From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.1 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_INVALID, DKIM_SIGNED,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 624E9C433B4 for ; Mon, 26 Apr 2021 14:19:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [209.51.188.17]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E675C60E0C for ; Mon, 26 Apr 2021 14:19:29 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org E675C60E0C Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=fail (p=none dis=none) header.from=redhat.com Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Received: from localhost ([::1]:44858 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lb25A-0005EF-Ou for qemu-devel@archiver.kernel.org; Mon, 26 Apr 2021 10:19:28 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:49738) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lb24M-0004o8-5J for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 26 Apr 2021 10:18:38 -0400 Received: from us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com ([170.10.133.124]:42730) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lb24K-0004ks-KP for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 26 Apr 2021 10:18:37 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=redhat.com; s=mimecast20190719; t=1619446716; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=1nGcV6wXBg9OmKBdZAxPz3ASV6NRGeoMVPmyxe/a/zk=; b=QQ47kKfxefKclhBSrrbdz+vyIinruk82pQXRlm87V58u5kTMy3Xs9pAVA57dJjTe6eliL1 RwzHBPtVcA+QRVqk+qfytWSDNUajoRwwLUGikHjtvPGBbyzhwZ0ogWMOWEUNofnw4jRKGZ JRRBfCOUY3RgwwuS4uHcMBI5HGeN8S8= Received: from mimecast-mx01.redhat.com (mimecast-mx01.redhat.com [209.132.183.4]) (Using TLS) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP id us-mta-72-Tqj88F-lMXe39_4sPYtc3A-1; Mon, 26 Apr 2021 10:18:32 -0400 X-MC-Unique: Tqj88F-lMXe39_4sPYtc3A-1 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx05.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.15]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mimecast-mx01.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 78E4518397A7; Mon, 26 Apr 2021 14:18:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from work-vm (ovpn-115-8.ams2.redhat.com [10.36.115.8]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 20BD05D6BA; Mon, 26 Apr 2021 14:18:25 +0000 (UTC) Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2021 15:18:23 +0100 From: "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" To: Laurent Vivier Subject: Re: X on old (non-x86) Linux guests Message-ID: References: <94728962-8306-4849-7e54-e01b04f3ddc4@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <94728962-8306-4849-7e54-e01b04f3ddc4@redhat.com> User-Agent: Mutt/2.0.6 (2021-03-06) X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.79 on 10.5.11.15 Authentication-Results: relay.mimecast.com; auth=pass smtp.auth=CUSA124A263 smtp.mailfrom=dgilbert@redhat.com X-Mimecast-Spam-Score: 0 X-Mimecast-Originator: redhat.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Received-SPF: pass client-ip=170.10.133.124; envelope-from=dgilbert@redhat.com; helo=us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com X-Spam_score_int: -29 X-Spam_score: -3.0 X-Spam_bar: --- X-Spam_report: (-3.0 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIMWL_WL_HIGH=-0.219, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H4=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=0.001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: kraxel@redhat.com, richard.henderson@linaro.org, qemu-devel@nongnu.org Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Sender: "Qemu-devel" * Laurent Vivier (lvivier@redhat.com) wrote: > On 26/04/2021 12:01, Dr. David Alan Gilbert wrote: > > Hi, > > Over the weekend I got a Red Hat 6.x (not RHEL!) for Alpha booting > > under QEMU which was pretty neat. But I failed to find a succesful > > combination to get X working; has anyone any suggestions? > > > > That distro was from around 2000; the challenge is since we don't have > > VESA on non-x86, we can't change mode that way, so generic XF86_SVGA > > doesn't want to play with any of the devices. > > > > I also tried the ati device, but the accelerated mach64 driver > > didn't recognise that ID. > > > > Has anyone found any combo that works? > > I suspect using one of the existing devices, lying about PCI ID, and > > then turning off all accelerations might have a chance but I've not got > > that far. > > > > [Alpha took a bit of a fight; none of the SCSI controllers were > > happy, but the CMD646 worked well enough to install off a CD image > > from a -kernel passed in ] > > > > Did you try to use kernel framebuffer with X fbdev driver? I hadn't, but how do I get it into fb mode - vga=ask doesn't work, so again I don't think I can get into graphics. Dave > Thanks, > Laurent -- Dr. David Alan Gilbert / dgilbert@redhat.com / Manchester, UK