Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] ARM semihosting improvements

[Jamie Lokier]

Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> From: Daniel Jacobowitz <address@hidden>
> 
> This patch improves ARM semihosting to the point where qemu-system-arm
> can simulate cc1 from GCC.  It can't simulate GCC itself, which
> requires POSIXy bits like execve, but the backend works, including the
> preprocessor.

I see that you didn't start the semihosting support, but what's the
purpose of it?  Why would you use it to run programs like cc1 instead
of qemu-arm, the user mode simulation?

Thanks,
-- Jamie