On Thu, 26 Sep 2002, Joel Hacker wrote: > No, you misunderstand. What I propose is a Virtual Machine Like > Virtual PC that EMULATES THE HARDWARE ONLY, but emulates another > PowerPC machine on a Mac instead of an x86 machine.
Ok, whatever, if it makes sense to you have at it. I still see little gain but if it sounds like fun go try to write it, and let us know if it works. I still think it's too much work for too little gain -- especially given all the questions about whether PPC has a future. Will your emulator run within user space? If so then an architecture switch might not hurt you, but you can expect it to run slowly. If however it runs in the kernel and has to poke at the hardware, then a processor switch will hurt if Apple moves to something else (Intel, IBM/PPC, whatever) and your optimized emulator was tuned to run on Motorola/PPC. How likely is a processor switch? Beats me. But it's enough of a possibility that I for one wouldn't want to take on a project as ambitious as this hardware emulator you're talking about if all that work could be nullified sooner or later... -- Chris Devers [EMAIL PROTECTED] Q: What did Tarzan say when he saw the elephants coming over the hill? A: "The elephants are coming over the hill." Q: What did he say when saw them coming over the hill wearing sunglasses? A: Nothing, for he didn't recognize them. ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
