Re: User-mode Linux ported to ppc

Re: User-mode Linux ported to ppc

[Jeff Dike]

cemerson@chiark.greenend.org.uk said:
> User-mode Linux is now booting on PPC Linux - it can boot with a
> Debian root floppy image with init=/bin/sh and poke around.  It mostly
> works, although there are still a few problems.

First off, I'd like to thank Chris for volunteering to undertake the first 
port of UML and seeing it through to the point where it's basically working.  
It's a nice demonstration, if any were needed, that UML isn't i386-only.

Based on what I've learned from this port, I'm writing up what amounts to a 
UML porting guide.  It will be found at http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/
arch-port.html when I have something ready.  It will be incomplete at first - 
I'll be filling it in as I go through the existing code and as I finish 
integrating Chris's code into my pool.

So, if anyone wants to port UML to another arch, have a look at that page (and 
continue looking as I fill it in :-).  You'll see that it's not a huge amount 
of work.  UML is fairly portable.

				Jeff

User-mode Linux ported to ppc

[Chris Emerson]

User-mode Linux is now booting on PPC Linux - it can boot with a
Debian root floppy image with init=/bin/sh and poke around.  It mostly
works, although there are still a few problems.

The current patch is available from
http://www.tartarus.org/~chris/user-mode-linux/, made against recent
UML CVS (see http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net).

Cheers,

Chris
-- 
Chris Emerson, obsessed Cambridge juggler
E-mail: cemerson@chiark.greenend.org.uk
Web page: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~cemerson/