Re: [Qemu-devel] qemu-system-sparc and Solaris 1.1.2 / SunOS 4.1.4

[Blue Swirl]

On 2/19/08, M. Warner Losh <address@hidden> wrote:
> In message: <address@hidden>
>             "Blue Swirl" <address@hidden> writes:
> : On 2/19/08, M. Warner Losh <address@hidden> wrote:
> : > In message: <address@hidden>
> : >             Andrew Warkentin <address@hidden> writes:
> : > : 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 != 86693bac, trying to boot anyway
> : > : >> Unhandled Exception 0x00000007
> : > : >> PC = 0x002002bc NPC = 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 Holzhüter
> : > : >>
> : > : >>
> : > : > 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.
> : > : >
> : > : >
> : > : >
> : > : >
> : > :
> : > : SunOS might run in TME (http://people.csail.mit.edu/fredette/tme/). I
> : > : don't think anything other than Linux runs in QEMU's Sun emulation (or
> : > : for that matter, any of the non-PC QEMU emulators).
> : >
> : > OpenFirmware that QEMU implements is somewhat insufficient to boot
> : > anything but the hacked up version of Linux.
> :
> : Not hacked up, Qemu and the supplied OpenBIOS image can boot several
> : unmodified Linux kernels spanning a decade.
>
> I should have been more specific: PowerPC MAC support.

I see. PowerPC uses OpenHackWare, not OpenBIOS. OHW does not have a
Forth interpreter, for example.

> : Currently both NetBSD and OpenBSD hang outside OpenBIOS, OF activity
> : has stopped. I don't know enough of the insides of the BSDs to debug.
> : I'd think any BSD hacker who cared to spend a few hours for this could
> : pinpoint the culprit very quickly.
>
> In PowerPC I've spent a lot more than a few hours on it...

Maybe the problem is related to Forth?