux-mips.org> References: <46E68AA3.2010907@comsys.ro> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <46E68AA3.2010907@comsys.ro> Subject: [Qemu-devel] Re: Qemu and Linux 2.4 Reply-To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Vlad Lungu Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org, qemu-devel@nongnu.org On Tue, Sep 11, 2007 at 03:31:31PM +0300, Vlad Lungu wrote: > I know some of you will laugh, but: > > - QEMU malta emulation is not really complete, to put it mildly > - 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 It very much is for new product development. It's a long time that I've seen any 2.4-based development being started for new MIPS platforms. I basically get zero feedback for 2.4. The last patch submitted for 2.4 was on 2006-06-15 by Chris Dearman btw. Everything else since was just backported fixes from newer kernels and I've given up on that give the overwhelming feedback I keep receiving for 2.4. > 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. Actually 2.4.35.2 / 2.4.36-pre1 are the latest. > If anyone is interested, I can send the patch by e-mail. I have no idea > if I can post attachments to the list(s), that's why it's not attached. I do take Linux 2.4 patches provided they don't destabilize the 2.4 branch. The few remaining user expect stability, not a Penguin action movie ;-) But aside of that, same submission guidelines as for 2.6. Cheers, Ralf