Contents:

• Introduction
  • Overview
  • Is GXemul Free software?
  • How to compile/build the emulator
  • How to run the emulator
  • Which processor architectures does GXemul emulate?
  • Which host architectures/platforms are supported?
  • Emulation accuracy
  • Which machines does GXemul emulate?

• Installing and running "guest OSes"
  • General notes on running "guest OSes"
  • NetBSD/pmax
  • NetBSD/arc
  • NetBSD/hpcmips
  • NetBSD/cobalt
  • NetBSD/evbmips
  • NetBSD/algor
  • NetBSD/sgimips
  • NetBSD/cats
  • NetBSD/evbarm
  • NetBSD/netwinder
  • NetBSD/prep
  • NetBSD/macppc
  • NetBSD/pmppc
  • NetBSD/landisk
  • NetBSD/dreamcast
  • Linux/dreamcast
  • OpenBSD/pmax
  • OpenBSD/cats
  • OpenBSD/landisk
  • HelenOS
  • Ultrix/RISC
  • Sprite for DECstation
  • Debian GNU/Linux for DECstation

• Experimenting with GXemul
  • Hello world
  • Experimental devices

• Configuration files
  • Introduction
  • Configuration file syntax
  • A minimal example

• Networking
  • Introduction
  • Network across multiple hosts
  • Direct-access example 1: udp_snoop

• Dreamcast emulation
  • Introduction
  • NetBSD/dreamcast GENERIC_MD
  • NetBSD/dreamcast Live CD
  • Linux/dreamcast Live CD

• Miscellaneous
  • Writing operating system code, or developing firmware, using GXemul
  • Using GXemul in compiler contruction courses
  • How to start the emulator with a disk image
  • How to start the emulator with tape images
  • How to use disk image overlays
  • Transfering files to/from the guest OS
  • How to extract large gzipped disk images
  • Running userland binaries
  • Using a PROM dump from a real machine

• Dynamic Translation
  • Static vs. dynamic
  • Executable Intermediate Representation
  • Performance
  • Instruction Combinations
  • Native Code Generation Back-ends

• Technical details
  • Speed and emulation modes
  • Networking
  • Emulation of hardware devices

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(Anders Gavare)