[Qemu-devel] FreeBSD status

[Juergen Lock]

As mentioned on irc I was having some success with FreeBSD:

 4.10RC3 install cd: boots, but kernel doesnt see any disks
(error message when trying to partition, -hda with empty image)

 5.2.1 install cd and boot.flp: boot now with the fixes in cvs,
but panic when trying to write to disk (same empty image).
to repeat: at the mountroot prompt type:
        ufs:md0
then in sysinstall select custom install, partition, `c',
enter slice (partition) size, hit `w' to write immediately,
confirm, select mbr -> panic writing to disk

 I also get: npx0: WARNING: no FPU! from the kernel (kernel
messages can be viewed with scroll-lock and then page-up/down,
cursur-up/down), Fabrice says that the FPU error comes from the fact
that FreeBSD uses FPU interrupts to test the FPU exception reporting.

 FreeSBIE 1.0 (live cd based on 5.2.1): boots now too, panics on:
        dd count=1 </dev/zero >/dev/ad0
(write a block to hda, same empty image)
I haven't tried running X on it yet (xinit)

 Install isos and releases (floppies etc) can be found using:
        http://mirrorlist.freebsd.org/
(the floppies are also on the cds under floppies/)

 FreeSBIE mirrors are listed at:
        http://www.freesbie.org/?section=mirror-en

 Fabrice also said the FreeBSD host patches are not in yet,
is that just lack of time or do they have some problems?

 Also, would it help if i try to make a debug version of the 5.2.1
GENERIC kernel to see where the panic is?  It is always trying to
read from 0x2c, supervisor read, page not present. (I guess a NULL
pointer to a struct, unfortunately i won't be able to take crashdumps
and get a full backtrace as that requires writing to disk...)

        Juergen