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Date:      Mon, 9 Jul 2018 14:00:06 -0700
From:      Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org>
To:        Jason Bacon <bacon4000@gmail.com>, John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>, freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: QEMU
Message-ID:  <5e43417f-8797-c52f-363c-9670cd1f5947@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <d21e6019-246e-089b-b220-5247c96309a5@gmail.com>
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On 07/09/18 13:39, Jason Bacon wrote:
> On 07/09/18 14:17, John Baldwin wrote:
>> On 7/9/18 11:55 AM, Jason Bacon wrote:
>>> Anyone running on qemu lately?
>>>
>>> I've tried following the "recipe": https://wiki.freebsd.org/QemuRecipes
>>> and tried using aqemu.
>>>
>>> 11.2-RELEASE hangs during boot from the ISO.
>>>
>>> 11.1 makes it to the install screen, but does not accept keyboard 
>>> input.
>>>
>>> Hoping to fix ppc issues in some of the ports I maintain and I don't
>>> have any ppc hardware at the moment.
>> It's been a while since I tried those (I put the recipes up), and IIRC
>> I was only ever able to boot powerpc64 under qemu, never 32-bit.
>>
> Just noticed that the keyboard works during initial boot (I can hit 
> enter to cancel the countdown after loading the kernel), but
> after successfully starting services and launching the installer, 
> there is no response.
>
> "Scanning USB" shows a USB keyboard and mouse and "no console 
> specified using screen & keyboard".
>
> Adding -usb and/or -device usb-kbd don't seem to help.
>
> How about PearPC?
>

Maybe a USB problem? If you run with -nographic with qemu-system-ppc64, 
it will work reliably. Other modes are less well-tested.
-Nathan


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