ac97 should be well supported by NetBSD. Mayuresh <[email protected]> schrieb am Fr., 15. Jan. 2016, 11:49:
> I am trying to run NetBSD 7.0 i386 on an android device using qemu based > limbo pc emulator. > > The emulator is not available in Google Play (why?), has to be downloaded > from sourceforge. > > I tried a couple of small Linux distros over it, though they eventually > ran into errors or hung. They I tried NetBSD which ran absolutely cleanly. > The installation using a bootable iso and subsequent downloading of sets > etc. went through absolutely fine. > > Speed over such arrangement is not great, but that is to be expected. > Suspend-resume feature saves booting time which helps. If there are any > other tips, such as from choice of cpu model that would help improve > performance, please do share. > > The cpu model drop down has these options: > > x86 (default, I have chosen this) > qemu32 > coreduo > 486 > pentium > pentium2 > pentium3 > athlon > n270 > Default(64 bit) > qemu64 > phenom > core2duo > kvm64 > Default(x86) > > The host hardware is arm7, single core. > > > I am also hoping to get sound work. The limbo pc emulator provides > following audio device options: > > sb16 ac97 es1370 hda all > > I tried, hda and later "all", though in neither case NetBSD guest could > detect any audio device. > > Would appreciate comments/inputs on the same. > > Mayuresh. >
