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+CONFIG_MIPS_MALTA=y
+CONFIG_CPU_MIPS32_R6=y
+CONFIG_MIPS_MT_SMP=y
+CONFIG_NR_CPUS=2
+CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y
+CONFIG_HIGH_RES_TIMERS=y
+CONFIG_MODULES=y
+CONFIG_MODULE_UNLOAD=y
+CONFIG_PCI=y
+CONFIG_NET=y
+CONFIG_PACKET=y
+CONFIG_UNIX=y
+CONFIG_INET=y
+CONFIG_IDE=y
+CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDECD=y
+CONFIG_IDE_GENERIC=y
+CONFIG_BLK_DEV_GENERIC=y
+CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PIIX=y
+CONFIG_NETDEVICES=y
+CONFIG_PCNET32=y
+CONFIG_INPUT_EVDEV=y
+CONFIG_SERIAL_8250=y
+CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_CONSOLE=y
+CONFIG_FB=y
+CONFIG_FB_CIRRUS=y
+CONFIG_USB=y
+CONFIG_USB_UHCI_HCD=y
+CONFIG_EXT4_FS=y
+CONFIG_TMPFS=y
+CONFIG_TMPFS_POSIX_ACL=y
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+Run the emulation with:
+
+qemu-system-mips -M malta -cpu mips32r6-generic -kernel output/images/vmlinux -drive file=output/images/rootfs.ext2,format=raw -append "root=/dev/hda" -nographic
+
+The login prompt will appear in the terminal that started Qemu.
+
+Tested with QEMU 2.6.0
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+# Architecture
+BR2_mips=y
+BR2_mips_32r6=y
+
+# System
+BR2_SYSTEM_DHCP="eth0"
+
+# Filesystem
+BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2=y
+# BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_TAR is not set
+
+# Linux headers same as kernel, a 4.6 series
+BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_LINUX_HEADERS_CUSTOM_4_6=y
+
+# Kernel
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL=y
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION=y
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="4.6.3"
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_USE_CUSTOM_CONFIG=y
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_CONFIG_FILE="board/qemu/mips32r6-malta/linux-4.6.config"
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_VMLINUX=y
+
+# Compiler
+# linux >= 4.4 uses -mcompact-branches which is only available since gcc-6
+BR2_GCC_VERSION_6_X=y
+
+# Serial port config
+BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_GETTY=y
+BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_GETTY_PORT="ttyS0"