Re: [uml-user] UML on non x86/ppc

2008-05-06 Thread Chris Emerson
Hi, On Mon, May 05, 2008 at 01:48:36PM +0200, Daniel Janzon wrote: > On Thu, 2008-05-01 at 18:57 -0400, lanas wrote: > > I noticed this thread. By the subject it seems it's taken for granted > > that UML will run on a PowerPC. is this the case ? > > The only reason I assumed there was PowerPC s

Re: [uml-user] UML on non x86/ppc

2008-05-05 Thread Daniel Janzon
On Thu, 2008-05-01 at 18:57 -0400, lanas wrote: > Le Mardi, 29 Avril 2008 11:21:29 -0400, > Jeff Dike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit : > > > You can make the smallest possible kernel that you can boot, but > > it doesn't seem to me that much else will make a big difference in the > > porting effort.

Re: [uml-user] UML on non x86/ppc

2008-05-01 Thread lanas
Le Mardi, 29 Avril 2008 11:21:29 -0400, Jeff Dike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit : > You can make the smallest possible kernel that you can boot, but > it doesn't seem to me that much else will make a big difference in the > porting effort. I noticed this thread. By the subject it seems it's taken

Re: [uml-user] UML on non x86/ppc

2008-04-29 Thread Jeff Dike
On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 10:27:54AM +0200, Daniel Janzon wrote: > Thanks for the information. Two follow-up questions though. First, are > there any certain features of the kernel that can be turned off that > makes the porting effort substantially smaller? Turn off hostfs. You can make the small

Re: [uml-user] UML on non x86/ppc

2008-04-29 Thread Daniel Janzon
On Mon, 2008-04-28 at 12:47 -0400, Jeff Dike wrote: > On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 04:02:26PM +0200, Daniel Janzon wrote: > > Are there any reasons UML will not be able to run on for instance ARM > > platforms? > > Nope. Great! > > I see in arch/um that there is some processor-dependent code > > fo

Re: [uml-user] UML on non x86/ppc

2008-04-28 Thread Jeff Dike
On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 04:02:26PM +0200, Daniel Janzon wrote: > Are there any reasons UML will not be able to run on for instance ARM > platforms? Nope. > I see in arch/um that there is some processor-dependent code > for x86 and ppc. Is this code strictly needed in order to run UML? Or is > on

[uml-user] UML on non x86/ppc

2008-04-25 Thread Daniel Janzon
Hi, Are there any reasons UML will not be able to run on for instance ARM platforms? I see in arch/um that there is some processor-dependent code for x86 and ppc. Is this code strictly needed in order to run UML? Or is only for added performance? Best regards, Daniel -