Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v1 3/4] hw: Deduce the default machine from the specified CPU model

[Paul Brook]

> >> Just to pick an obvious example, you can't stick a core
> >> which supports VFPv4 (the A15 is the only one we have) into
> >> the integratorcp
> > 
> > Yes you can.
> 
> No you can't. integratorcp.c doesn't create the parts of the CPU
> which live in QEMU's 'a15mpcore_priv' device, so the resulting
> mess is liable to just fall over. If anybody reports bugs in
> QEMU in such a configuration I will tell them to go away and
> use a supported configuration instead.

The A15 core itself will work just fine.  The core is completely independent 
of the interrupt controller.  Unlike the M profile cores where the NVIC is 
inherently part of the CPU exception handling mechanism.  

Paul