* [Qemu-devel] M68K Or PPC Status Update to Run Mac OS in Qemu
@ 2009-12-20 20:32 Leo B
2009-12-20 22:23 ` Alexander Graf
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From: Leo B @ 2009-12-20 20:32 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: qemu-devel
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A while back I know someone was working on PPC Support in Qemu to be able to
run Mac OS9-Mac OS X in Qemu on X86 PC's not sure about M68K support though
so is anybody still working on M68K support or PPC Support and how far is it
from being included in a stable Qemu release,I notice Power PC Support still
says Testing on the status page how far is it from being complete?
Thanks In Advance For Replying
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* Re: [Qemu-devel] M68K Or PPC Status Update to Run Mac OS in Qemu
2009-12-20 20:32 [Qemu-devel] M68K Or PPC Status Update to Run Mac OS in Qemu Leo B
@ 2009-12-20 22:23 ` Alexander Graf
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From: Alexander Graf @ 2009-12-20 22:23 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Leo B; +Cc: qemu-devel
On 20.12.2009, at 21:32, Leo B wrote:
> A while back I know someone was working on PPC Support in Qemu to be able to run Mac OS9-Mac OS X in Qemu on X86 PC's not sure about M68K support though so is anybody still working on M68K support or PPC Support and how far is it from being included in a stable Qemu release,I notice Power PC Support still says Testing on the status page how far is it from being complete?
M68k with non-colfire targets is pretty much non-existing. At least when it comes to system emulation (which is the one you're interested in).
As for PPC, the CPU and device emulation code should work fine for OSX up to 10.2 or 10.3. Then Apple dropped support for the G3 Beige.
The major bit missing to get those to work is OpenBIOS. It's missing some Forth extension that the OSX bootloader uses, so it fails to load the kernel and boot.
Alex
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* Re: [Qemu-devel] M68K Or PPC Status Update to Run Mac OS in Qemu
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@ 2009-12-21 17:37 ` G 3
2009-12-21 17:59 ` Alexander Graf
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From: G 3 @ 2009-12-21 17:37 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: qemu-devel
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On Dec 21, 2009, at 2:13 AM, qemu-devel-request@nongnu.org wrote:
> On 20.12.2009, at 21:32, Leo B wrote:
>
>> A while back I know someone was working on PPC Support in Qemu to
>> be able to run Mac OS9-Mac OS X in Qemu on X86 PC's not sure about
>> M68K support though so is anybody still working on M68K support or
>> PPC Support and how far is it from being included in a stable Qemu
>> release,I notice Power PC Support still says Testing on the status
>> page how far is it from being complete?
>
> M68k with non-colfire targets is pretty much non-existing. At least
> when it comes to system emulation (which is the one you're
> interested in).
>
> As for PPC, the CPU and device emulation code should work fine for
> OSX up to 10.2 or 10.3. Then Apple dropped support for the G3 Beige.
>
> The major bit missing to get those to work is OpenBIOS. It's
> missing some Forth extension that the OSX bootloader uses, so it
> fails to load the kernel and boot.
>
> Alex
What exactly is missing in OpenBIOS. I am currently studying the IEEE
1275 document (OpenBIOS specifications). I would like to add this
system if I can.
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2009-12-21 17:37 ` G 3
@ 2009-12-21 17:59 ` Alexander Graf
2009-12-22 13:43 ` Mark Cave-Ayland
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From: Alexander Graf @ 2009-12-21 17:59 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: G 3; +Cc: qemu-devel
G 3 wrote:
>
> On Dec 21, 2009, at 2:13 AM, qemu-devel-request@nongnu.org
> <mailto:qemu-devel-request@nongnu.org> wrote:
>
>> On 20.12.2009, at 21:32, Leo B wrote:
>>
>>
>>> A while back I know someone was working on PPC Support in Qemu to be
>>> able to run Mac OS9-Mac OS X in Qemu on X86 PC's not sure about M68K
>>> support though so is anybody still working on M68K support or PPC
>>> Support and how far is it from being included in a stable Qemu
>>> release,I notice Power PC Support still says Testing on the status
>>> page how far is it from being complete?
>>>
>>
>> M68k with non-colfire targets is pretty much non-existing. At least
>> when it comes to system emulation (which is the one you're interested
>> in).
>>
>>
>> As for PPC, the CPU and device emulation code should work fine for
>> OSX up to 10.2 or 10.3. Then Apple dropped support for the G3 Beige.
>>
>>
>> The major bit missing to get those to work is OpenBIOS. It's missing
>> some Forth extension that the OSX bootloader uses, so it fails to
>> load the kernel and boot.
>>
>>
>> Alex
>>
>
> What exactly is missing in OpenBIOS. I am currently studying the IEEE
> 1275 document (OpenBIOS specifications). I would like to add this
> system if I can.
OpenBIOS is missing an implementation for local variables. See this
thread:
http://www.openfirmware.info/pipermail/openbios/2009-July/003796.html
Alex
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