From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 28 17:27:38 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C898106564A for ; Fri, 28 Jan 2011 17:27:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cpghost@cordula.ws) Received: from mail-vw0-f54.google.com (mail-vw0-f54.google.com [209.85.212.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 447BD8FC16 for ; Fri, 28 Jan 2011 17:27:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: by vws9 with SMTP id 9so1207729vws.13 for ; Fri, 28 Jan 2011 09:27:37 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.229.28.149 with SMTP id m21mr1134787qcc.203.1296235655492; Fri, 28 Jan 2011 09:27:35 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.229.102.19 with HTTP; Fri, 28 Jan 2011 09:27:35 -0800 (PST) X-Originating-IP: [93.221.175.76] Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2011 18:27:35 +0100 Message-ID: From: "C. P. Ghost" To: FreeBSD Mailing List Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Subject: Emulators to test non-x86 FreeBSD ports? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2011 17:27:38 -0000 Hello list, are there any emulators out there that can run the non-x86 versions of FreeBSD on a FreeBSD/i386 or FreeBSD/amd64 host? I'm especially interested in trying FreeBSD/sparc64 port, but I'd also like to test the FreeBSD/powerpc and the FreeBSD/arm ports on an emulator, before seeking real hardware. Oh, and btw, what kind of affordable SPARC-based desktops with newish SPARC processors (i.e. above UltraSparc IIIi) would you recommend for testing? I've read this page: http://www.freebsd.org/platforms/sparc.html but I'm at a loss as to what vendor, model etc. to get. Thanks, -cpghost. -- Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/