Re: [Qemu-devel] atapi on ppc issue (was Re: qemu-system-ppc broken ?)

["Blue Swirl" <blauwirbel@gmail.com>]

On 11/11/08, Laurent Vivier <Laurent.Vivier@bull.net> wrote:
> Le lundi 10 novembre 2008 à 21:01 +0100, Andreas Färber a écrit :
>
> > Am 09.11.2008 um 23:07 schrieb François Revol:
>  >
>  > >>>> Though I still can't seem to get OpenHackware to read the CD:
>  > >>>> ERROR: ATAPI TEST_UNIT_READY : status 50 != 0x40
>  > >>>
>  > >>> I suppose OpenHackware only compares instead of checking the ready
>  > >>> bit...
>  > >>
>  > >
>  > > The attached patch makes OpenHackware happy again.
>  > > At least qemu-system-ppc can now start debian iso, and mine as well
>  > [...]
>  > > OpenHackware should be fixed instead, but it seems the binary in svn
>  > > has been updated after the last sources I found
>  > [...]
>  > > Seems the last update was already about ATAPI...
>  > > Anyone has the latest source used ?
>  > > I could at least fix it to check for bits on errors...
>  >
>  > Rene Rebe recently posted some diff against qemu's OHW diff, but it
>  > appeared to be whitespace-damaged.
>  >
>  > > Of course it'd be much better to switch to a real OF instead...
>  > > but I don't have the time for that, couldn't find usable OpenBIOS
>  > > images,
>  >
>  > I once tried to get OpenBIOS working but failed, Laurent appeared to
>  > get some further - any update on that?
>
>
> No, I stopped working on this because I had no time.
>
>  In fact, if I remember correctly, OpenHW initializes PCI devices whereas
>  OpenBIOS doesn't, I've started working on this but it is too much work
>  form me. I had a working OpenBIOS, able to start a kernel (at some
>  time), but stopping during boot.
>
>  If someone is interested (perhaps) I can find my patches and send them
>  (privately).

I would be interested. I finally created a PowerPC cross compiler and
I'd like to test OpenBIOS for PPC.