From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:38281) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X4daV-0004gL-Ry for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 08 Jul 2014 18:10:18 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X4daK-0003OY-QH for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 08 Jul 2014 18:10:11 -0400 Received: from s16892447.onlinehome-server.info ([82.165.15.123]:46368) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X4daK-0003OE-JQ for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 08 Jul 2014 18:10:00 -0400 Message-ID: <53BC6B7C.2090503@ilande.co.uk> Date: Tue, 08 Jul 2014 23:06:52 +0100 From: Mark Cave-Ayland MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <874myt8y9p.fsf@blackfin.pond.sub.org> <53BB1C1D.5000604@ilande.co.uk> <53BBF22E.70403@gmx.net> In-Reply-To: <53BBF22E.70403@gmx.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] virtualize sparc developer workstation? List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Dennis Luehring , Markus Armbruster Cc: Blue Swirl , qemu-devel@nongnu.org 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.