From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.com) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 11 May 2001 23:59:46 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.com) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 11 May 2001 23:59:05 -0400 Received: from zeus.kernel.org ([209.10.41.242]:49800 "EHLO zeus.kernel.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 11 May 2001 23:58:05 -0400 Message-Id: <200105120305.WAA05281@ccure.karaya.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org cc: cemerson@chiark.greenend.org.uk Subject: Re: User-mode Linux ported to ppc Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 22:05:25 -0500 From: Jeff Dike Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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