From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FR9SG-00040d-Hg for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 05 Apr 2006 10:57:56 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FR9SD-00040Q-4l for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 05 Apr 2006 10:57:56 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FR9SD-00040N-1s for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 05 Apr 2006 10:57:53 -0400 Received: from [193.7.176.20] (helo=bender.bawue.de) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA:24) (Exim 4.52) id 1FR9Vj-0001rT-UX for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 05 Apr 2006 11:01:32 -0400 Received: from lagash (pD9F8EB79.dip.t-dialin.net [217.248.235.121]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DES-CBC3-SHA (168/168 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by bender.bawue.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id D7FB244AB4 for ; Wed, 5 Apr 2006 16:57:49 +0200 (MEST) Received: from ths by lagash with local (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1FR9CW-0008Cc-9l for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 05 Apr 2006 15:41:40 +0100 Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2006 15:41:30 +0100 Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] Missing ARMv6 instructions? Message-ID: <20060405144130.GE14987@networkno.de> References: <1143921063.6857.79.camel@localhost> <20060402163244.GC30784@mail.shareable.org> <1143996162.6857.110.camel@localhost> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1143996162.6857.110.camel@localhost> From: Thiemo Seufer Reply-To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org On Sun, Apr 02, 2006 at 04:42:42PM +0000, Chris Wilson wrote: > Hi Jamie, > > > I like the idea, but do you know of anyone using OpenCores devices > > implemented in silicon? It seems to me the motivation for ARM > > emulation is to be able to simulate embedded devices that people may > > feasibly end up using. > > I'm no expert, but it appears that OpenCores have a working core that > runs most of the MIPS instruction set. MIPS is a very well known, tried > and trusted architecture. My cable modem has a MIPS-compatible processor > made by Toshiba. It seems to me that MIPS is just as realistic and > usable platform as ARM. But I would be very interested to hear from > anyone who knows better. > > Now, I wonder when Qemu will support MIPS emulation? :-) When somebody implements more of the necessary support. The specs are available from mips.com (free registration needed). Thiemo