RE: [Qemu-devel] qemu 0.12.5 sparc64 debian 505

[Laurikainen, Tuukka]

2010/8/19 Blue Swirl <address@hidden>:
>> Hi,
>>
>> As the Sparc64 support is not complete, I thought I'd ask here before
>> reporting a bug.
>>
>> Trying to boot a Debian netboot cd image for Sparc with Qemu 0.12.5:
>>
>> # qemu-system-sparc64 -boot d -cdrom debian-505-sparc-businesscard.iso
>> -nographic -hda sparc.img
>> OpenBIOS for Sparc64
>> Configuration device id QEMU version 1 machine id 0
>> CPUs: 1 x SUNW,UltraSPARC-II
>> UUID: 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
>> Welcome to OpenBIOS v1.0 built on Dec 6 2009 11:16
>>  Type 'help' for detailed information
>>
>> [sparc64] Booting file 'cdrom' with parameters ''
>> 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...
>> switching to new context: entry point 0x4000 stack 0x00000000ffe02a71
>> SILO Version 1.4.13
>> \
>>
>>                  Welcome to Debian GNU/Linux lenny!
>>
>> This is a Debian installation CDROM, built on 20100627-10:50.
>> Keep it once you have installed your system, as you can boot from it
>> to repair the system on your hard disk if that ever becomes necessary.
>>
>> WARNING: You should completely back up all of your hard disks before
>>  proceeding. The installation procedure can completely and irreversibly
>>  erase them! If you haven't made backups yet, remove the rescue CD from
>>  the drive and press L1-A to get back to the OpenBoot prompt.
>>
>> Debian GNU/Linux comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent
>> permitted
>> by applicable law.
>>
>> [ ENTER - Boot install ]   [ Type "expert" - Boot into expert mode ]
>>                           [ Type "rescue" - Boot into rescue mode ]
>> boot:
>> Allocated 8 Megs of memory at 0x40000000 for kernel
>> Loaded kernel version 2.6.26
>> Loading initial ramdisk (4310561 bytes at 0xC00000 phys, 0x40C00000
>> virt)...
>> qemu: unsupported keyboard cmd=0x02
>> FLOPPY ERROR: fdctrl_unimplemented: unimplemented command 0xfe
>> Pqemu: unsupported keyboard cmd=0xb1
>> FLOPPY ERROR: fdctrl_unimplemented: unimplemented command 0xc4
>
>This is about how far Sparc64 boot gets now. With a custom kernel I
>get much further (IDE probe) but there are still a few unimplemented
>features.
>
>> And then halt. The host is a x86 Debian 5.
>> Can't find any similar open bug, should I open one?
>
>I don't think it would help much.

OK, thanks for the clarification.

Cheers,

Tuukka