Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2011 20:34:34 +0100 From: "C. P. Ghost" <cpghost@cordula.ws> To: David Brodbeck <gull@gull.us> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Emulators to test non-x86 FreeBSD ports? Message-ID: <AANLkTi=ziMDM5aPETS=G3OjCp-h2Bv2=O%2BYwnp2yNded@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTik4RqxDg53Di3PoisJHa5RXF_W646T2hEzKpfNO@mail.gmail.com> References: <AANLkTikMR5C2ZwEyCSLd08_5-kKrEa0v=v2bfoe%2BAert@mail.gmail.com> <AANLkTik4RqxDg53Di3PoisJHa5RXF_W646T2hEzKpfNO@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 7:56 PM, David Brodbeck <gull@gull.us> wrote: > On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 9:27 AM, C. P. Ghost <cpghost@cordula.ws> wrote: >> Hello list, >> >> are there any emulators out there that can run the non-x86 versions of F= reeBSD >> on a FreeBSD/i386 or FreeBSD/amd64 host? >> >> I'm especially interested in trying FreeBSD/sparc64 port, but I'd also l= ike to >> test the FreeBSD/powerpc and the FreeBSD/arm ports on an emulator, befor= e >> seeking real hardware. > > QEMU claims PowerPC and ARM emulation support, but I don't know if > it's good enough to run FreeBSD. =A0PearPC is another PowerPC emulator, > but it was mainly targeted at running MacOS and the project appears to > have been stagnant since 2005. I'll check it out, thanks. > It depends a bit on what you're trying to determine. =A0If you're > looking to test stability or performance, the results you get from an > emulator are unlikely to have any real comparison to what you get on > real hardware. Basically, I'm interested in assembly language programming on those platforms. So if they ran in an emulator, that would be ideal, but I wouldn= 't mind a couple of real hardware boxes if there's no software alternative. BTW, have you guys any experience with emulators/gxemul? It doesn't cover sparc but claims to implement a complete arm and powerpc machine, at least for the corresponding netbsd ports. Thanks, -cpghost. --=20 Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/
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