Bochs users out there?

[Joel Sherrill <joel@OARcorp.com>]

Zhang Zhichao-A5057C wrote:
> I used it(version 1, 2) last year, and can boot RTEMS(4.5.0, 4.6.1)
> with GRUB (0.96??). manipulate the image file with winimage.
> And can run nearly all the test program under 
> (\c\src\tests\samples,\c\src\tests\sptests,\c\src\tests\tmtests)
> But I failed to enable Bochs's ne2000 NIC with WINPCAP. 

Could you post have your bochs configuration file?

Did you build Bochs yourself or use their binary?

Here is the (old) configuration file I have found:

=====================================
egs: 8
boot: a
vgaromimage: bios/VGABIOS-elpin-2.20
floppya: 1_44=/home/joel/floopy , status=inserted
romimage: file=bios/BIOS-bochs-990925a, address=0xf0000
log: ./bochs.out
keyboard_serial_delay: 200
floppy_command_delay: 500
vga_update_interval: 300000
ips:  1000000
mouse: enabled=0
private_colormap: enabled=0
i440fxsupport: enabled=0
newharddrivesupport:
enabled=1
=====================================

Erwin, your Bochs work was in the contrib directory for the
4.5.0 release (pub/rtems/releases/4.5.0/contrib) and it looks
like that was enough back then to make it work.  Unfortunately,
the world has rotated since then and the Bochs configuration
file looks different (I think).

--joel

> -----Original Message-----
> From: joel.sherrill at OARcorp.com [mailto:joel.sherrill at OARcorp.com] 
> Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 5:43 AM
> To: Erwin Rol
> Cc: rtems-users at rtems.com
> Subject: Re: Bochs users out there?
> 
> 
> Erwin Rol wrote:
> 
>>On Tue, 2004-10-12 at 13:47 -0500, Joel Sherrill  wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Hi,
>>>
>>>I would like to get a current set of instructions for running RTEMS 
>>>under Bochs.  If anyone out there is doing it, please respond on the 
>>>list with help. :)
>>
>>
>>A long time ago (like 3 years or more) I used it, and booted RTEMS 
>>with a hacked linux kernel boot code, there might even be some mails 
>>in the archive on how i did it. I don't have anything left from that 
>>time (which is about 3 employers back).
> 
> 
> I searched the list and saw your posts. :-)  There is something (a patch to Bochs I think) attached to one of the posts.  Do you have any recollection if it got merged?
> 
> Did the NIC in the simulator work with the RTEMS BSP?
> 
> I know it was a long time ago but what do you remember about it? Good points, problems, pitfalls, etc?
> 
> Ralf and I talked last week and he independently mentioned getting Bochs to run so we coudl test easily.  I have long wanted to have it running but never got a clear idea on what was required and what capabilities were expected to work.  I am fishing now to try to get good instructions and advice. :)
> 
> 
>>And what about PearPC http://pearpc.sourceforge.net/ ? I actually 
>>managed to install OS/X on it without problems, so powerpc-rtems 
>>should work too I guess ?
> 
> 
> Possibly but for now, psim is sufficient for most powerpc testing on a simulator.  It would be nice I suppose if the network driver in PearPC worked with RTEMS.
> 
> 
>>>Thanks.
>>
>>
>>OK not a real answer, but maybe you can find something useful in the 
>>list archives searching for my name.
>>
>>
>>
>>- Erwin
>>
>>
> 
> 
> 


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