Re: [Qemu-devel] [Qemu-ppc] [PATCH 08/13] pseries: Update SLOF for NVRAM support
On 07.12.2012, at 12:48, Erlon Cruz wrote: > Hi Nikunj, > > Its probabily might be a problem that happen only with SLES. I could install > fedora 17 ppc. The instalation was OK, the only problem I had was in the > boot, fedora needs the NVRAM capability. > David, Is this upstream already? It's in my tree, so it will be in master probably by next week. Alex
Re: [Qemu-devel] [Qemu-ppc] [PATCH 08/13] pseries: Update SLOF for NVRAM support
Hi Nikunj, Its probabily might be a problem that happen only with SLES. I could install fedora 17 ppc. The instalation was OK, the only problem I had was in the boot, fedora needs the NVRAM capability. David, Is this upstream already? Erlon On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 6:10 AM, Nikunj A Dadhania wrote: > > Hi Erlon, > > Erlon Cruz writes: > > Hi Alex, > > > > > >> Could you please post > >> > >> * the exact command line you were using > >> > > > > ./ppc64-softmmu/qemu-system-ppc64 -machine type=pseries,usb=off -m 512 > > -net nic,vlan=0 -net tap -nographic -cdrom > > /exports/isos/SLES-11-SP2-DVD-ppc64-GM-DVD1.iso -hda > > /exports/sles11_sp2.qcow2 -monitor unix:/dev/tty1,nowait,server > > I have had success with following command: > > ./ppc64-softmmu/qemu-system-ppc64 -machine type=pseries,usb=off -m 512 > -nographic -cdrom ../../distro/openSUSE-NET64-ppc64-Build0022-Media.iso > -hda ../../imgs/guest_suse.disk > > Using the following server repo: > http://download.opensuse.org/ports/ppc/distribution/12.2/repo/oss > > I havent tried SLES tough. > > Regards > Nikunj > >
Re: [Qemu-devel] [Qemu-ppc] [PATCH 08/13] pseries: Update SLOF for NVRAM support
Hi Erlon, Erlon Cruz writes: > Hi Alex, > > >> Could you please post >> >> * the exact command line you were using >> > > ./ppc64-softmmu/qemu-system-ppc64 -machine type=pseries,usb=off -m 512 > -net nic,vlan=0 -net tap -nographic -cdrom > /exports/isos/SLES-11-SP2-DVD-ppc64-GM-DVD1.iso -hda > /exports/sles11_sp2.qcow2 -monitor unix:/dev/tty1,nowait,server I have had success with following command: ./ppc64-softmmu/qemu-system-ppc64 -machine type=pseries,usb=off -m 512 -nographic -cdrom ../../distro/openSUSE-NET64-ppc64-Build0022-Media.iso -hda ../../imgs/guest_suse.disk Using the following server repo: http://download.opensuse.org/ports/ppc/distribution/12.2/repo/oss I havent tried SLES tough. Regards Nikunj
Re: [Qemu-devel] [Qemu-ppc] [PATCH 08/13] pseries: Update SLOF for NVRAM support
On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 12:39 PM, Alexander Graf wrote: > > On 05.12.2012, at 15:37, Alexander Graf wrote: > > > On 05.12.2012, at 15:35, Alexander Graf wrote: > > > On 05.12.2012, at 15:09, Erlon Cruz wrote: > > Hi Alex, > > >> Could you please post >> >> * the exact command line you were using >> > > ./ppc64-softmmu/qemu-system-ppc64 -machine type=pseries,usb=off -m 512 > -net nic,vlan=0 -net tap -nographic -cdrom > /exports/isos/SLES-11-SP2-DVD-ppc64-GM-DVD1.iso -hda > /exports/sles11_sp2.qcow2 -monitor unix:/dev/tty1,nowait,server > > > Ah, so you're using -M mac99, which means any patch that says "pseries" > shouldn't affect that VM at all. > > > Scratch that. -machine type=pseries obviously makes this a pseries machine. > > Please still try to check if 1.2 or 1.1 work for you. Checking if > disabling graphics makes things work would be interesting too. > > > Also -cpu 970 would be an interesting thing to try. > This fails right in the kernel start: found display : /pci@8002001/vga@0, opening... done instantiating rtas at 0x1dbf... done boot cpu hw idx 0 copying OF device tree... Building dt strings... Building dt structure... Device tree strings 0x0578 -> 0x05780780 Device tree struct 0x0579 -> 0x057a Calling quiesce... returning from prom_init Trying to read invalid spr 8 008 at c0926cbc Trying to read invalid spr 28 01c at 0720 > Alex > >
Re: [Qemu-devel] [Qemu-ppc] [PATCH 08/13] pseries: Update SLOF for NVRAM support
On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 12:37 PM, Alexander Graf wrote: > > On 05.12.2012, at 15:35, Alexander Graf wrote: > > > On 05.12.2012, at 15:09, Erlon Cruz wrote: > > Hi Alex, > > >> Could you please post >> >> * the exact command line you were using >> > > ./ppc64-softmmu/qemu-system-ppc64 -machine type=pseries,usb=off -m 512 > -net nic,vlan=0 -net tap -nographic -cdrom > /exports/isos/SLES-11-SP2-DVD-ppc64-GM-DVD1.iso -hda > /exports/sles11_sp2.qcow2 -monitor unix:/dev/tty1,nowait,server > > > Ah, so you're using -M mac99, which means any patch that says "pseries" > shouldn't affect that VM at all. > > > Scratch that. -machine type=pseries obviously makes this a pseries machine. > > Please still try to check if 1.2 or 1.1 work for you. Checking if > disabling graphics makes things work would be interesting too. > > All versions (v1.0, v1.1.0, v1.2.0) shows the same problem. Any idea on how to get more info about this? Is there a way to reproduce the error from the shell I got after aborting? > Alex > >
Re: [Qemu-devel] [Qemu-ppc] [PATCH 08/13] pseries: Update SLOF for NVRAM support
On 05.12.2012, at 15:37, Alexander Graf wrote: > > On 05.12.2012, at 15:35, Alexander Graf wrote: > >> >> On 05.12.2012, at 15:09, Erlon Cruz wrote: >> >>> Hi Alex, >>> >>> Could you please post >>> >>> * the exact command line you were using >>> >>> ./ppc64-softmmu/qemu-system-ppc64 -machine type=pseries,usb=off -m 512 >>> -net nic,vlan=0 -net tap -nographic -cdrom >>> /exports/isos/SLES-11-SP2-DVD-ppc64-GM-DVD1.iso -hda >>> /exports/sles11_sp2.qcow2 -monitor unix:/dev/tty1,nowait,server >> >> Ah, so you're using -M mac99, which means any patch that says "pseries" >> shouldn't affect that VM at all. > > Scratch that. -machine type=pseries obviously makes this a pseries machine. > > Please still try to check if 1.2 or 1.1 work for you. Checking if disabling > graphics makes things work would be interesting too. Also -cpu 970 would be an interesting thing to try. Alex
Re: [Qemu-devel] [Qemu-ppc] [PATCH 08/13] pseries: Update SLOF for NVRAM support
On 05.12.2012, at 15:35, Alexander Graf wrote: > > On 05.12.2012, at 15:09, Erlon Cruz wrote: > >> Hi Alex, >> >> Could you please post >> >> * the exact command line you were using >> >> ./ppc64-softmmu/qemu-system-ppc64 -machine type=pseries,usb=off -m 512 -net >> nic,vlan=0 -net tap -nographic -cdrom >> /exports/isos/SLES-11-SP2-DVD-ppc64-GM-DVD1.iso -hda >> /exports/sles11_sp2.qcow2 -monitor unix:/dev/tty1,nowait,server > > Ah, so you're using -M mac99, which means any patch that says "pseries" > shouldn't affect that VM at all. Scratch that. -machine type=pseries obviously makes this a pseries machine. Please still try to check if 1.2 or 1.1 work for you. Checking if disabling graphics makes things work would be interesting too. Alex
Re: [Qemu-devel] [Qemu-ppc] [PATCH 08/13] pseries: Update SLOF for NVRAM support
On Tue, Dec 04, 2012 at 09:27:54PM -0200, Erlon Cruz wrote: > Em 04/12/2012 20:58, "David Gibson" escreveu: > > > > On Tue, Dec 04, 2012 at 11:20:03AM -0200, Erlon Cruz wrote: > > > On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 12:42 AM, David Gibson > > > wrote: > > > > > > > Now that we have implemented PAPR compatible NVRAM interfaces in > qemu, this > > > > updates the SLOF firmware to actually initialize and use the NVRAM as > a > > > > PAPR guest firmware is expected to do. > > > > > > > > This SLOF update also includes an ugly but useful workaround for a > bug in > > > > the SLES11 installer which caused it to fail under KVM. > > > > > > > > > > > I had a problem when installing SLES, when the installer et at 23%, a > get: > > > > > > Installation of package ./suse/ppc64/vim-base-7.2-8.15.2.ppc64.rpm > failed. > > > Subprocess failed. Error: RPM failed: error: > > > %post(vim-base-7.2-8.15.2.ppc64.rpm) > > > > > > Is this the same problem? > > > > No, I don't think so. The NVRAM failure, I believe happens at the end > > when it's doing the yaboot setup. Although, I haven't met it myself, > > so I'm not certain. > > Have you succeed installing any SLES on QEMU pSeries? This is the first > system I'm trying to install in an lpar. The guests I have I've installed > in a power machine and then use the roots. I haven't personally tried installing SLES, only Fedora and Debian (and not very recently for those). Some others in IBM have tried installing SLES - it used to fail because of this bug and another, I'm not sure if they've had a chance to try again since this fix. Failing suddenly in the post script for vim-base seems a really unlikely problem to be caused by qemu/host bugs, though anything's possible. First thing I'd try is to triple-check your install media. -- David Gibson| I'll have my music baroque, and my code david AT gibson.dropbear.id.au | minimalist, thank you. NOT _the_ _other_ | _way_ _around_! http://www.ozlabs.org/~dgibson
Re: [Qemu-devel] [Qemu-ppc] [PATCH 08/13] pseries: Update SLOF for NVRAM support
Em 04/12/2012 20:58, "David Gibson" escreveu: > > On Tue, Dec 04, 2012 at 11:20:03AM -0200, Erlon Cruz wrote: > > On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 12:42 AM, David Gibson > > wrote: > > > > > Now that we have implemented PAPR compatible NVRAM interfaces in qemu, this > > > updates the SLOF firmware to actually initialize and use the NVRAM as a > > > PAPR guest firmware is expected to do. > > > > > > This SLOF update also includes an ugly but useful workaround for a bug in > > > the SLES11 installer which caused it to fail under KVM. > > > > > > > > I had a problem when installing SLES, when the installer et at 23%, a get: > > > > Installation of package ./suse/ppc64/vim-base-7.2-8.15.2.ppc64.rpm failed. > > Subprocess failed. Error: RPM failed: error: > > %post(vim-base-7.2-8.15.2.ppc64.rpm) > > > > Is this the same problem? > > No, I don't think so. The NVRAM failure, I believe happens at the end > when it's doing the yaboot setup. Although, I haven't met it myself, > so I'm not certain. Have you succeed installing any SLES on QEMU pSeries? This is the first system I'm trying to install in an lpar. The guests I have I've installed in a power machine and then use the roots. > -- > David Gibson| I'll have my music baroque, and my code > david AT gibson.dropbear.id.au | minimalist, thank you. NOT _the_ _other_ > | _way_ _around_! > http://www.ozlabs.org/~dgibson
Re: [Qemu-devel] [Qemu-ppc] [PATCH 08/13] pseries: Update SLOF for NVRAM support
On Tue, Dec 04, 2012 at 11:20:03AM -0200, Erlon Cruz wrote: > On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 12:42 AM, David Gibson > wrote: > > > Now that we have implemented PAPR compatible NVRAM interfaces in qemu, this > > updates the SLOF firmware to actually initialize and use the NVRAM as a > > PAPR guest firmware is expected to do. > > > > This SLOF update also includes an ugly but useful workaround for a bug in > > the SLES11 installer which caused it to fail under KVM. > > > > > I had a problem when installing SLES, when the installer et at 23%, a get: > > Installation of package ./suse/ppc64/vim-base-7.2-8.15.2.ppc64.rpm failed. > Subprocess failed. Error: RPM failed: error: > %post(vim-base-7.2-8.15.2.ppc64.rpm) > > Is this the same problem? No, I don't think so. The NVRAM failure, I believe happens at the end when it's doing the yaboot setup. Although, I haven't met it myself, so I'm not certain. -- David Gibson| I'll have my music baroque, and my code david AT gibson.dropbear.id.au | minimalist, thank you. NOT _the_ _other_ | _way_ _around_! http://www.ozlabs.org/~dgibson
