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diff --git a/docs/system/target-sparc64.rst b/docs/system/target-sparc64.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..ca76ba9c48 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/system/target-sparc64.rst @@ -0,0 +1,49 @@ +.. _Sparc64-System-emulator: + +Sparc64 System emulator +----------------------- + +Use the executable ``qemu-system-sparc64`` to simulate a Sun4u +(UltraSPARC PC-like machine), Sun4v (T1 PC-like machine), or generic +Niagara (T1) machine. The Sun4u emulator is mostly complete, being able +to run Linux, NetBSD and OpenBSD in headless (-nographic) mode. The +Sun4v emulator is still a work in progress. + +The Niagara T1 emulator makes use of firmware and OS binaries supplied +in the S10image/ directory of the OpenSPARC T1 project +http://download.oracle.com/technetwork/systems/opensparc/OpenSPARCT1_Arch.1.5.tar.bz2 +and is able to boot the disk.s10hw2 Solaris image. + +:: + + qemu-system-sparc64 -M niagara -L /path-to/S10image/ \ + -nographic -m 256 \ + -drive if=pflash,readonly=on,file=/S10image/disk.s10hw2 + +QEMU emulates the following peripherals: + +- UltraSparc IIi APB PCI Bridge + +- PCI VGA compatible card with VESA Bochs Extensions + +- PS/2 mouse and keyboard + +- Non Volatile RAM M48T59 + +- PC-compatible serial ports + +- 2 PCI IDE interfaces with hard disk and CD-ROM support + +- Floppy disk + +The following options are specific to the Sparc64 emulation: + +``-prom-env string`` + Set OpenBIOS variables in NVRAM, for example: + + :: + + qemu-system-sparc64 -prom-env 'auto-boot?=false' + +``-M [sun4u|sun4v|niagara]`` + Set the emulated machine type. The default is sun4u. |