Hi, Nigel. Support for powerpc64 is available since FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE, I think. FreeBSD 11.2-RC2 boots fine in QEMU (at commit 46012db666990ff2eed1d3dc) running on an x86 host with accel=tcg. Below are the steps I have followed to boot it.
Build QEMU: $ mkdir build && cd build $ ../configure --target-list=ppc64-softmmu $ make -j$(nproc) Boot FreeBSD: $ wget http://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/powerpc/powerpc64/ISO-IMAGES/11.2/FreeBSD-11.2-RC2-powerpc-powerpc64-disc1.iso $ ./qemu-img create -f qcow2 freebsd.qcow2 10G $ ./ppc64-softmmu/qemu-system-ppc64 -name freebsd -machine pseries,accel=tcg,usb=off -m 1024 -realtime mlock=off -smp 4,sockets=4,cores=1,threads=1 -nographic -no-user-config -nodefaults -rtc base=utc -no-shutdown -boot strict=on -device pci-bridge,chassis_nr=1,id=pci.1,bus=pci.0,addr=0x1 -device pci-ohci,id=usb,bus=pci.0,addr=0x2 -device spapr-vscsi,id=scsi0,reg=0x2000 -drive file=freebsd.qcow2,format=qcow2,if=none,id=drive-scsi0-0-0-0 -device scsi-hd,bus=scsi0.0,channel=0,scsi-id=0,lun=0,drive=drive-scsi0-0-0-0,id=scsi0-0-0-0,bootindex=1 -drive file=FreeBSD-11.2-RC2-powerpc-powerpc64-disc1.iso,format=raw,if=none,id=drive-scsi0-0-1-0,readonly=on -device scsi-cd,bus=scsi0.0,channel=0,scsi-id=1,lun=0,drive=drive-scsi0-0-1-0,id=scsi0-0-1-0,bootindex=2 -netdev user,id=hostnet0 -device spapr-vlan,netdev=hostnet0,id=net0,mac=4c:45:42:45:01:18,reg=0x1000 -device virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x4 -msg timestamp=on -serial mon:stdio Since this bug is almost 8 years old and FreeBSD powerpc64 seems to be working just fine, I will close it. Feel free to submit a new one if needed. Cheers Murilo ** Changed in: qemu Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of qemu- devel-ml, which is subscribed to QEMU. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/623852 Title: PPC emulation loops on booting a FreeBSD kernel Status in QEMU: Invalid Bug description: Has anyone tried booting FreeBSD8.1-ppc under QEMU (Linux x86_64 host; PPC guest)? I can get Linux/PPC to run fine, and FreeBSD8.1-i386 as well; but there seems to be a problem with whatever the FreeBSD8.1 kernel does, that QEMU's PPC emulation can't handle. I am using the latest version of QEMU from GIT as of 25/8/10. I don't know how to get a "git commit hash", so I can't quote it. The kernel starts OK then loops after "Kernel entry at 0x100100 ...". The command I am running is qemu-system-ppc -cdrom FreeBSD-8.1-RELEASE-powerpc-disc1.iso -hda freebsd8.1-ppc -m 94 -boot d" I obtained the kernel from ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/powerpc/ISO- IMAGES/8.1/FreeBSD-8.1-RELEASE-powerpc-disc1.iso. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/623852/+subscriptions
