From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=53865 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PBEeL-0002W5-12 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 27 Oct 2010 18:39:17 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PBEeJ-00071s-Gr for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 27 Oct 2010 18:39:16 -0400 Received: from gmplib-02.nada.kth.se ([130.237.222.242]:24137 helo=shell.gmplib.org) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PBEeI-00071T-N4 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 27 Oct 2010 18:39:15 -0400 Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] Which qemu ports actually work? References: <86sjzssydf.fsf@shell.gmplib.org> <8642FB76-3D0B-4326-9C8B-B7ED8802B761@suse.de> <86r5fc22wx.fsf@shell.gmplib.org> <86iq0o20lh.fsf@shell.gmplib.org> <8662wo112y.fsf@shell.gmplib.org> From: Torbjorn Granlund Sender: tg@gmplib.org Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2010 00:39:12 +0200 In-Reply-To: (Blue Swirl's message of "Wed\, 27 Oct 2010 20\:44\:29 +0000") Message-ID: <86vd4n5khb.fsf@shell.gmplib.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Blue Swirl Cc: Alexander Graf , qemu-devel Developers Blue Swirl writes: On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 8:39 AM, Torbjorn Granlund wrote: > =A0> "install64", which comes a bit longer. =A0It fails in a new way: it > =A0> ignores keyboard input, This happens after the kernel has booted, = and > =A0> the installer has started. > > =A0Yes, ignoring keyboard input sounds right. The issue here is that > =A0we're basically emulating a PPC32 machine, but plug in a PPC64 > =A0CPU. This works mostly, but for ADB it breaks, as the guest kernel > =A0doesn't have support for our ADB controller. Unfortunately, keyboard > =A0and mouse are attached using ADB. > > =A0One way to get around this is to use -usb -usbdevice keyboard. > > That makes no difference. =A0I suppose it is still using the adb keyboa= rd. =20=20 I got to livecd prompt, with working keyboard using the following command= line: qemu-system-ppc64 -boot d -cdrom install-powerpc-minimal-2008.0.iso -cpu 970fx -M mac99 -usb -usbdevice keyboard =20=20 At boot prompt, I just hit enter to select a G5 kernel. =20=20 Wow, it indeed works! Later Gentoo releases fail in a way similar to Debian (an early hang). Did you fight your way through the contorted Gentoo install in order to see if you get a bootable system? (I'll try that when I have time.) The default nic cannot be used, -net nic,model=3De1000 is needed. I started a page that intends to save others from the trouble I have. It is at . I'll try and collect enough info for getting started, or save others from wasting time on things that do not work. [qemu-devel@nongnu.org might block this message. It lastly tried to pseudo-mail back using an incorrect address, then reject my messages with a 550 code. Some anti-spam mechanism gone bad.] --=20 Torbj=F6rn