Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: QEmu as a Device Software Optimization tool

2007-07-28 Thread Paul Sokolovsky
Hello, Andrzej Zaborowski wrote: > There is some interesting work being done on a similar project by Paul > Sokolovsky for his and Maria Zabolotnaya's Google Summer Of Project. Yes, there's such project, being done from Handhelds.org, with the motivation that the project works on porting Linux

Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: QEmu as a Device Software Optimization tool

2007-07-27 Thread andrzej zaborowski
On 27/07/07, Paul Borman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The platform I started with was ppc_prep :-) > > So, is Python already part of qemu? Personally, I would have a goal > that the definition of a device would be simple enough that there > would be no reason to have anything more complicated than

[Qemu-devel] Re: QEmu as a Device Software Optimization tool

2007-07-27 Thread Brian Johnson
n schembr wrote: -snap- Personally though I don't see much benefit to simple syntax config files over C files, that are being used now. Config files implies a self check process. A better question might be, has qemu grown to the point where an outsider is going to define a new platform? A

Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: QEmu as a Device Software Optimization tool

2007-07-27 Thread Alexander Voropay
"Paul Borman" wrote: Personally, I would have a goal that the definition of a device would be simple enough that there would be no reason to have anything more complicated than a simple text file. Look at the Virtutech Simics emulator. (It's closed source product but free for academic use

Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: QEmu as a Device Software Optimization tool

2007-07-27 Thread Paul Borman
The platform I started with was ppc_prep :-) So, is Python already part of qemu? Personally, I would have a goal that the definition of a device would be simple enough that there would be no reason to have anything more complicated than a simple text file. While I would not suggest that t

[Qemu-devel] Re: QEmu as a Device Software Optimization tool

2007-07-27 Thread Hollis Blanchard
On Thu, 26 Jul 2007 21:00:31 +0200, andrzej zaborowski wrote: > > There is some interesting work being done on a similar project by Paul > Sokolovsky for his and Maria Zabolotnaya's Google Summer Of Project. > In their approach machine descriptions (but not only) are written in > python, which let