more code moved to helpers

[qemu] / README

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+++ b/README
@@ -36,6 +36,26 @@ You can look at /usr/local/qemu-i386/bin/qemu-conf.sh so that QEMU is
 automatically launched by the Linux kernel when you try to launch x86
 executables.
 
+Tested tool versions
+--------------------
+
+In order to compile QEMU succesfully, it is very important that you
+have the right tools. The most important one is gcc. I cannot guaranty
+that QEMU works if you do not use a tested gcc version. Look at
+'configure' and 'Makefile' if you want to make a different gcc
+version.
+
+host      gcc      binutils      glibc    linux
+-------------------------------------------------------
+x86       2.95.2   2.13.2        2.1.3    2.4.18
+
+PowerPC   2.95.4   2.12.90.0.1   2.2.5    2.4.20-pre2
+
+Alpha     3.3 [1]  2.14.90.0.4   2.2.5    xxx
+
+
+[1] QEMU cannot work for gcc version < 3.3 on Alpha.
+
 Documentation
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