2007-03-07 11:32:30 +03:00
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PowerPC emulation status.
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The goal of this file is to provide a reference status to avoid regressions.
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PowerPC core emulation status
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PowerPC CPU known to work (ie booting at least Linux 2.4):
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* main stream PowerPC cores
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- PowerPC 603 & derivatives
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- PowerPC 604 & derivatives
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- PowerPC 740 & derivatives
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- PowerPC 750 & derivatives
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2007-04-24 11:51:56 +04:00
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- PowerPC 405
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2007-03-07 11:32:30 +03:00
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PowerPC that should work but are not supported by standard Linux kernel
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(then remain mostly untested)
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- PowerPC 745
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- PowerPC 755
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Work in progress:
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* embedded PowerPC cores
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- BookE PowerPC
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- e500 core (Freescale PowerQUICC)
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* main stream PowerPC cores
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- PowerPC 601
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- PowerPC 602
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TODO:
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* embedded PowerPC cores
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- PowerPC 401
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- PowerPC 403
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- PowerPC 440
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- PowerPC 460
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* main stream PowerPC cores
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- PowerPC 7400 (aka G4)
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- PowerPC 7410
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- PowerPC 7450
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- PowerPC 7455
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- PowerPC 7457
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- PowerPC 7457A
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* original POWER
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- POWER
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- POWER2
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* 64 bits PowerPC cores
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- PowerPC 620
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- PowerPC 630 (aka POWER3)
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- PowerPC 631 (aka POWER3+)
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- POWER4
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- POWER4+
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- POWER5
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- POWER5+
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- PowerPC 970
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* RS64 series
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- RS64
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- RS64-II
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- RS64-III
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- RS64-IV
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PowerPC microcontrollers emulation status
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2007-04-24 11:51:56 +04:00
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Implemementation should be sufficient to boot Linux:
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- PowerPC 405CR
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- PowerPC 405EP
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2007-03-07 11:32:30 +03:00
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TODO:
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2007-04-24 11:51:56 +04:00
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- More PowerPC 40x microcontrollers emulation
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2007-03-07 11:32:30 +03:00
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- PowerQUICC microcontrollers emulation
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PowerPC based platforms emulation status
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* PREP platform (RS/6000 7043...) - TO BE CHECKED (broken)
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- Gentoo Linux live CDROM 1.4
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- Debian Linux 3.0
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- Mandrake Linux 9
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* heathrow PowerMac platform (beige PowerMac) - TO BE CHECKED (broken)
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- Gentoo Linux live CDROM 1.4
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- Debian Linux 3.0
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- Mandrake Linux 9
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* mac99 platform (white and blue PowerMac, ...)
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- Gentoo Linux live CDROM 1.4 - boots, compiles linux kernel
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- Debian Linux woody - boots from CDROM and HDD
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- Mandrake Linux 9 - boots from CDROM, freezes during install
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2007-04-24 11:51:56 +04:00
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- Knoppix 2003-07-13_4 boots from CDROM, pb with X configuration
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distribution bug: X runs with a properly hand-coded configuration.
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- rock Linux 2.0 runs from CDROM
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* Linux 2.6 support seems deadly broken (used to boot...).
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* PowerPC 405EP reference boards:
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- can boot Linux 2.4 & 2.6.
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Need to provide a flash image ready to boot for reproductible tests.
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2007-03-07 11:32:30 +03:00
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TODO:
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- MCA based RS/6000 emulation
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- CHRP emulation (not PowerMac)
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- PPAR emulation
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2007-04-24 11:51:56 +04:00
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- ePPAR emulation
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2007-03-07 11:32:30 +03:00
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- misc PowerPC reference boards emulation
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(to be completed)
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