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diff --git a/docs/system/target-ppc.rst b/docs/system/target-ppc.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..43fadf3c00 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/system/target-ppc.rst @@ -0,0 +1,61 @@ +.. _PowerPC-System-emulator: + +PowerPC System emulator +----------------------- + +Use the executable ``qemu-system-ppc`` to simulate a complete 40P (PREP) +or PowerMac PowerPC system. + +QEMU emulates the following PowerMac peripherals: + +- UniNorth or Grackle PCI Bridge + +- PCI VGA compatible card with VESA Bochs Extensions + +- 2 PMAC IDE interfaces with hard disk and CD-ROM support + +- NE2000 PCI adapters + +- Non Volatile RAM + +- VIA-CUDA with ADB keyboard and mouse. + +QEMU emulates the following 40P (PREP) peripherals: + +- PCI Bridge + +- PCI VGA compatible card with VESA Bochs Extensions + +- 2 IDE interfaces with hard disk and CD-ROM support + +- Floppy disk + +- PCnet network adapters + +- Serial port + +- PREP Non Volatile RAM + +- PC compatible keyboard and mouse. + +Since version 0.9.1, QEMU uses OpenBIOS https://www.openbios.org/ for +the g3beige and mac99 PowerMac and the 40p machines. OpenBIOS is a free +(GPL v2) portable firmware implementation. The goal is to implement a +100% IEEE 1275-1994 (referred to as Open Firmware) compliant firmware. + +The following options are specific to the PowerPC emulation: + +``-g WxH[xDEPTH]`` + Set the initial VGA graphic mode. The default is 800x600x32. + +``-prom-env string`` + Set OpenBIOS variables in NVRAM, for example: + + :: + + qemu-system-ppc -prom-env 'auto-boot?=false' \ + -prom-env 'boot-device=hd:2,\yaboot' \ + -prom-env 'boot-args=conf=hd:2,\yaboot.conf' + +More information is available at +http://perso.magic.fr/l_indien/qemu-ppc/. |