Re: possible deprecation and removal of some old QEMU Arm machine types (pxa2xx, omap, sa1110)

[Marcin Juszkiewicz <marcin.juszkiewicz@linaro.org>]

W dniu 12.02.2024 o 15:36, Guenter Roeck pisze:

>> The machines I have in mind are:
>>
>> PXA2xx machines:
>>
>> akita                Sharp SL-C1000 (Akita) PDA (PXA270)
>> borzoi               Sharp SL-C3100 (Borzoi) PDA (PXA270)
>> connex               Gumstix Connex (PXA255)
>> mainstone            Mainstone II (PXA27x)
>> spitz                Sharp SL-C3000 (Spitz) PDA (PXA270)
>> terrier              Sharp SL-C3200 (Terrier) PDA (PXA270)
>> tosa                 Sharp SL-6000 (Tosa) PDA (PXA255)
>> verdex               Gumstix Verdex Pro XL6P COMs (PXA270)
>> z2                   Zipit Z2 (PXA27x)
>>
> I test akita, borzoi, spitz, and terrier. Upstream Linux removed support
> for mainstone, tosa, and z2 from the Linux kernel as of version 6.0, so
> I am no longer testing those.

I do wonder are those Zaurus models also boot kernels which QEMU boots. 
Would love to see someone still using those old palmtops. I put my 
Zauruses (collie, poodle, c7x0) into drawer long time ago.

>> OMAP2 machines:
>>
>> n800                 Nokia N800 tablet aka. RX-34 (OMAP2420)
>> n810                 Nokia N810 tablet aka. RX-44 (OMAP2420)
>>
> I never managed to get those to boot the Linux kernel.

They were working in 2008. I was running Maemo and Poky Linux then. 
Never tried later.

>> The one SA1110 machine:
>>
>> collie               Sharp SL-5500 (Collie) PDA (SA-1110)
>>
> I do test collie.

Can you share kernel/initrd/config? I wanted to boot something at 20th 
anniversary of buying one but was unable to build anything bootable on 
either QEMU/collie or physical one.