Re: [Qemu-devel] virtualize sparc developer workstation?

[Mark Cave-Ayland <mark.cave-ayland@ilande.co.uk>]

On 08/07/14 14:29, Dennis Luehring wrote:

> Am 08.07.2014 00:15, schrieb Mark Cave-Ayland:
>> Sadly sun4u support isn't quite there yet; it's enough to boot Linux
>> (and with git master you can actually start booting the *BSD kernels and
>> Solaris) but there are still some issues with the device tree that need
>> to be resolved in order for this to work.
>
> is there an better working sparc architecture available with qemu near
> to my system specs
> - means big endian, 32- or 64bit, solaris?

Sun4m support in QEMU (qemu-system-sparc) is fairly mature now. The only 
outstanding issues I know of at the moment are lack of TCX acceleration 
(Olivier submitted a patch a while back for this) and a bug in ESP 
emulation which tends to emit warnings on the BSDs (and also prevents 
NeXTStep from booting). Newer versions of 32-bit Solaris will boot fine 
with OpenBIOS, older versions still need OBP - for more information take 
a look at Artyom's blog at 
http://tyom.blogspot.co.uk/2009/12/solaris-under-qemu-how-to.html which 
is reasonably up to date.

>> As my QEMU work is unsponsored, I'm afraid the pace of development is
>> restricted to what I can do in my spare time. If you're not subscribed
>> to the list full time, I can let you know when I make any further
>> progress if that helps?
> im subscribed but you can email me any progress you've made - thx

Okay, will do.


ATB,

Mark.