On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 7:56 PM, David Brodbeck <g...@gull.us> wrote: > On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 9:27 AM, C. P. Ghost <cpgh...@cordula.ws> wrote: >> 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. > > QEMU claims PowerPC and ARM emulation support, but I don't know if > it's good enough to run FreeBSD. PearPC 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. If 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. -- Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/ _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
