Alex Bennée <alex.ben...@linaro.org> writes: > Hi, > > Over recent years there has been a push to make QEMU more flexible for > EDA type applications. As long time developers know there are a number > of downstream forks of QEMU which have their own solutions for modelling > heterogeneous systems and integrating with hardware models. The work by > Philippe, Anton and others to build a single binary with composable > hardware is aiming at least to solve the heterogeneous modelling problem > in the upstream project. > > While we do discuss these "TCG" topics during KVM Forum the project may > benefit from doing some outreach at some conferences where simulation > and emulation are the primary focus. > > The Design and Verification Conference & Exhibition Europe (DVCon > Europe) is the premier European technical conference on system, > software, design, verification, validation and integration. This year it > will be on the 15-16 October 2024 in Munich. See: https://dvcon-europe.org/ > > There have been a number of papers and workshops on QEMU/KVM topics over > the years. Unfortunately the website doesn't provide slides or videos of > the talks but topics have included how QEMU can be used as a fast > instruction simulator alongside things such as SystemC models or > virtualisation can be leveraged to accelerate full system emulation. > > The main tracks are fairly academic where engineering and research > papers are submitted and if accepted can then be presented at the > conference. This is probably over the top for QEMU related stuff but > their is a tutorial track (deadline for Abstracts 1st July) which could > be a good target for a introduction to the features and capabilities of > the QEMU upstream. I suspect there would be interest in the wider > modelling community to find out more about how to use the upstream > project directly. > > There is a co-located "SystemC Evolution Day" on the 17th where there > might well be a strong overlap between SystemC users and QEMU. Mark > Burton is involved with that and is keen for proposals talking about > integrating SystemC models with QEMU. Please send a message to > mbur...@quicinc.com if you're interested. > > So is anyone interested? > > Should we do more within the community to network and discuss our plans > for QEMU as a modelling solution? > > Any other thoughts?
Gentle ping, any interest? -- Alex Bennée Virtualisation Tech Lead @ Linaro
