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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] PMAC NVRAM cleanup
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Laurent Vivier |
Subject: |
Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] PMAC NVRAM cleanup |
Date: |
Thu, 01 May 2008 17:56:55 +0200 |
Le jeudi 01 mai 2008 à 17:49 +0300, Blue Swirl a écrit :
> On 5/1/08, Laurent Vivier <address@hidden> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm trying to boot openbios on PPC target (for the moment I'm only able to
> > load yaboot).
>
> Great! Which machine are you using? OpenBIOS has some support for
> things called briq, mol and pearpc, are any of those useful?
I'm working with files from pearpc.
> > This patch is a cleanup of PMAC nvram.
> >
> > It stores nvram in a file and create valid partitions.
>
> In no other machine nvram is loaded from a file. On Sparc most
> configuration needs can be addressed by using -prom-env switch.
In fact I took syntax and some parts from ds1225y which loads nvram from
a file.
I will improve this part (better default filename, switch to specify
filename and -prom-env management) later.
Thank you for your comments. I'm going to repost a patch based on
structures and functions found in hw/firmware_abi.h
Regards,
Laurent