[Qemu-devel] qemu-system-sparc on windows

[Joerg Platte <jplatte@naasa.net>]

Hi!

I tried to build qemu-system-sparc on a windows host using mingw and all steps 
described in the qemu documentation. First of all, this doesn't work since 
qemu requires zlib. After compiling and installing zlib in the mingw 
environment qemu builds fine. But when trying to test qemu using the 
sparc-test image from the qemu homepage I run into two problems. At first, 
qemu can't find the proll.bin file. Therefore I generated it using objcopy -O 
binary proll.elf proll.bin on a sparc host.

Now qemu starts but crashes just after opening its window. This does not 
happen to the precompiled version from  
http://www.freeoszoo.org/ftp/qemu/win32/daily/, but this version does not 
boot linux either. It semms to get stuck in an endless loop...

Now I have two questions: 
Why does my compiled version crash? Did I forget something during the build 
process? 

Does anyone else managed to successfully start linux using qemu-system-sparc 
on a windows host?

regards,
Jörg

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