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Re: [Qemu-devel] ix64 target support
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Paul Brook |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] ix64 target support |
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Wed, 29 Sep 2004 14:12:11 +0100 |
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On Tuesday 28 September 2004 22:37, Joe Batt wrote:
> Actually, I'm just interested in 64bit address space, so any 64 bit chip
> with a Linux distro would be great. Would some old 64 bit risc chip
> (Alhpa or HPPA) be easier?
>
> I assume a lot of the interrupt and memory management can be adapted
> from the x86 qemu code. The SH2 was pretty simple in this respect and
> there was only one "mode". Anyone out there want to help me work though
> some of this?
>
> Volume 3 from
> http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/DevelopWithAMD/0,,30_2252_739_7044,00.h
>tml lists all the opcodes and what they do. I started the SH2 emulator by
> writing tests for each opcode, then the implementation from a document like
> this. Is there anything else I need to evaluate before I start
> implementing opcodes?
You'll probably also need to implement SSE+SSE2. Certainly the linux amd64 ABI
uses these.
Paul