I need to test code for some compression algorithms for any possible
little/big endian issues that I might have left in there.

As development was done on an Intel desktop, what is the best way to
test it out without having to buy big-endian hardware. Can some
emulator etc be used for this?

The code is fairly portable (basic C++, mostly maths, and some file
reading/writing) and can be built on any decent compiler/platform.

Sachin Garg

Sachin Garg wrote:
> I need to test code for some compression algorithms for any possible
> little/big endian issues that I might have left in there.
> 
> As development was done on an Intel desktop, what is the best way to
> test it out without having to buy big-endian hardware. Can some
> emulator etc be used for this?
> 
> The code is fairly portable (basic C++, mostly maths, and some file
> reading/writing) and can be built on any decent compiler/platform.
> 

Compile/run/test the code on a simulator for a big-endian
target like a powerpc.


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On Jul 28, 6:42 am, "Michael N. Moran" <mnmo...@bellsouth.net> wrote:
> Sachin Garg wrote:
> > I need to test code for some compression algorithms for any possible
> > little/big endian issues that I might have left in there.
>
> > As development was done on an Intel desktop, what is the best way to
> > test it out without having to buy big-endian hardware. Can some
> > emulator etc be used for this?
>
> > The code is fairly portable (basic C++, mostly maths, and some file
> > reading/writing) and can be built on any decent compiler/platform.
>
> Compile/run/test the code on a simulator for a big-endian
> target like a powerpc.

Can you recommend a good (and cheap/free) simulator for this purpose?

Sachin Garg

On Jul 28, 3:07 pm, Sachin Garg <schn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jul 28, 6:42 am, "Michael N. Moran" <mnmo...@bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
> > Sachin Garg wrote:
> > > I need to test code for some compression algorithms for any possible
> > > little/big endian issues that I might have left in there.
>
> > > As development was done on an Intel desktop, what is the best way to
> > > test it out without having to buy big-endian hardware. Can some
> > > emulator etc be used for this?
>
> > > The code is fairly portable (basic C++, mostly maths, and some file
> > > reading/writing) and can be built on any decent compiler/platform.
>
> > Compile/run/test the code on a simulator for a big-endian
> > target like a powerpc.
>
> Can you recommend a good (and cheap/free) simulator for this purpose?

I did came across 'psim' and it seems to be able to do what I need, I
will be trying it out. Will it be a good choice for this purpose or
are there other better options?

Sachin Garg

Sachin Garg wrote:

> I did came across 'psim' and it seems to be able to do what I need, I
> will be trying it out. Will it be a good choice for this purpose or
> are there other better options?

Whilst totally over the top, I've run Mac OS X (PPC version) within the
PearPC emulator, which was surprisingly quick. You could install
the 'xcode' (GCC etc) toolchain and compile and run it with ease.

Jonny

Sachin Garg <schngrg@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> On Jul 28, 6:42 am, "Michael N. Moran" <mnmo...@bellsouth.net> wrote:
>> Sachin Garg wrote:
>> > I need to test code for some compression algorithms for any possible
>> > little/big endian issues that I might have left in there.
>>
>> > As development was done on an Intel desktop, what is the best way to
>> > test it out without having to buy big-endian hardware. Can some
>> > emulator etc be used for this?
>>
>> > The code is fairly portable (basic C++, mostly maths, and some file
>> > reading/writing) and can be built on any decent compiler/platform.
>>
>> Compile/run/test the code on a simulator for a big-endian
>> target like a powerpc.
> 
> Can you recommend a good (and cheap/free) simulator for this purpose?

You might want to take a look at qemu. This is a free (GPL) simulator
that does full machine emulation for some platforms, but can also run
ELF binaries compiled for various platforms directly from the
commandline. It has a builtin debugger stub to connect to with gdb.

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On Jul 29, 2:42 am, Jonny Barker <jo...@DELTHISmagicstring.co.uk>
wrote:
> Sachin Garg wrote:
> > I did came across 'psim' and it seems to be able to do what I need, I
> > will be trying it out. Will it be a good choice for this purpose or
> > are there other better options?
>
> Whilst totally over the top, I've run Mac OS X (PPC version) within the
> PearPC emulator, which was surprisingly quick. You could install
> the 'xcode' (GCC etc) toolchain and compile and run it with ease.

Thanks, this sounds interesting.

On Jul 29, 3:06 pm, Ico <use...@zeev.nl> wrote:
> Sachin Garg <schn...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Jul 28, 6:42 am, "Michael N. Moran" <mnmo...@bellsouth.net> wrote:
> >> Sachin Garg wrote:
> >> > I need to test code for some compression algorithms for any possible
> >> > little/big endian issues that I might have left in there.
>
> >> > As development was done on an Intel desktop, what is the best way to
> >> > test it out without having to buy big-endian hardware. Can some
> >> > emulator etc be used for this?
>
> >> > The code is fairly portable (basic C++, mostly maths, and some file
> >> > reading/writing) and can be built on any decent compiler/platform.
>
> >> Compile/run/test the code on a simulator for a big-endian
> >> target like a powerpc.
>
> > Can you recommend a good (and cheap/free) simulator for this purpose?
>
> You might want to take a look at qemu. This is a free (GPL) simulator
> that does full machine emulation for some platforms, but can also run
> ELF binaries compiled for various platforms directly from the
> commandline. It has a builtin debugger stub to connect to with gdb.

>From description, it seems to be doing same thing as psim, but this is
more actively maintained.

Thanks.