Hi,
Which architecture are you talking about ?
It probably depends on which architecture is emulated on which architecture.
At Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:33:54 +0530,
Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote:
>
> Package: qemubuilder
> Version: 0.58
> Severity: normal
>
> qemu support emulating scsi as the device.
> qemubuilder's doc says that scsi can be emulated by using the following
> settings:
> ARCH_DISKDEVICE=sd
>
> When settings the above, I get the following:
>
> I: Extracting zlib1g...
>
> -> Doing arch-specific /dev population
>
> mkdir chroot-/dev: File exists
>
> /tmp/cowbuilder/build/qemu.28970/dev/console: File exists
>
> forking: umount /tmp/cowbuilder/build/qemu.28970
>
> forking: mke2fs -q -F -j -m1 -O sparse_super
> /tmp/cowbuilder/build/qemu.28970.dev
> forking: tune2fs -c 0 -i 0 /tmp/cowbuilder/build/qemu.28970.dev
>
> tune2fs 1.41.9 (22-Aug-2009)
>
> Setting maximal mount count to -1
>
> Setting interval between checks to 0 seconds
>
> forking: mount -o loop /tmp/cowbuilder/build/qemu.28970.dev
> /tmp/cowbuilder/build/qemu.28970
> forking: umount /tmp/cowbuilder/build/qemu.28970.dev
>
> umount: /tmp/cowbuilder/build/qemu.28970.dev: not mounted
>
> forking qemu: qemu-system-x86_64 -nographic -M pc -m 512
> -kernel /boot/vmlinuz-amd64 -initrd /boot/initrd-amd64 -hda
> /var/tmp/chroot/qemubuilder_sid_x86-64 -hdb
> /tmp/cowbuilder/build/qemu.28970.dev -append root=/dev/sda
> quiet init=/pbuilder-run console=ttyS0 -serial stdio
> Loading, please wait...
> Couldnt get a file descriptor referring to the console
> KDGKBMODE: Bad file descriptor
> loadkeys: error reading keyboard mode
> Volume group "VgSd" not found
> Skipping volume group VgSd
> Unable to find LVM volume VgSd/SWAP
> WARNING bootdevice may be renamed. Try root=/dev/hda
> Gave up waiting for root device. Common problems:
> - Boot args (cat /proc/cmdline)
> - Check rootdelay= (did the system wait long enough?)
> - Check root= (did the system wait for the right device?)
> - Missing modules (cat /proc/modules; ls /dev)
> ALERT! /dev/sda does not exist. Dropping to a shell!
>
> BusyBox v1.14.2 (Debian 1:1.14.2-2) built-in shell (ash)
> Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.
> /bin/sh: can't access tty; job control turned off
> (initramfs)
>
> The log does understand the sd setting and sets the root=/dev/sda
> parameter. But it doesn't do the same for qemu command-line.
>
> To emulate scsi, as per the qemu doc, the following is required:
> qemu -drive file=file,if=scsi,bus=0,unit=6
>
> Qemu also seems to be supporting virtio. Adding support for that too
> would be good.
>
> The current IDE emulation is very resource hungry and keeps hitting
> resets.
>
> Listening on LPF/eth0/52:54:00:12:34:56
> Sending on LPF/eth0/52:54:00:12:34:56
> Sending on Socket/fallback
> DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 4
> DHCPOFFER from 10.0.2.2
> DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
> DHCPACK from 10.0.2.2
> hostname: the specified hostname is invalid
> bound to 10.0.2.15 -- renewal in 34763 seconds.
> I: copying /etc/hosts from temporary location
> I: copying /etc/hostname from temporary location
> bash: cannot set terminal process group (-1): Inappropriate ioctl for
> device
> bash: no job control in this shell
> r...@pbuilder-champaran:/# aptitude -f install
> bash: aptitude: command not found
> r...@pbuilder-champaran:/# apt-get -f install
> [ 208.256613] hda: ide_dma_sff_timer_expiry: DMA status (0x61)
> [ 218.268438] hda: DMA timeout error
> [ 218.268902] hda: dma timeout error: status=0xd8 { Busy }
> [ 218.269426] hda: possibly failed opcode: 0x35
> [ 218.270292] hda: DMA disabled
> [ 218.270993] hdb: DMA disabled
> [ 218.316555] ide0: reset: success
> [ 251.716252] hda: ide_dma_sff_timer_expiry: DMA status (0x21)
> [ 261.716287] hda: DMA timeout error
> [ 261.720188] hda: dma timeout error: status=0xd8 { Busy }
> [ 261.720188] hda: possibly failed opcode: 0x35
> [ 261.720188] hda: DMA disabled
> [ 261.783090] ide0: reset: success
> [ 305.856252] hda: ide_dma_sff_timer_expiry: DMA status (0x21)
> [ 315.893927] hda: DMA timeout error
> [ 315.894420] hda: dma timeout error: status=0xd8 { Busy }
> [ 315.894957] hda: possibly failed opcode: 0x35
> [ 315.895407] hda: DMA disabled
> [ 315.940447] ide0: reset: success
> [ 349.531089] hda: ide_dma_sff_timer_expiry: DMA status (0x21)
> [ 359.532395] hda: DMA timeout error
> [ 359.532742] hda: dma timeout error: status=0xd8 { Busy }
> [ 359.533210] hda: possibly failed opcode: 0x35
> [ 359.533578] hda: DMA disabled
> [ 359.580306] ide0: reset: success
> Terminated
>
>
> Regards,
> Ritesh
>
>
>
> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: squeeze/sid
> APT prefers testing
> APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (101, 'experimental')
> Architecture: i386 (i686)
>
> Kernel: Linux 2.6.31-1-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
> Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
> Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
>
> Versions of packages qemubuilder depends on:
> ii debootstrap 1.0.20 Bootstrap a basic Debian system
> ii kvm 72+dfsg-5+squeeze1 Full virtualization on x86
> hardwar
> ii libc6 2.10.1-5 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
> ii pbuilder 0.192 personal package builder for
> Debia
> ii qemu 0.10.6-1 fast processor emulator
>
> qemubuilder recommends no packages.
>
> qemubuilder suggests no packages.
>
> -- no debconf information
>
>
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