From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IBGpp-0007HP-5S for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 18 Jul 2007 17:13:25 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IBGpn-0007HD-NF for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 18 Jul 2007 17:13:23 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IBGpn-0007HA-H9 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 18 Jul 2007 17:13:23 -0400 Received: from 149.red-80-37-155.staticip.rima-tde.net ([80.37.155.149] helo=claunia.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IBGpn-00022Z-2s for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 18 Jul 2007 17:13:23 -0400 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by claunia.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B54AA1BEAFF3 for ; Wed, 18 Jul 2007 22:13:21 +0100 (BST) Received: from claunia.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 03628-01 for ; Wed, 18 Jul 2007 22:13:07 +0100 (BST) Received: from [172.26.2.1] (zeus.claunia.com [172.26.2.1]) by claunia.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F8A41BEAFCE for ; Wed, 18 Jul 2007 22:13:05 +0100 (BST) Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] IBM makes AIX 6 beta available for download for everyone From: Natalia Portillo In-Reply-To: <404BAA38-A36C-4F6E-BB4A-A58C4B4BDC07@web.de> References: <469D6D9D.1040003@olifantasia.com> <1184746537.7315.33.camel@localhost> <1184767140.403.39.camel@wombat.dlib.indiana.edu> <404BAA38-A36C-4F6E-BB4A-A58C4B4BDC07@web.de> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 22:12:04 +0100 Message-Id: <1184793124.7315.38.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 Hi, > > It looks like open hack'ware is pretty much stalled, so its hard > > telling > > what progress will be made futurewise. > > Might it be possible to replace it with OpenBIOS? I've talked about that idea long ago. Theorically there should be no problem, as OpenBIOS already supports PowerPC. You'll have just to implement filesystems for HFS and booters for CHRP and Mac OS (OHW has them). Just compile OBIOS for PPC and try it :p Regards!