Re: [Qemu-discuss] Qemu-system-sparc: What would I need to change to add functionality to save the nvram content between boots ?

2015-09-11 Thread Jim Jarvie
Hi Max, What options do you need ? Using : -net nic,macaddr=00:80: -M SS-20 (for a SPARC-20) Will get the host ID to match whatever your original SPARC box had and that will satisfy lmgrd. If you need SCSI IDs properly set (e.g. disk and CD to correct place), normally disks are SCSI ID 3

Re: [Qemu-discuss] Qemu-system-sparc: What would I need to change to add functionality to save the nvram content between boots ?

2015-09-11 Thread Programmingkid
On Sep 11, 2015, at 12:00 PM, qemu-discuss-requ...@nongnu.org wrote: > On 10/09/2015 8:58 AM, Maximilian H. wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I was looking into what parts would need change to save and restore the >> nvram content for the qemu-system-sparc vm between boots. >> >> I see the code in hw/time

Re: [Qemu-discuss] Qemu-system-sparc: What would I need to change to add functionality to save the nvram content between boots ?

2015-09-13 Thread Mark Cave-Ayland
On 11/09/15 19:01, Programmingkid wrote: > On Sep 11, 2015, at 12:00 PM, qemu-discuss-requ...@nongnu.org > wrote: > >> On 10/09/2015 8:58 AM, Maximilian H. wrote: >>> Hello, >>> >>> I was looking into what parts would need change to save and restore the >>

Re: [Qemu-discuss] Qemu-system-sparc: What would I need to change to add functionality to save the nvram content between boots ?

2015-09-13 Thread Bodo Eggert
On Sun, 13 Sep 2015, Mark Cave-Ayland wrote: > On 11/09/15 19:01, Programmingkid wrote: > > Mark, do you think it is possible for a QEMU command line option to > > actually load the > > saved OpenBIOS settings from a file and restore them into memory? I'm > > thinking something > > along the lines

Re: [Qemu-discuss] Qemu-system-sparc: What would I need to change to add functionality to save the nvram content between boots ?

2015-09-13 Thread Programmingkid
On Sep 13, 2015, at 5:50 PM, Bodo Eggert wrote: > On Sun, 13 Sep 2015, Mark Cave-Ayland wrote: >> On 11/09/15 19:01, Programmingkid wrote: > >>> Mark, do you think it is possible for a QEMU command line option to >>> actually load the >>> saved OpenBIOS settings from a file and restore them into

Re: [Qemu-discuss] Qemu-system-sparc: What would I need to change to add functionality to save the nvram content between boots ?

2015-09-13 Thread Bodo Eggert
On Sun, 13 Sep 2015, Programmingkid wrote: > On Sep 13, 2015, at 5:50 PM, Bodo Eggert wrote: > > On Sun, 13 Sep 2015, Mark Cave-Ayland wrote: > >> On 11/09/15 19:01, Programmingkid wrote: > >>> Mark, do you think it is possible for a QEMU command line option to > >>> actually load the > >>> saved

Re: [Qemu-discuss] Qemu-system-sparc: What would I need to change to add functionality to save the nvram content between boots ?

2015-09-13 Thread Programmingkid
On Sep 13, 2015, at 7:20 PM, Bodo Eggert wrote: > On Sun, 13 Sep 2015, Programmingkid wrote: >> On Sep 13, 2015, at 5:50 PM, Bodo Eggert wrote: >>> On Sun, 13 Sep 2015, Mark Cave-Ayland wrote: On 11/09/15 19:01, Programmingkid wrote: > > Mark, do you think it is possible for a QEMU comm

Re: [Qemu-discuss] Qemu-system-sparc: What would I need to change to add functionality to save the nvram content between boots ?

2015-09-14 Thread Peter Maydell
On 14 September 2015 at 00:25, Programmingkid wrote: > > On Sep 13, 2015, at 7:20 PM, Bodo Eggert wrote: > >> On Sun, 13 Sep 2015, Programmingkid wrote: >>> On Sep 13, 2015, at 5:50 PM, Bodo Eggert wrote: On Sun, 13 Sep 2015, Mark Cave-Ayland wrote: > On 11/09/15 19:01, Programmingkid wro

Re: [Qemu-discuss] Qemu-system-sparc: What would I need to change to add functionality to save the nvram content between boots ?

2015-09-14 Thread Jakob Bohm
On 14/09/2015 11:33, Peter Maydell wrote: On 14 September 2015 at 00:25, Programmingkid wrote: On Sep 13, 2015, at 7:20 PM, Bodo Eggert wrote: On Sun, 13 Sep 2015, Programmingkid wrote: On Sep 13, 2015, at 5:50 PM, Bodo Eggert wrote: On Sun, 13 Sep 2015, Mark Cave-Ayland wrote: On 11/09/15

Re: [Qemu-discuss] Qemu-system-sparc: What would I need to change to add functionality to save the nvram content between boots ?

2015-09-14 Thread Peter Maydell
On 14 September 2015 at 15:44, Jakob Bohm wrote: > On 14/09/2015 11:33, Peter Maydell wrote: >> Rather than reinventing the wheel I suggest looking at how QEMU >> already supports file-backed ROMs for other platforms... > > Note that this is about *writable* persistent memory, > such as the non-ti

Re: [Qemu-discuss] Qemu-system-sparc: What would I need to change to add functionality to save the nvram content between boots ?

2015-09-14 Thread Jakob Bohm
On 14/09/2015 16:49, Peter Maydell wrote: On 14 September 2015 at 15:44, Jakob Bohm wrote: On 14/09/2015 11:33, Peter Maydell wrote: Rather than reinventing the wheel I suggest looking at how QEMU already supports file-backed ROMs for other platforms... Note that this is about *writable* per

Re: [Qemu-discuss] Qemu-system-sparc: What would I need to change to add functionality to save the nvram content between boots ?

2015-09-17 Thread Maximilian H.
Hello Everybody, thank you for all your msgs and insights - I only saw them yesterday because the spam filter was a bit overly excited. Yes, I am using the original sun OBP because I wanted graphical output with openwin on the emulated CG3 framebuffer. The openbios firmware outputs in 1024x800 I