Re: qemu needs an upgrade

[David Brownlee <abs%netbsd.org@localhost>]

On 2 June 2012 19:21, Ryo ONODERA <ryo_on%yk.rim.or.jp@localhost> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> From: Mayuresh <mayuresh%acm.org@localhost>, Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2012 23:43:07 
> +0530
>
>> On Sat, Jun 02, 2012 at 11:31:57PM +0530, Mayuresh wrote:
>>> I am trying to run Linux through qemu.
>>>
>>> I face the following issue: "8254 timer not connected" which seems a bug
>>> in old versions and likely to have been fixed.
>>>
>>> Current pkgsrc revision is qemu-0.15.1 while the latest release seems 1.1.0.
>>
>> PS: I notice wip/qemu which is relatively recent. Will try that first.
>
> Current wip/qemu (qemu-system-sparc) is not suitable
> for NetBSD/sparc 5.1.2 at least.
> I use emulators/qemu for pkgsrc on NetBSD/sparc development.
> And I cannot update emulators/qemu.
> # I have no time and skill to investigate this problem.
>
> I will try qemu-1.1 later.

If the older qemu is still needed for some cases would it make sense
to reimport it as qemu0 and import the new version as qemu or qemu1