Exagear 2 Analysis

[cobito]

The guys at Eltech have given us a license for Exagear 2, an x86 emulator for Raspberry Pi that comes with 3D acceleration as a major new feature.

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[whoololon]

Awesome analysis and awesome gadget. A gadget that fits in a pocket can run CS 1.5 in an emulated environment... damn.

[cobito]

Thanks @whoololon. I would have liked to do more testing, but the time available is what it is.

I have also been surprised by the performance. It should be noted that the Broadcom BCM2837 does not have VT-x-like repertoires and such. Anyone who has run an x86 virtual machine on an x86 host without this help knows that it is very, very slow.

And for nostalgics like me who still remember the shenanigans that had to be done to get CS to run more or less well on a Pentum II at 400MHz and a Voodoo 3 3000, having a computer the size of a credit card that achieves practically that is science fiction.

I wish Broadcom would release their drivers; I am sure that the board can be squeezed much more.