From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HOXqO-0004Tf-Vk for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 06 Mar 2007 06:28:37 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HOXqN-0004R1-Jq for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 06 Mar 2007 06:28:36 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HOXqN-0004Qd-Ak for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 06 Mar 2007 06:28:35 -0500 Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com ([66.249.92.168]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1HOXqM-0007I4-Re for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 06 Mar 2007 06:28:35 -0500 Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id j40so146818ugd for ; Tue, 06 Mar 2007 03:28:28 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <61445c750703060328k7e65fdb4v719ab11006c6e1aa@mail.gmail.com> From: "Pharaoh ." MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Subject: [Qemu-devel] QEMU as an emulator Reply-To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2007 11:28:37 -0000 To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org Hi I am new here. QEMU can bve used as a machine emulator and a visualizer. When we use QEMU as an emulator then does it mean using this we can run code for say ARM on a x86 based machine and QEMU will take care of the transalation? I am writing some drivers for ARM but I dont have any ARM based board with me so can I develop and test those driver using QEMU and they will work seamlessly when I test them on the actual setup? Does QEMU take care i.e. translate very machine dependent code across platforms? Whether or not I am should go ahead with my development plans depends on the answers to the above questions. -Pharaoh.