In article <[email protected]>, Sarah <[email protected]> wrote: > Theo has very helpfully clarified the situation with RO5 vs QEMU's Pi > emulation, which had previously been somewhat garbled; if RO5 moves away > from using undocumented firmware interfaces then it should be feasible > to use QEMU for virtualisation, emulating what is now the most common > hardware platform for RO, with numerous benefits over RPCemu.
I've found the discussions in this thread interesting and informative, despite them mostly way above my 'pay grade' in terms of computer programming, etc! However one point has drawn my attention. This is that: If and where there are 'undocumented' interfaces, etc, then I really hope someone who understands them *is* going to document them if they will remain unreplaced! One of the difficulties I faced when trying to assemble the 'ROSS' (RO Sound System) document some years ago was tracking down details of various aspects of the system and trying to write an *understandable* explanation of them for others. And this was just a small part of the OS... Jim -- Electronics https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/~www_pa/Scots_Guide/intro/electron.htm Armstrong Audio http://www.audiomisc.co.uk/Armstrong/armstrong.html biog http://jcgl.orpheusweb.co.uk/history/ups_and_downs.html Audio Misc http://www.audiomisc.co.uk/index.html _______________________________________________ RPCEmu mailing list [email protected] http://www.riscos.info/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/rpcemu
