Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] sparc32 machine specific maximums

2007-12-06 Thread Blue Swirl
On 12/5/07, Robert Reif <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Blue Swirl wrote: > > >On 12/4/07, Robert Reif <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >>I would be surprised if an SMP kernel actually worked on a multi CPU SS5. > >> > >> > > > >Prepare for a surprise: > > > > > > > That's interesting because the

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] sparc32 machine specific maximums

2007-12-04 Thread Robert Reif
Blue Swirl wrote: On 12/4/07, Robert Reif <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I would be surprised if an SMP kernel actually worked on a multi CPU SS5. Prepare for a surprise: That's interesting because the fact that it works shows how inaccurate the emulation is. Now could you please r

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] sparc32 machine specific maximums

2007-12-04 Thread Blue Swirl
On 12/4/07, Paul Brook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If you want to make a 16 > > CPU, 64 Gb machine, define a QEMU specific machine. There are no real > > 32 bit sparc systems like that. > > I believe the Cray CS6400 was a 64-way sparc32 machine with 16Gb ram. > Admittedly it's a sun4d variant,

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] sparc32 machine specific maximums

2007-12-04 Thread Paul Brook
> If you want to make a 16 > CPU, 64 Gb machine, define a QEMU specific machine. There are no real > 32 bit sparc systems like that. I believe the Cray CS6400 was a 64-way sparc32 machine with 16Gb ram. Admittedly it's a sun4d variant, not sun4m. I've no idea how much difference (if any) that ma

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] sparc32 machine specific maximums

2007-12-04 Thread Andreas Färber
Am 04.12.2007 um 00:53 schrieb Thiemo Seufer: Blue Swirl wrote: On 12/3/07, Robert Reif <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: This patch sets the maximum number of CPUs and memory to what is supported by the actual hardware. While it's not historically accurate to emulate a Sparcstation 5 with 16 CPUs

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] sparc32 machine specific maximums

2007-12-04 Thread Blue Swirl
On 12/4/07, Thiemo Seufer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Blue Swirl wrote: > > On 12/3/07, Robert Reif <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > This patch sets the maximum number of CPUs and memory to what is > > > supported by the actual hardware. > > > > While it's not historically accurate to emulate a Sp

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] sparc32 machine specific maximums

2007-12-04 Thread Blue Swirl
On 12/4/07, Robert Reif <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Blue Swirl wrote: > > >On 12/3/07, Robert Reif <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >>This patch sets the maximum number of CPUs and memory to what is > >>supported by the actual hardware. > >> > >> > > > >While it's not historically accurate to

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] sparc32 machine specific maximums

2007-12-03 Thread Thiemo Seufer
Blue Swirl wrote: > On 12/3/07, Robert Reif <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This patch sets the maximum number of CPUs and memory to what is > > supported by the actual hardware. > > While it's not historically accurate to emulate a Sparcstation 5 with > 16 CPUs and 2 gigabytes of memory, it doesn'

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] sparc32 machine specific maximums

2007-12-03 Thread Robert Reif
Blue Swirl wrote: On 12/3/07, Robert Reif <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: This patch sets the maximum number of CPUs and memory to what is supported by the actual hardware. While it's not historically accurate to emulate a Sparcstation 5 with 16 CPUs and 2 gigabytes of memory, it doesn't b

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] sparc32 machine specific maximums

2007-12-03 Thread Blue Swirl
On 12/3/07, Robert Reif <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This patch sets the maximum number of CPUs and memory to what is > supported by the actual hardware. While it's not historically accurate to emulate a Sparcstation 5 with 16 CPUs and 2 gigabytes of memory, it doesn't break anything to have this

[Qemu-devel] [PATCH] sparc32 machine specific maximums

2007-12-02 Thread Robert Reif
This patch sets the maximum number of CPUs and memory to what is supported by the actual hardware. Index: hw/sun4m.c === RCS file: /sources/qemu/qemu/hw/sun4m.c,v retrieving revision 1.66 diff -p -u -r1.66 sun4m.c --- hw/sun4m.c 2 De