From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:50444) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QCZk2-0004vK-Rd for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 20 Apr 2011 11:54:59 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QCZk1-0007zJ-T6 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 20 Apr 2011 11:54:58 -0400 Received: from b.mail.sonic.net ([64.142.19.5]:53295) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QCZk1-0007zA-M2 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 20 Apr 2011 11:54:57 -0400 Message-ID: <4DAF01BE.7080605@twiddle.net> Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2011 08:54:38 -0700 From: Richard Henderson MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <1303225501-12778-1-git-send-email-rth@twiddle.net> <4DAEF1D1.7070309@twiddle.net> <98CE88F4-2E03-43E8-AE84-F6B78416FF74@adacore.com> In-Reply-To: <98CE88F4-2E03-43E8-AE84-F6B78416FF74@adacore.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 00/24] Alpha system emulation, v2 List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Tristan Gingold Cc: qemu-devel@nongnu.org On 04/20/2011 08:46 AM, Tristan Gingold wrote: > Right, but you could create an ev67 machine with a single PCI > controller (or put all the devices on the same PCI controller). Even the lowly ds10 has two hoses. I'll admit I hadn't considered engineering the second hose to be "present" but always appear empty. It's something to consider. > Ah, ok I understand. I fear that if you implement your own ISR, you will only be able to boot linux... > which I suppose is your primary target. OTOH, it will be much faster than a native ISR. Yes, Linux is the primary goal. But I suspect that if I implemented enough of CALL_PAL CSERVE, you could boot Tru64, or at least one of the BSDs. r~