I was going down 2 parallel paths. SE (win on win), and FS (on whatever works). I have pretty much given up on the SE windows mode. For now at least.
I may revisit once cygwin/mingw support C11. Even then, there are a lot of linux-isms built into the simulator. On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 10:14 PM, nathan binkert via gem5-dev < gem5-dev@gem5.org> wrote: > I have a question. If you're trying to simulate a windows guest on a linux > host. What are you doing with cygwin? > > On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 8:05 PM, mike upton via gem5-dev < > gem5-dev@gem5.org> > wrote: > > > I would like to get started on trying to simulate a windows x86 machine > (on > > top of a linux host). > > I am not too picky about type at this point, XP, win7 or win8.1 would all > > be acceptable. > > > > I spent quite a while trying to get gem5 compiled under cygwin, but it is > > currently broken because of a lack of C11 support in the gcc stack on > > windows. > > > > I don’t really know how to get started. > > > > My understanding is that windows requires a USB device to be present. > > So it seem like the first step is to get that going. > > > > Any pointers on how to proceed? > > Is there any kind of OS bringup documentation. I searched and did not > find > > anything. > > > > > > I was able to bring up win8.1 on qemu+kvm without much difficulty, so I > am > > hopeful. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Mike > > _______________________________________________ > > gem5-dev mailing list > > gem5-dev@gem5.org > > http://m5sim.org/mailman/listinfo/gem5-dev > > > _______________________________________________ > gem5-dev mailing list > gem5-dev@gem5.org > http://m5sim.org/mailman/listinfo/gem5-dev > _______________________________________________ gem5-dev mailing list gem5-dev@gem5.org http://m5sim.org/mailman/listinfo/gem5-dev
