On Apr 20, 2011, at 5:54 PM, Richard Henderson wrote: > On 04/20/2011 08:46 AM, Tristan Gingold wrote: >> Right, but you could create an ev67 machine with a single PCI >> controller (or put all the devices on the same PCI controller). > > Even the lowly ds10 has two hoses. > > I'll admit I hadn't considered engineering the second hose to > be "present" but always appear empty. It's something to consider. > >> Ah, ok I understand. I fear that if you implement your own ISR, you will >> only be able to boot linux... >> which I suppose is your primary target. OTOH, it will be much faster than a >> native ISR. > > Yes, Linux is the primary goal. > > But I suspect that if I implemented enough of CALL_PAL CSERVE, > you could boot Tru64, or at least one of the BSDs.
BSD should be doable, but I doubt for Tru64. Do you have technical doc about the SRM ? IIRC, the SRM uses its own palcode and SRM specific pal calls. Tristan.