Re: [PATCH v11 00/31] LoongArch64 port of QEMU TCG

[Philippe Mathieu-Daudé]

On 12/21/21 06:40, WANG Xuerui wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> This is a port of QEMU TCG to the brand-new CPU architecture LoongArch,
> introduced by Loongson with their 3A5000 chips.
> 
> Everything is tested on real 3A5000 board (system emulation, linux-user,
> make check) and GitLab (CI jobs), and rebased to latest master branch.

> ## How to build and test this

> As for the hardware availability, the boards can already be bought in
> China on Taobao, and I think some people at Loongson might be able to
> arrange for testing environments, if testing on real hardware other than
> mine is required before merging; they have their in-house Debian spin-off
> from the early days of this architecture. Their kernel is
> ABI-incompatible with the version being upstreamed and used by me, but
> QEMU should work there regardless.

I took few hours to translate and read all Taobao contracts before
registering, then got blacklisted at my first login... Maybe others
will get more luck.

Having someone at Loongson helping with hardware is certainly easier
for the community.

> Lastly, I'm new to QEMU development and this is my first patch series
> here; apologizes if I get anything wrong, and any help or suggestion is
> certainly appreciated!

For a first patch series, this is an impressive one...

Regards,

Phil.