1 PowerPC emulation status.
2 The goal of this file is to provide a reference status to avoid regressions.
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5 PowerPC core emulation status
7 PowerPC CPU known to work (ie booting at least Linux 2.4):
8 * main stream PowerPC cores
9 - PowerPC 603 & derivatives
10 - PowerPC 604 & derivatives
11 - PowerPC 740 & derivatives
12 - PowerPC 750 & derivatives
15 PowerPC that should work but are not supported by standard Linux kernel
16 (then remain mostly untested)
21 * embedded PowerPC cores
23 - e500 core (Freescale PowerQUICC)
24 * main stream PowerPC cores
29 * embedded PowerPC cores
34 * main stream PowerPC cores
35 - PowerPC 7400 (aka G4)
44 * 64 bits PowerPC cores
46 - PowerPC 630 (aka POWER3)
47 - PowerPC 631 (aka POWER3+)
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60 PowerPC microcontrollers emulation status
62 Implemementation should be sufficient to boot Linux:
67 - More PowerPC 40x microcontrollers emulation
68 - PowerQUICC microcontrollers emulation
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71 PowerPC based platforms emulation status
73 * PREP platform (RS/6000 7043...) - TO BE CHECKED (broken)
74 - Gentoo Linux live CDROM 1.4
78 * heathrow PowerMac platform (beige PowerMac) - TO BE CHECKED (broken)
79 - Gentoo Linux live CDROM 1.4
83 * mac99 platform (white and blue PowerMac, ...)
84 - Gentoo Linux live CDROM 1.4 - boots, compiles linux kernel
85 - Debian Linux woody - boots from CDROM and HDD
86 - Mandrake Linux 9 - boots from CDROM, freezes during install
87 - Knoppix 2003-07-13_4 boots from CDROM, pb with X configuration
88 distribution bug: X runs with a properly hand-coded configuration.
89 - rock Linux 2.0 runs from CDROM
91 * Linux 2.6 support seems deadly broken (used to boot...).
93 * PowerPC 405EP reference boards:
94 - can boot Linux 2.4 & 2.6.
95 Need to provide a flash image ready to boot for reproductible tests.
98 - MCA based RS/6000 emulation
99 - CHRP emulation (not PowerMac)
102 - misc PowerPC reference boards emulation
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