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Re: [Qemu-devel] qemu-system-sparc question?
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Brian Wheeler |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] qemu-system-sparc question? |
Date: |
Wed, 11 Oct 2006 14:04:21 -0400 |
On Wed, 2006-10-11 at 19:32 +0200, Marco Matthies wrote:
> Blue Swirl wrote:
> > BTW, we could easily design and implement an ideal CPU just for Qemu
> > purposes. It could be unlike any existing hardware, for example with
> > zero or thousands of registers. The problem would be making a compiler
> > for the CPU, also porting some OS to it. Any GCC and Linux guru
> > volunteers? CS research projects?
>
> How about MMIX?
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MMIX
>
> There is already a simulator/assembler here:
> http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/mmix-news.html
>
> Marco
>
It might not be a bad idea, especially since MMIX is well documented and
fairly simple.
However, since it doesn't have real devices (Just traps to do OS-like
things), it'd probably be good to have a simple CPU with some simple
devices so newcomers can copy it as a starting point for other projects.
Brian
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- Re: [Qemu-devel] qemu-system-sparc question?, (continued)
- Re: [Qemu-devel] qemu-system-sparc question?, K. Richard Pixley, 2006/10/10
- RE: [Qemu-devel] qemu-system-sparc question?, Blue Swirl, 2006/10/10
- RE: [Qemu-devel] qemu-system-sparc question?, Ishwar Rattan, 2006/10/10
- Re: [Qemu-devel] qemu-system-sparc question?, Marco Matthies, 2006/10/10
- Re: [Qemu-devel] qemu-system-sparc question?, Paul Brook, 2006/10/10
- Re: [Qemu-devel] qemu-system-sparc question?, Ishwar Rattan, 2006/10/11
- Re: [Qemu-devel] qemu-system-sparc question?, Blue Swirl, 2006/10/11
- Re: [Qemu-devel] qemu-system-sparc question?, Marco Matthies, 2006/10/11
- Re: [Qemu-devel] qemu-system-sparc question?,
Brian Wheeler <=
- Re: [Qemu-devel] qemu-system-sparc question?, K. Richard Pixley, 2006/10/11
- Re: [Qemu-devel] qemu-system-sparc question?, Johannes Schindelin, 2006/10/11
- Re: [Qemu-devel] qemu-system-sparc question?, Blue Swirl, 2006/10/11
- Re: [Qemu-devel] qemu-system-sparc question?, K. Richard Pixley, 2006/10/11
- Re: [Qemu-devel] qemu-system-sparc question?, Paul Brook, 2006/10/13
- Re: [Qemu-devel] qemu-system-sparc question?, Blue Swirl, 2006/10/14
- Re: [Qemu-devel] qemu-system-sparc question?, Paul Brook, 2006/10/14
Re: [Qemu-devel] qemu-system-sparc question?, Aurelien Jarno, 2006/10/10
Re: [Qemu-devel] qemu-system-sparc question?, Ben Taylor, 2006/10/11