I'm thinking about adding a new MIPS platform to the Qemu:
http://www.linux-mips.org/wiki/Mips_Malta
The Malta is very popular reference platform for the MIPS development.
There is a special Linux MIPS/Malta kernel. Montavista and many
other companies are offering a MIPS Malta distributives with
pre-compiled kernels. There is a NetBSD port to the Malta.
VxWorks/Malta exists, e.t.c.
The Malta architecture is very similar to the current Qemu MIPS
machine but the ISA addresses are different. Additionally, it
has a PCI subsystem, so it should be possible to use existent
Qemu PCI devices in the future. Malta has an standart PC ISA
devices (inside the PIIX4 chip). The Qemu contains all necessary
parts to introduce a new platform (except Galileo PCI).
Fabrice, is it difficult to add a new MIPS Malta platform
to the MIPS Qemu ? Could you add at least a framework
for this platform (CLI options, initial .c files) ?
P.S.The MIPS BIOS/kernel donload code should be reusable
for the any MIPS platforms.