Re[2]: [Qemu-devel] Config file support

2006-10-27 Thread Paul Sokolovsky
Hello Paul, Ummm, I must be representing my ideas somewhat unclear... ;-) Saturday, October 28, 2006, 3:08:20 AM, you wrote: [] >> Thanks for your response. But I hope none of us take the discussion >> too seriously to consider the arguments like above are all-convincing. >> They can b

Re: [Qemu-devel] Config file support

2006-10-27 Thread Paul Brook
> > Linux has genuine reasons for wanting modules. > > Kernel size is important because (a) it has to be loaded by the > > bootloader, often from a small, slow device (eg. floppy, flash or > > network). > > (b) The whole kernel is permanently locked into ram. It you've ever tried > > to build a ker

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Fix char signedness

2006-10-27 Thread Thiemo Seufer
Johannes Schindelin wrote: > Hi, > > On Fri, 27 Oct 2006, Andreas Schwab wrote: > > > Johannes Schindelin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > It has been a really long time I have been working on a broken system > > > that > > > did not default to "signed". > > > > The only thing that is br

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Fix char signedness

2006-10-27 Thread M. Warner Losh
In message: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Johannes Schindelin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: : Hi, : : On Fri, 27 Oct 2006, Andreas Schwab wrote: : : > Johannes Schindelin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: : > : > > It has been a really long time I have been working on a broken system that : > > did

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Fix char signedness

2006-10-27 Thread Paul Brook
> > > It has been a really long time I have been working on a broken system > > > that did not default to "signed". > > > > The only thing that is broken is your knowlege of C. > > Okay. > > And what system did you encounter this behaviour on? Common arm, ppc, s390 and mips systems all have defaul

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Fix char signedness

2006-10-27 Thread Johannes Schindelin
Hi, On Fri, 27 Oct 2006, Andreas Schwab wrote: > Johannes Schindelin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > It has been a really long time I have been working on a broken system that > > did not default to "signed". > > The only thing that is broken is your knowlege of C. Okay. And what system di

Re[2]: [Qemu-devel] Config file support

2006-10-27 Thread Paul Sokolovsky
Hello Rob, Thursday, October 26, 2006, 5:31:46 PM, you wrote: > On Wednesday 25 October 2006 11:01 am, Paul Brook wrote: >> > Oh, c'mon, Rob! I really didn't want to ask Paul Brook that, but >> > sure you'll fix my cluelessness right here, right now - tell me, tell me, >> > why Linux has dynami

Re[2]: [Qemu-devel] Config file support

2006-10-27 Thread Paul Sokolovsky
Hello Paul, Wednesday, October 25, 2006, 6:01:48 PM, you wrote: >> Oh, c'mon, Rob! I really didn't want to ask Paul Brook that, but >> sure you'll fix my cluelessness right here, right now - tell me, tell me, >> why Linux has dynamic-loadable modules support, which clueless passers-by >> like m

RE: [Qemu-devel] Running u-boot on qemu's emulation of arm integr atorcp926?

2006-10-27 Thread Doug Schaefer
Specifying the u-boot image as a kernel will place it at the location the kernel is expected to run. I'm not sure that's what you intended since u-boot is usually place in flash to magically run on power up. I noticed with the versatile board at least that the kernel address is fixed so if you nee

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Fix char signedness

2006-10-27 Thread M. Warner Losh
In message: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Andreas Schwab <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: : Johannes Schindelin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: : : > It has been a really long time I have been working on a broken system that : > did not default to "signed". : : The only thing that is broken is your kno

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Fix char signedness

2006-10-27 Thread Andreas Schwab
Johannes Schindelin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > It has been a really long time I have been working on a broken system that > did not default to "signed". The only thing that is broken is your knowlege of C. Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, SuSE Labs, [EMAIL PROTECTED] SuSE Linux Products GmbH, M

Re: [Qemu-devel] Manage VM and Moniter

2006-10-27 Thread Emmanuel Pellereau
You can try: $: mkfifo command $: qemu -serial pipe:command debian Hope it helps Le Lundi 23 Octobre 2006 13:41, TheMoon Seeker a écrit : > Hello, > > I would like to manage VM from the host by using the -serial pipe. I try > this but that doesn't work: > > $: mknode command > $: qemu -serial pi

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Fix char signedness

2006-10-27 Thread andrzej zaborowski
On 27/10/06, Johannes Schindelin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Fri, 27 Oct 2006, Andreas Schwab wrote: It has been a really long time I have been working on a broken system that did not default to "signed". Just out of curiosity: what system did you see the breakage on? AFAIK, it's not a broken

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Fix char signedness

2006-10-27 Thread Johannes Schindelin
Hi, On Fri, 27 Oct 2006, Andreas Schwab wrote: > If you want to put a negative number in a char you must use a signed char. It has been a really long time I have been working on a broken system that did not default to "signed". Just out of curiosity: what system did you see the breakage on? C

[Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Fix char signedness

2006-10-27 Thread Andreas Schwab
If you want to put a negative number in a char you must use a signed char. Andreas. Index: fpu/softfloat-native.c === RCS file: /sources/qemu/qemu/fpu/softfloat-native.c,v retrieving revision 1.5 diff -u -a -p -r1.5 softfloat-native.

Re: [Qemu-devel] Running u-boot on qemu's emulation of arm integratorcp926?

2006-10-27 Thread andrzej zaborowski
Hi, On 27/10/06, Michael Opdenacker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: * In my embeded Linux training sessions, to practice with U-boot without having to carry real boards, with their cables and power supplies (which would definitely make customs officers frown and think I'm import

[Qemu-devel] Running u-boot on qemu's emulation of arm integratorcp926?

2006-10-27 Thread Michael Opdenacker
Hello, My plans are to use qemu's arm system emulation for u-boot demonstration and education purposes: * In my embeded Linux training sessions, to practice with U-boot without having to carry real boards, with their cables and power supplies (which would definitely make customs o