[Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/24]: add alpha es40 system emulation

[Tristan Gingold]

this patch series adds alpha system emulation for the es40.  The work is
not yet complete (don't expect to boot an OS) but enough to get the firmware
prompt.

The only processor supported is the alpha 21264 but the infrastructure is here
to support other processors or pal emulation.

The system emulated is the ES40
http://www.compaq.com/alphaserver/archive/es40/index.html
It is a mid-range system that is quite well documented, supports all alpha
OSes (AFAIK) and its firmware is available.

The emulation uses the original firmware. See comment at the head of hw/es40.c
for building the rom image.

This work is a first step and I plan to continue this work.  That's the reason
why I left some (deactivated) debug code and placed a few aborts.
Also it is not yet built by default.

Only the last patch adds full cpu emulation.  The previous ones fix bugs, 
clen up, add new devices and es40 machine or add new features.

Comments are welcome,
Tristan.