From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KMIsf-00064z-5C for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:42:29 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KMIse-00064n-HE for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:42:28 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=39727 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KMIse-00064k-DS for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:42:28 -0400 Received: from mr01.hansenet.de ([213.191.74.10]:47764) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KMIse-0008Dw-0O for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:42:28 -0400 Received: from exactcode.de (85.183.32.143) by mr01.hansenet.de (7.3.132) id 4874B7E6000FE3F6 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:42:07 +0200 Received: from [192.168.2.173] (helo=[192.168.2.173]) by exactcode.de with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.54) id 1KMIri-0003gB-U4 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:41:46 +0000 Message-ID: <488991BC.9030309@exactcode.de> Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:41:32 +0200 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Ren=E9_Rebe?= MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [4932] Preliminary PPC64/Linux host support References: <48881ACB.9080007@exactcode.de> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; 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 malc wrote: > On Thu, 24 Jul 2008, Ren Rebe wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> malc wrote: >>> Revision: 4932 >>> =20 >>> http://svn.sv.gnu.org/viewvc/?view=3Drev&root=3Dqemu&revision=3D4932 >>> Author: malc >>> Date: 2008-07-23 19:17:46 +0000 (Wed, 23 Jul 2008) >>> >>> Log Message: >>> ----------- >>> Preliminary PPC64/Linux host support >>> >>> ppc64.ld from Heikki Lindholm's patch >>> http://marc.info/?l=3Dqemu-devel&m=3D114086179024634&w=3D2 >>> >>> Issues: >>> x86_64 tripple faults shortly after decompressing the kernel >>> No immediate versions of most 64 bit operations >>> >> Nice! I already spent some hours fixing a previous ppc64 patch that >> was sent to the list like half a year ago, which was pre TCG and >> did not work with relocations generated by latest toolchains. >> >> I'll definetly give this patch a try ASAP and try to find some time >> slots to help streamlining it. > > That would be great. One thing i failed to mention in the commit > message is that linux-user support seems completely broken on ppc64, > i.e. doesn't even compile and error messages are frightening (or > maybe it was the amount of them that scared me) I gave it a spin yesterday, it built and managed to boot a decent linux-2= .6 system until the first user-space programs after init where running and segfaulted thereafter. I'm abroad the next days, but I'll definetly will help (or try to, I'm no yet that into TCG, yet :-) to hunt those segfaults :-) Yours, --=20 Ren=E9 Rebe - ExactCODE GmbH - Europe, Germany, Berlin http://exactcode.de | http://t2-project.org | http://rene.rebe.name