[Scratchbox-users] Re: Select CPU-transparency method: big list

[Murray Cumming]

> You are right. In the future, we might think of eliminating the 
> architectures that are clearly wrong from the selection.
> 
> For the toolchain you're using, qemu-arm-0.8.1-sb2 might be the one 
> you're looking for.

Thanks.

But what's the basis for that choice. Where can I learn what these are? For instance, what 
does "sb2" mean, and why is it better for me than the other ones?

On Wed, 2007-02-07 at 12:08 +0100, Murray Cumming wrote:
> In recent versions of scratchbox 1.0.x, when setting up a new target, we
> must choose from a long list in "Select CPU-transparency method". For
> instance, I see:
> 
> qemu-arm-0.7.0-sb2     Emulation
> qemu-arm-0.8.0-m2      Emulation
> qemu-arm-0.8.0-sb2     Emulation
> qemu-arm-0.8.1-sb2     Emulation
> qemu-armeb-0.8.1-sb2   Emulation
> qemu-i386-0.7.0-sb2    Emulation
> qemu-i386-0.8.1-sb2    Emulation
> qemu-mips-0.8.1-sb2    Emulation
> qemu-mipsel-0.8.1-sb2  Emulation
> qemu-ppc-0.7.0-sb2     Emulation     
> qemu-ppc-0.8.0-m2      Emulation
> qemu-ppc-0.8.1-sb2     Emulation
> qemu-sparc-0.7.0-sb2   Emulation
> qemu-sparc-0.8.1-sb2   Emulation
> sbrsh                  Remote execution  
> 
> I have already selected the arm-linux-ct401-2.3 compiler in the first
> step, so obviously most of these wouldn't make any sense. But still I'm
> not sure which of the various qemu-arm or qemu-armeb items to choose.
>  
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