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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/24]: add alpha es40 system emulation
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Blue Swirl |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/24]: add alpha es40 system emulation |
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Fri, 13 Mar 2009 19:41:00 +0200 |
On 3/13/09, Tristan Gingold <address@hidden> wrote:
> 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,
Nice work. Is there a free/open source BIOS available for Alpha? Do
you think OpenBIOS for Alpha would be interesting?
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 20/24] Add alpha_cpu_list., (continued)
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 20/24] Add alpha_cpu_list., Tristan Gingold, 2009/03/13
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 21/24] Alpha: lower parent irq when irq is lowered., Tristan Gingold, 2009/03/13
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 22/24] Move linux-user pal emulation to linux-user/, Tristan Gingold, 2009/03/13
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 23/24] Correctly decode hw_ld/hw_st opcodes for all alpha implementations., Tristan Gingold, 2009/03/13
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 24/24] Add full emulation for 21264., Tristan Gingold, 2009/03/13
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 20/24] Add alpha_cpu_list., Blue Swirl, 2009/03/13
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 20/24] Add alpha_cpu_list., Tristan Gingold, 2009/03/16
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 13/24] Add target-alpha/machine.c with es40 machine emulation., Blue Swirl, 2009/03/13
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 13/24] Add target-alpha/machine.c with es40 machine emulation., Tristan Gingold, 2009/03/16
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 09/24] Split cpu_mmu_index into cpu_mmu_index_data and cpu_mmu_index_code., Blue Swirl, 2009/03/13
Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/24]: add alpha es40 system emulation,
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