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Old 01-16-2008, 03:30 PM
Dave (from the UK)
 
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Default Re: x86 drivers for SunPCi card.

Casper H.S. Dik wrote:
> "Dave (from the UK)" <see-my-signature@southminster-branch-line.org.uk> writes:
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>>I'm not the first to think of this, but having just set up an Opteron
>>based machine, I realise just how useful it would be if the SunPCi cards
>>could be fitted in a PC running Solaris x86 / x64, rather than just in a
>>SPARC based machine.

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> Why, with qemu and other virtualization techniques around the corner?


They must be more advanced than I thought. I agree a software solution
would seem preferable when you are not trying to emulate a different CPU.

>>Would anyone else find it useful? I feel it would be quite marketable,
>>although I know nothing of marketing!!

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> I think that time and money is better spend getting qemu to work
> better/faster on Solari/x86.


Point taken


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