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
> > for x86 and ppc. Is this code strictly needed in order to run UML? Or is
> > only for added performance?
>
> A bunch of architecture-specific stuff shows through the system call
> interface, and the arch/um/sys-* (and related headers) exist to
> abstract that stuff away from the rest of UML. So, you will need to
> implement the relevant stuff for ARM if you want UML/arm.
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? And secondly, can you
recommend any documentation that will set me off in the right direction?
Otherwise the source is my friend, I guess :)
Best regards,
Daniel
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