Re: Several Malta patches developed using QEMU

[Thor Lancelot Simon <tls%panix.com@localhost>]

On Mon, Mar 30, 2026 at 12:06:19AM +0100, Maciej W. Rozycki wrote:
> 
>  I can run stuff with SOC-it or ROC-it core cards though in case it helps, 
> with any of the 74Kc, 74Kf, or interAptiv CPU.  Obviously it means 32-bit 
> only too.

Looking at the NetBSD config files, it seems like only the Gallileo
card is supported - the only attachment to mainbus is gt0.  I know almost
nothing about the physical hardware in question; only really that it was
the only MIPS target that looked realistic to get going in both word
sizes and both byte orders under QEMU (QEMU's mipssim machine emulation
seemed like another promising candidate, but without a patched QEMU,
device support on NetBSD just isn't there).

I'm hoping I didn't break the actual physical hardware with my changes
to make QEMU work - but I guess the world of "the physical hardware" for
Malta is quite a bit wider than what NetBSD ever supported.

Thank you for offering to help, though!  If I can't find someone with
the other core card to run some tests, I guess I'll just commit and
hope for the best.

Thor