On 26.10.2010, at 12:02, Torbjorn Granlund <t...@gmplib.org> wrote: > Alexander Graf <ag...@suse.de> writes: > > Where exactly do the Linux kernels hang here? For BSD, I don't > know. If there are patches flowing in to fix BSD support, I'll gladly > review and take them, but I won't proactively try to get it running. > > Is this how most qemu hackers feel, in effect that qemu is a hardware > emulator for the kernel linux? To me, that seem like aiming low, and also > a strategy resulting in a less robust program. (I maintain a couple of > free software packages, and I certainly run as many tests as possible to > make them robust.)
No, it's a matter of time. If you could make the day have 40 hours, I'll gladly look into BSD :). Keep in mind that qemu is open source, written mostly by volunteers. > > (1) For ppc32, gentoo hans quickly, the last line is this: > > Memory: 247644k/262144k avalable (5652k kernel code, 14500l reserved, 212k > data, 137k bss, 260k ini > > This last line is long, it is truncated to the right. Hrm. Please send me the vmlinux.gz file in a private mail. > > > (2) For ppc64, the last lines are: > > Calling quiesce ... > returning from prom_init > > This happens is almost immediately, within a second. > > (Debian and Gentoo hangs at the same positions.) This probably means that the bootloader chose to boot a ppc32 kernel on ppc64. Please try booting vmlinux and initrd directly using -kernel and -initrd. > (3) The sparc64 crash for Debian happens much later. The last lines are: > > /bin/sh: relocation error: /bin/sh: symbol eaitpid, version GLIBC_2.0 not > defined in file libc.so.6 with link time reference > [ 48.xxxxxx] Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! > [ 48.xxxxxx] Press Stop-A (L1-A) to return to the boot prom I don't know much about the status of sparc64, sorry. > > > I am not sure gentoo should be expected to work, at least not the 64-bit > kernel. It claims to be "G5" whatever that means (G5 is Apple's name for > the IBM ppc970 processor, not a particular computer architecture, so I am > not sure what gentoo means). Qemu emulates a mac, so it should be fine. > > Well, the good news on this part is that the qemu web page is a wiki! So > if there's no status in there at all, feel free to add your experience. > Natalia also has a page trying to list compatibility. > > Do you have a pointer to that page of this Natalia? I'm typing from a phone right now. Google should know. Just search for qemu os list or so. > > BTW, this is the qemu version I am trying: > > king$ qemu --version > QEMU emulator version 0.13.0, Copyright (c) 2003-2008 Fabrice Bellard Please make sure to also try the latest git version. I doubt it helps on the ppc side, but sparc might benefit from it. > Alex
