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

[Blue Swirl]

On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 10:15 AM, Laurikainen, Tuukka
<address@hidden> wrote:
> 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.