From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LGzUR-0007gJ-SP for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sun, 28 Dec 2008 12:31:47 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LGzUR-0007fw-DC for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sun, 28 Dec 2008 12:31:47 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=34543 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LGzUR-0007fr-5F for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sun, 28 Dec 2008 12:31:47 -0500 Received: from hall.aurel32.net ([88.191.82.174]:44995) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LGzUQ-0002m8-ON for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sun, 28 Dec 2008 12:31:46 -0500 Received: from aurel32 by hall.aurel32.net with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1LGzUM-00024G-EA for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sun, 28 Dec 2008 18:31:42 +0100 Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2008 18:31:42 +0100 From: Aurelien Jarno Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [6128] Use OpenBIOS for g3bw machine Message-ID: <20081228173142.GY28467@hall.aurel32.net> References: <20081228032424.GE21154@genesis.frugalware.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: Aurelien Jarno Reply-To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org On Sun, Dec 28, 2008 at 03:08:47PM +0200, Blue Swirl wrote: > On 12/28/08, Miklos Vajna wrote: > > Hi, > > > > > > On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 08:23:52PM +0000, Blue Swirl wrote: > > > Revision: 6128 > > > http://svn.sv.gnu.org/viewvc/?view=rev&root=qemu&revision=6128 > > > Author: blueswir1 > > > Date: 2008-12-24 20:23:51 +0000 (Wed, 24 Dec 2008) > > > > > > Log Message: > > > ----------- > > > Use OpenBIOS for g3bw machine > > > > > > Modified Paths: > > > -------------- > > > trunk/hw/ppc_mac.h > > > trunk/hw/ppc_oldworld.c > > > trunk/qemu-doc.texi > > > > > > Modified: trunk/hw/ppc_mac.h > > > =================================================================== > > > --- trunk/hw/ppc_mac.h 2008-12-24 20:21:18 UTC (rev 6127) > > > +++ trunk/hw/ppc_mac.h 2008-12-24 20:23:51 UTC (rev 6128) > > > @@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ > > > #define BIOS_FILENAME "ppc_rom.bin" > > > #define VGABIOS_FILENAME "video.x" > > > #define NVRAM_SIZE 0x2000 > > > +#define PROM_FILENAME "openbios-ppc32" > > > +#define PROM_ADDR 0xfff00000 > > > > > > Is it by accident that the file 'openbios-ppc32' was not added to the > > repo? > > The development of OpenBIOS/PPC has been rapid, the added version > would soon become obsolete. Currently OpenBIOS can boot yaboot from > some install CD images but Linux hangs very early. > By the way, I wonder if we will need a different BIOS for 32- and 64-bit, as a the first thing that a 64-bit kernel does is switching the CPU to 64-bit mode. Also contrary to Sparc, a 32-bit code works unchanged on a 64-bit CPU. If it is confirmed, we can probably rename openbios-ppc32 into openbios-ppc. -- .''`. Aurelien Jarno | GPG: 1024D/F1BCDB73 : :' : Debian developer | Electrical Engineer `. `' aurel32@debian.org | aurelien@aurel32.net `- people.debian.org/~aurel32 | www.aurel32.net