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

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

[Joerg Platte]

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

[Damien Mascord]

Joerg Platte wrote:

>Hi!
>  
>
<snip/>

>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? 
>
To answer one of your questions,

You are probably using GCC 3.4 for mingw rather than GCC 3.3.

Try the 3.3 toolset, and see how you fare :)

Damien

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

[Joerg Platte]

Am Samstag, 21. Mai 2005 18:14 schrieb Damien Mascord:

> You are probably using GCC 3.4 for mingw rather than GCC 3.3.
>
> Try the 3.3 toolset, and see how you fare :)

OK, now I tried gcc-3.3. Qemu does not really crash any more, but the 
behaviour is still different compared to the precompiled version. My version 
opens a bigger window and is stopped immediately (according to the title 
bar). But it still does not boot linux. What else can I try?

regards,
Jörg

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

[Joerg Platte]

Am Montag, 23. Mai 2005 08:55 schrieb Joerg Platte:

> OK, now I tried gcc-3.3. Qemu does not really crash any more, but the
> behaviour is still different compared to the precompiled version. My

This was a mistake. I did not change the path in my skript. Now my version and 
the precompiled version behave similar. But i can only see a white window. My 
proll.bin file is much smaller than the proll.elf file:
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  41080 2005-05-20 16:28 proll.bin
-rw-r-----  1 root root 152807 2005-05-20 16:08 proll.elf

Could this be a problem? Can somebody send me a working proll.bin file?

regards,
Jörg

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

[Joerg Platte]

Am Samstag, 21. Mai 2005 18:14 schrieb Damien Mascord:
Hi!

I tried to start qemu in nongraphical mode. This results in the following 
error message: 

qemu: could not open monitor device 'stdio'

What kind of monitor device can I use with mingw?  

regards,
Jörg

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