Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/24]: add alpha es40 system emulation

[Blue Swirl <blauwirbel@gmail.com>]

On 3/13/09, Tristan Gingold <gingold@adacore.com> wrote:
> this patch series adds alpha system emulation for the es40.  The work is
>  not yet complete (don't expect to boot an OS) but enough to get the firmware
>  prompt.
>
>  The only processor supported is the alpha 21264 but the infrastructure is here
>  to support other processors or pal emulation.
>
>  The system emulated is the ES40
>  http://www.compaq.com/alphaserver/archive/es40/index.html
>  It is a mid-range system that is quite well documented, supports all alpha
>  OSes (AFAIK) and its firmware is available.
>
>  The emulation uses the original firmware. See comment at the head of hw/es40.c
>  for building the rom image.
>
>  This work is a first step and I plan to continue this work.  That's the reason
>  why I left some (deactivated) debug code and placed a few aborts.
>  Also it is not yet built by default.
>
>  Only the last patch adds full cpu emulation.  The previous ones fix bugs,
>  clen up, add new devices and es40 machine or add new features.
>
>  Comments are welcome,

Nice work. Is there a free/open source BIOS available for Alpha? Do
you think OpenBIOS for Alpha would be interesting?