[Qemu-devel] Running u-boot on qemu's emulation of arm integratorcp926?

2006-10-27 Thread Michael Opdenacker
Hello, My plans are to use qemu's arm system emulation for u-boot demonstration and education purposes: * In my embeded Linux training sessions, to practice with U-boot without having to carry real boards, with their cables and power supplies (which would definitely make customs

Re: [Qemu-devel] Running u-boot on qemu's emulation of arm integratorcp926?

2006-10-27 Thread andrzej zaborowski
Hi, On 27/10/06, Michael Opdenacker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: * In my embeded Linux training sessions, to practice with U-boot without having to carry real boards, with their cables and power supplies (which would definitely make customs officers frown and think I'm

[Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Fix char signedness

2006-10-27 Thread Andreas Schwab
If you want to put a negative number in a char you must use a signed char. Andreas. Index: fpu/softfloat-native.c === RCS file: /sources/qemu/qemu/fpu/softfloat-native.c,v retrieving revision 1.5 diff -u -a -p -r1.5

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Fix char signedness

2006-10-27 Thread Johannes Schindelin
Hi, On Fri, 27 Oct 2006, Andreas Schwab wrote: If you want to put a negative number in a char you must use a signed char. It has been a really long time I have been working on a broken system that did not default to signed. Just out of curiosity: what system did you see the breakage on?

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Fix char signedness

2006-10-27 Thread andrzej zaborowski
On 27/10/06, Johannes Schindelin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 27 Oct 2006, Andreas Schwab wrote: It has been a really long time I have been working on a broken system that did not default to signed. Just out of curiosity: what system did you see the breakage on? AFAIK, it's not a broken

Re: [Qemu-devel] Manage VM and Moniter

2006-10-27 Thread Emmanuel Pellereau
You can try: $: mkfifo command $: qemu -serial pipe:command debian Hope it helps Le Lundi 23 Octobre 2006 13:41, TheMoon Seeker a écrit : Hello, I would like to manage VM from the host by using the -serial pipe. I try this but that doesn't work: $: mknode command $: qemu -serial

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Fix char signedness

2006-10-27 Thread Andreas Schwab
Johannes Schindelin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: It has been a really long time I have been working on a broken system that did not default to signed. The only thing that is broken is your knowlege of C. Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, SuSE Labs, [EMAIL PROTECTED] SuSE Linux Products GmbH,

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Fix char signedness

2006-10-27 Thread M. Warner Losh
In message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Andreas Schwab [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: : Johannes Schindelin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: : : It has been a really long time I have been working on a broken system that : did not default to signed. : : The only thing that is broken is your knowlege of

RE: [Qemu-devel] Running u-boot on qemu's emulation of arm integr atorcp926?

2006-10-27 Thread Doug Schaefer
Specifying the u-boot image as a kernel will place it at the location the kernel is expected to run. I'm not sure that's what you intended since u-boot is usually place in flash to magically run on power up. I noticed with the versatile board at least that the kernel address is fixed so if you

Re[2]: [Qemu-devel] Config file support

2006-10-27 Thread Paul Sokolovsky
Hello Paul, Wednesday, October 25, 2006, 6:01:48 PM, you wrote: Oh, c'mon, Rob! I really didn't want to ask Paul Brook that, but sure you'll fix my cluelessness right here, right now - tell me, tell me, why Linux has dynamic-loadable modules support, which clueless passers-by like me call

Re[2]: [Qemu-devel] Config file support

2006-10-27 Thread Paul Sokolovsky
Hello Rob, Thursday, October 26, 2006, 5:31:46 PM, you wrote: On Wednesday 25 October 2006 11:01 am, Paul Brook wrote: Oh, c'mon, Rob! I really didn't want to ask Paul Brook that, but sure you'll fix my cluelessness right here, right now - tell me, tell me, why Linux has

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Fix char signedness

2006-10-27 Thread Johannes Schindelin
Hi, On Fri, 27 Oct 2006, Andreas Schwab wrote: Johannes Schindelin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: It has been a really long time I have been working on a broken system that did not default to signed. The only thing that is broken is your knowlege of C. Okay. And what system did you

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Fix char signedness

2006-10-27 Thread Paul Brook
It has been a really long time I have been working on a broken system that did not default to signed. The only thing that is broken is your knowlege of C. Okay. And what system did you encounter this behaviour on? Common arm, ppc, s390 and mips systems all have default char as

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Fix char signedness

2006-10-27 Thread M. Warner Losh
In message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Johannes Schindelin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: : Hi, : : On Fri, 27 Oct 2006, Andreas Schwab wrote: : : Johannes Schindelin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: : : It has been a really long time I have been working on a broken system that : did not default

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Fix char signedness

2006-10-27 Thread Thiemo Seufer
Johannes Schindelin wrote: Hi, On Fri, 27 Oct 2006, Andreas Schwab wrote: Johannes Schindelin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: It has been a really long time I have been working on a broken system that did not default to signed. The only thing that is broken is your knowlege of

Re: [Qemu-devel] Config file support

2006-10-27 Thread Paul Brook
Linux has genuine reasons for wanting modules. Kernel size is important because (a) it has to be loaded by the bootloader, often from a small, slow device (eg. floppy, flash or network). (b) The whole kernel is permanently locked into ram. It you've ever tried to build a kernel with

Re[2]: [Qemu-devel] Config file support

2006-10-27 Thread Paul Sokolovsky
Hello Paul, Ummm, I must be representing my ideas somewhat unclear... ;-) Saturday, October 28, 2006, 3:08:20 AM, you wrote: [] Thanks for your response. But I hope none of us take the discussion too seriously to consider the arguments like above are all-convincing. They can be