Re: [Qemu-devel] Which qemu ports actually work?

[Torbjorn Granlund <tg@gmplib.org>]

Alexander Graf <agraf@suse.de> writes:

  > (1) For ppc32, gentoo hans quickly, the last line is this:
  > 
  >    Memory: 247644k/262144k avalable (5652k kernel code, 14500l reserved, 212k data, 137k  bss, 260k ini
  > 
  >    This last line is long, it is truncated to the right.
  
  Hrm. Please send me the vmlinux.gz file in a private mail.
  
Perhaps it is easier to download the image I used:
ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo/releases/ppc/current-iso/install-powerpc-minimal-20101017.iso

(This machine has a 10 Gbps Internet connection, but perhaps you have
better connectivity to another Gentoo mirror.)

  > (2) For ppc64, the last lines are:
  > 
  >    Calling quiesce ...
  >    returning from prom_init
  > 
  >    (Debian and Gentoo hangs at the same positions.)
  
  This probably means that the bootloader chose to boot a ppc32 kernel
  on ppc64. Please try booting vmlinux and initrd directly using -kernel
  and -initrd.
  
Hmm.  For Gentoo, I explicitly tried the "G5" and "ppc32" boot
alternatives.

For Debian, I used "install".  Now I tried the better choice
"install64", which comes a bit longer.  It fails in a new way: it
ignores keyboard input, This happens after the kernel has booted, and
the installer has started.

I tried this, e.g.:

qemu-system-ppc64 -vnc :1 -hda new.img -cdrom /jails/shell/u/GNU/Debian/iso/debian-506-powerpc-CD-1.iso -boot d -net nic,macaddr=52:54:00:12:34:59,model=e1000 -net tap,ifname=tap3,script=no -m 512

(I also tried without -vnc, and  with less memory.  Same, same.)

  > king$ qemu --version
  > QEMU emulator version 0.13.0, Copyright (c) 2003-2008 Fabrice Bellard
  
  Please make sure to also try the latest git version. I doubt it helps
  on the ppc side, but sparc might benefit from it.

I think this will have to wait.

-- 
Torbjörn