Run Sparc binaries without Sparc hardware

Question

I\'ve been curious in the past few months in trying my hand at doing some assembly for the SPARC processor (either V8 or V9). My question is this, I have no access to a SPARC ma

Answer 1

Looks like QEMU does enough emulation for you to install a SPARC Linux on: http://www.bellard.org/qemu/status.html

In which case, just grab a SPARC distribution (e.g., Debian), and you're all set!

Answer 2

polarhome offers shell access to a Solaris system (which appears to be a Sun Sparc system, not x86). It costs 10 local currency units (dollars, euros, etc) or $2 US, whichever is greater.

Answer 3

Aeroflex Gaisler has comercial simulators for their LEON2, LEON3 and LEON4 processors which are actually SPARC. There is also a limited evaluation version for LEON3.

See http://www.gaisler.com/index.php/downloads/simulators

They provide free GCC cross-compilers for Windows (MinGW) and Linux:

http://www.gaisler.com/index.php/downloads/compilers

Answer 4

Please have a look at http://www.stromasys.com, CHARON-SPK meets your requirements. Also http://www.stromasys.ch/virtualization-solutions/virtual-sparcstation/ could help.