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author | 2023-10-10 11:40:56 +0000 | |
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committer | 2023-10-10 11:40:56 +0000 | |
commit | e02cda008591317b1625707ff8e115a4841aa889 (patch) | |
tree | aee302e3cf8b59ec2d32ec481be3d1afddfc8968 /docs/system/target-sparc.rst | |
parent | cc668e6b7e0ffd8c9d130513d12053cf5eda1d3b (diff) |
Introduce Virtio-loopback epsilon release:
Epsilon release introduces a new compatibility layer which make virtio-loopback
design to work with QEMU and rust-vmm vhost-user backend without require any
changes.
Signed-off-by: Timos Ampelikiotis <t.ampelikiotis@virtualopensystems.com>
Change-Id: I52e57563e08a7d0bdc002f8e928ee61ba0c53dd9
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diff --git a/docs/system/target-sparc.rst b/docs/system/target-sparc.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..b55f8d09e --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/system/target-sparc.rst @@ -0,0 +1,62 @@ +.. _Sparc32-System-emulator: + +Sparc32 System emulator +----------------------- + +Use the executable ``qemu-system-sparc`` to simulate the following Sun4m +architecture machines: + +- SPARCstation 4 + +- SPARCstation 5 + +- SPARCstation 10 + +- SPARCstation 20 + +- SPARCserver 600MP + +- SPARCstation LX + +- SPARCstation Voyager + +- SPARCclassic + +- SPARCbook + +The emulation is somewhat complete. SMP up to 16 CPUs is supported, but +Linux limits the number of usable CPUs to 4. + +QEMU emulates the following sun4m peripherals: + +- IOMMU + +- TCX or cgthree Frame buffer + +- Lance (Am7990) Ethernet + +- Non Volatile RAM M48T02/M48T08 + +- Slave I/O: timers, interrupt controllers, Zilog serial ports, + keyboard and power/reset logic + +- ESP SCSI controller with hard disk and CD-ROM support + +- Floppy drive (not on SS-600MP) + +- CS4231 sound device (only on SS-5, not working yet) + +The number of peripherals is fixed in the architecture. Maximum memory +size depends on the machine type, for SS-5 it is 256MB and for others +2047MB. + +Since version 0.8.2, QEMU uses OpenBIOS https://www.openbios.org/. +OpenBIOS is a free (GPL v2) portable firmware implementation. The goal +is to implement a 100% IEEE 1275-1994 (referred to as Open Firmware) +compliant firmware. + +A sample Linux 2.6 series kernel and ram disk image are available on the +QEMU web site. There are still issues with NetBSD and OpenBSD, but most +kernel versions work. Please note that currently older Solaris kernels +don't work probably due to interface issues between OpenBIOS and +Solaris. |