From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JRJFD-0001qc-2m for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 18 Feb 2008 22:34:11 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JRJFB-0001pu-JG for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 18 Feb 2008 22:34:10 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JRJFB-0001pr-DQ for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 18 Feb 2008 22:34:09 -0500 Received: from bsdimp.com ([199.45.160.85] helo=harmony.bsdimp.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JRJFA-0003hr-NU for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 18 Feb 2008 22:34:09 -0500 Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2008 20:30:42 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <20080218.203042.-432804657.imp@bsdimp.com> Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] qemu-system-sparc and Solaris 1.1.2 / SunOS 4.1.4 From: "M. Warner Losh" In-Reply-To: <47BA3D87.6020008@datanet.ab.ca> References: <47B40C38.1000403@baltic-online.de> <47BA34B7.8010302@earthlink.net> <47BA3D87.6020008@datanet.ab.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=iso-8859-15 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: qemu-devel@nongnu.org, andreww@datanet.ab.ca In message: <47BA3D87.6020008@datanet.ab.ca> Andrew Warkentin writes: : Robert Reif wrote: : = : > Jan Holzhueter wrote: : > : >> Hi everyone, : >> we are planing to get rid of some old sparc hardware. : >> The problem is that there are applications on it that require : >> sun4m and Solaris 1.1.2 / SunOS 4.1.4. : >> As known qemu-system-sparc is not able to boot the Solaris Kernel = at : >> the moment. : >> : >> I get as far as: : >> [sparc] Booting file 'cdrom' with parameters '' : >> Not a bootable ELF image : >> Not a Linux kernel image : >> Not a bootable a.out image : >> Not a bootable ELF image : >> Not a Linux kernel image : >> Loading a.out image... : >> Loaded 7680 bytes : >> entry point is 0x4000 : >> Jumping to entry point... : >> checksum 60746d10 !=3D 86693bac, trying to boot anyway : >> Unhandled Exception 0x00000007 : >> PC =3D 0x002002bc NPC =3D 0x002002c0 : >> Stopping execution : >> : >> My question is how far away are you form getting it to work : >> and in what time frame could it be done? : >> : >> This is a bigger project for us. So it might even be possible : >> ( nothing confirmed yet I have to check back with some people ) : >> to donate some money to get it to work. : >> It doesn't need to work for all Solaris. We just need Solaris 1.1.= 2. : >> If someone needs some installation Medium or feedback let me know.= : >> : >> Greetings : >> Jan Holzh=FCter : >> : >> : > This may be an openbios issue. Changing openbios boot.c cdrom : > oldpath to sd(0,2,0):d gets past this error but it still doesn't bo= ot. : > : > : > : > = : = : SunOS might run in TME (http://people.csail.mit.edu/fredette/tme/). I= = : don't think anything other than Linux runs in QEMU's Sun emulation (o= r = : for that matter, any of the non-PC QEMU emulators). OpenFirmware that QEMU implements is somewhat insufficient to boot anything but the hacked up version of Linux. Warner