From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JRIk8-0007Tn-I6 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 18 Feb 2008 22:02:04 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JRIk8-0007Tb-1r for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 18 Feb 2008 22:02:04 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JRIk7-0007TY-SV for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 18 Feb 2008 22:02:03 -0500 Received: from ns8.i-mecca.net ([69.90.29.33]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JRIk7-0002Rr-HF for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 18 Feb 2008 22:02:03 -0500 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ns8.i-mecca.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3406F3462E4 for ; Mon, 18 Feb 2008 21:22:07 -0500 (EST) Received: from ns8.i-mecca.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (ns8.i-mecca.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id ilpftw8UU7Eu for ; Mon, 18 Feb 2008 21:22:06 -0500 (EST) Received: from [207.153.26.207] (dialin-207-153-26-207.edm.oa.net [207.153.26.207]) by ns8.i-mecca.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id F2118346275 for ; Mon, 18 Feb 2008 21:22:05 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <47BA3D87.6020008@datanet.ab.ca> Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2008 19:23:03 -0700 From: Andrew Warkentin MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] qemu-system-sparc and Solaris 1.1.2 / SunOS 4.1.4 References: <47B40C38.1000403@baltic-online.de> <47BA34B7.8010302@earthlink.net> In-Reply-To: <47BA34B7.8010302@earthlink.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed 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 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 boot. > > > > =20 SunOS might run in TME (http://people.csail.mit.edu/fredette/tme/). I=20 don't think anything other than Linux runs in QEMU's Sun emulation (or=20 for that matter, any of the non-PC QEMU emulators).