On 2/19/08, M. Warner Losh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In message: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > "Blue Swirl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > : On 2/19/08, M. Warner Losh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > : > In message: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > : > Andrew Warkentin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > : > : Robert Reif wrote: > : > : > : > : > Jan Holzhueter wrote: > : > : > > : > : >> Hi everyone, > : > : >> we are planing to get rid of some old sparc hardware. > : > : >> The problem is that there are applications on it that require > : > : >> sun4m and Solaris 1.1.2 / SunOS 4.1.4. > : > : >> As known qemu-system-sparc is not able to boot the Solaris Kernel at > : > : >> the moment. > : > : >> > : > : >> I get as far as: > : > : >> [sparc] Booting file 'cdrom' with parameters '' > : > : >> Not a bootable ELF image > : > : >> Not a Linux kernel image > : > : >> Not a bootable a.out image > : > : >> 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... > : > : >> checksum 60746d10 != 86693bac, trying to boot anyway > : > : >> Unhandled Exception 0x00000007 > : > : >> PC = 0x002002bc NPC = 0x002002c0 > : > : >> Stopping execution > : > : >> > : > : >> My question is how far away are you form getting it to work > : > : >> and in what time frame could it be done? > : > : >> > : > : >> This is a bigger project for us. So it might even be possible > : > : >> ( nothing confirmed yet I have to check back with some people ) > : > : >> to donate some money to get it to work. > : > : >> It doesn't need to work for all Solaris. We just need Solaris 1.1.2. > : > : >> If someone needs some installation Medium or feedback let me know. > : > : >> > : > : >> Greetings > : > : >> Jan Holzhüter > : > : >> > : > : >> > : > : > This may be an openbios issue. Changing openbios boot.c cdrom > : > : > oldpath to sd(0,2,0):d gets past this error but it still doesn't boot. > : > : > > : > : > > : > : > > : > : > > : > : > : > : SunOS might run in TME (http://people.csail.mit.edu/fredette/tme/). I > : > : don't think anything other than Linux runs in QEMU's Sun emulation (or > : > : for that matter, any of the non-PC QEMU emulators). > : > > : > OpenFirmware that QEMU implements is somewhat insufficient to boot > : > anything but the hacked up version of Linux. > : > : Not hacked up, Qemu and the supplied OpenBIOS image can boot several > : unmodified Linux kernels spanning a decade. > > I should have been more specific: PowerPC MAC support.
I see. PowerPC uses OpenHackWare, not OpenBIOS. OHW does not have a Forth interpreter, for example. > : Currently both NetBSD and OpenBSD hang outside OpenBIOS, OF activity > : has stopped. I don't know enough of the insides of the BSDs to debug. > : I'd think any BSD hacker who cared to spend a few hours for this could > : pinpoint the culprit very quickly. > > In PowerPC I've spent a lot more than a few hours on it... Maybe the problem is related to Forth?
