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Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] Looking for an SH4 QEMU-ready kernel (for TCG
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Cc: Andreas =?windows-1252?q?F=E4rber?= <andreas.faerber@web.de>

> Would patches to make linux-user compile on other platforms make sense
> or is it locked to the platform it emulates?

Linux usermode emulation assumes a linux host. In theory it's possible to make 
it work elsewhere, but it's quite a lot of work, and you may end up having to 
reimplement a fair chunk of the linux kernel.

Paul