From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KzzKS-0001eA-T5 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:55:13 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KzzKQ-0001dU-H4 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:55:10 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=38124 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KzzKO-0001d7-7N for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:55:08 -0500 Received: from ecfrec.frec.bull.fr ([129.183.4.8]:60385) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KzzKN-0006B4-N9 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:55:08 -0500 Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] atapi on ppc issue (was Re: qemu-system-ppc broken ?) From: Laurent Vivier In-Reply-To: <15BEECE3-2086-4EF9-9C89-3D458CB4AEC3@web.de> References: <22272111134-BeMail@laptop> <15BEECE3-2086-4EF9-9C89-3D458CB4AEC3@web.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 20:54:28 +0100 Message-Id: <1226433268.3978.7.camel@frecb07144> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Reply-To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Andreas =?ISO-8859-1?Q?F=E4rber?= Cc: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Fran=E7ois?= Revol , qemu-devel@nongnu.org Le lundi 10 novembre 2008 =C3=A0 21:01 +0100, Andreas F=C3=A4rber a =C3=A9= crit : > Am 09.11.2008 um 23:07 schrieb Fran=C3=A7ois Revol: >=20 > >>>> Though I still can't seem to get OpenHackware to read the CD: > >>>> ERROR: ATAPI TEST_UNIT_READY : status 50 !=3D 0x40 > >>> > >>> I suppose OpenHackware only compares instead of checking the ready > >>> bit... > >> > > > > The attached patch makes OpenHackware happy again. > > At least qemu-system-ppc can now start debian iso, and mine as well > [...] > > OpenHackware should be fixed instead, but it seems the binary in svn > > has been updated after the last sources I found > [...] > > Seems the last update was already about ATAPI... > > Anyone has the latest source used ? > > I could at least fix it to check for bits on errors... >=20 > Rene Rebe recently posted some diff against qemu's OHW diff, but it =20 > appeared to be whitespace-damaged. >=20 > > Of course it'd be much better to switch to a real OF instead... > > but I don't have the time for that, couldn't find usable OpenBIOS > > images, >=20 > I once tried to get OpenBIOS working but failed, Laurent appeared to =20 > get some further - any update on that? No, I stopped working on this because I had no time. In fact, if I remember correctly, OpenHW initializes PCI devices whereas OpenBIOS doesn't, I've started working on this but it is too much work form me. I had a working OpenBIOS, able to start a kernel (at some time), but stopping during boot. If someone is interested (perhaps) I can find my patches and send them (privately). > > and it see[m]s CoreBoot v2 and v3 don't support ppc yet. >=20 > I believe CoreBoot is unrelated to ppc, it replaces the x86 BIOS. It =20 > does allow to use OpenBIOS (Open Firmware) as payload but not the =20 > other direction - Blue Swirl used some assembler wizardry to bootstrap = =20 > the sparc OpenBIOS. Regards, Laurent --=20 ------------------ Laurent.Vivier@bull.net ------------------ "Tout ce qui est impossible reste =C3=A0 accomplir" Jules Verne "Things are only impossible until they're not" Jean-Luc Picard