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[Phill Whiteside <PhillW@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Jonathan,

with regards to ARM, I know that ARM has sort of split into the different
archs of it. It used to be one group but they are now concentrating on
their various arm chip-sets.

I've asked the following

yes, I know I'll get told off :) But, please hear me out.... I understand
> that there is not an 'ARM' team as such, for people interested in ARM -
> where should they head? (It's a genuine question as to how QEMU can work to
> give people a taste of ARM before spending 'real' money on the kit).


I await a reply.

Regards,

Phill.

On 29 June 2013 01:29, Jonathan Marsden <jmarsden@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 06/28/2013 05:03 PM, Phill Whiteside wrote:
>
> > AFAIK there is not ARM emulation?
>
> There most definitely is ARM emulation in QEMU.  I used it years ago.
> The question is whether there is armhf emulation.  There is, now, it was
> added in 2012 I think.
>
>   http://packages.ubuntu.com/qemu-system-arm
>
> > And as for PPC, yes it works; but the issues are hardware (graphics
> > cards) If you want to emulate PPC, then [1] has the details.
>
> That's what I thought.  If Lars has different experience with QEMu PPC
> emulation, it would be good to hear it.
>
> > As and when ARM QEMU comes on-line, I'll be happy to look into it.
>
> Its there now.
>
> > IMHO, asking intel type based computers to emulate the hardware of
> > non-intel type computers is a none starter, ...
>
> IMO that needs a lot of qualification.  If the emulation is of the exact
> hardware you are wanting to test for, it is fine.  Or if you need to get
> a feel for the architecture before you have real hardware, it can be
> useful.  For QA testing of installation ISOs... I'm not sure it is going
> to be all that helpful.
>
> Jonathan
>
>


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