[parisc-linux] 'foreign' PCI cards in an rp2430

[Martin K. Petersen]

>>>>> "Alan" == Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> writes:

>> Alpha happens to work because its firmware includes a simple x86
>> simulator that executes the BIOS code on the card.  That way you
>> can configure your disk setup, etc.

Alan> There is btw a passable x86 emulator for free in the XFree86
Alan> code that is used to do things like boot video cards.

Yep.  It's going to take a fairly big hammer to beat libint10 into
submission, though.  Interactively mocking with disk configuration and
whatnot is a bit more complex than kicking off some init fluff on a
video card.


>> Unfortunately the 3ware management utility is 386 binary-only.
>> I.e. you can't configure the card once you get Linux up and running
>> either.

Alan> Bochs 8)

It would actually be useful to hack it so we had a generic way of
running x86 card ROMs on non-{PC,Alpha,Itanium} architectures.

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