Re: x86 full system simulation.

"Frank Ch. Eigler" <[email protected]> Tue, 31 Oct 2006 08:43:14 -0500

Newsgroups	gmane.comp.emulators.sid.devel
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Hi -

On Tue, Oct 31, 2006 at 01:54:04PM +0100, Johan Rydberg wrote:
> I noticed that SID nowdays has a x86-component.  

Yes, Tom Fitzsimmions imported a copy of BOCHS there several years ago.

> Have anyone tried to run any full system simulation sessions using
> it?

I recall he got as far as booting a then-current Linux kernel on it.

> Do SID come with enough hardware models to run a full machine (eg
> 440bx)?

Pretty close.  Check out the component library for details.

- FChE