From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DvcNL-0005p2-8l for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 21 Jul 2005 10:50:15 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DvcNG-0005mH-L4 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 21 Jul 2005 10:50:12 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DvcNG-0005lI-3B for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 21 Jul 2005 10:50:10 -0400 Received: from [129.79.1.74] (helo=rockridge.uits.indiana.edu) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1DvcSV-00079w-MF for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 21 Jul 2005 10:55:35 -0400 Received: from mail-relay.iu.edu (fontz.uits.indiana.edu [129.79.1.76]) by rockridge.uits.indiana.edu (8.12.10/8.12.10/IUPO) with ESMTP id j6LEjZD8002521 for ; Thu, 21 Jul 2005 09:45:35 -0500 (EST) Received: from wombat.dlib.indiana.edu (wombat.dlib.indiana.edu [129.79.35.182]) (authenticated bits=0) by mail-relay.iu.edu (8.12.10/8.12.10/IUPO) with ESMTP id j6LEjaJC028221 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5 bits=128 verify=NO) for ; Thu, 21 Jul 2005 09:45:36 -0500 (EST) Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] Open Hack'Ware question From: Brian Wheeler In-Reply-To: <1121956247.8111.24.camel@wombat.dlib.indiana.edu> References: <1121355157.14191.6.camel@wombat.dlib.indiana.edu> <1121892569.9483.23.camel@rapid> <1121956247.8111.24.camel@wombat.dlib.indiana.edu> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 09:45:36 -0500 Message-Id: <1121957136.8111.40.camel@wombat.dlib.indiana.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 After checking strings it looks like bootfile.exe is a bootloader that pounds openfirmware rather extensively. Hmm. Is there a way to load a real ibm firmware into qemu? Since I have access to machines it might be an interesting experiment. Brian On Thu, 2005-07-21 at 09:30 -0500, Brian Wheeler wrote: > On Wed, 2005-07-20 at 22:49 +0200, J. Mayer wrote: > > On Thu, 2005-07-14 at 10:32 -0500, Brian Wheeler wrote: > > > All of the websites that are referred to in the docs and source are > > > missing. Is there another place to get it? I'm tinkering with the idea > > > to try to boot aix on qemu. > > > > There was a broken link. > > I just fixed it. > > > > Thanks. > > > But, for your information, AIX boot has been tested and does not boot. > > The reason is it use a specific boot file format (with AIXM magic at > > start) and I did not spent any time to discover where is stored the code > > offset (but I know what the offset value is). > > As reported in OHW README, I did test AIX 4.3.3 & 5.1. > > > > Would booting the bootfile.exe from the CD directly via -kernel be a > future option to work around the AIXM magic? The exe looks to be a > standard ELF file for powerpc. It might be interesting to see what that > file actually does (i.e. if its the kernel or a boot loader) > > Brian > > > > _______________________________________________ > Qemu-devel mailing list > Qemu-devel@nongnu.org > http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/qemu-devel