From owner-freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Mon Dec 7 23:55:09 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-sparc64@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4492C9D3650 for ; Mon, 7 Dec 2015 23:55:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mark.cave-ayland@ilande.co.uk) Received: from mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (mailman.ysv.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::50:5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E5E11EC4 for ; Mon, 7 Dec 2015 23:55:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mark.cave-ayland@ilande.co.uk) Received: by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) id 2BB679D364F; Mon, 7 Dec 2015 23:55:09 +0000 (UTC) Delivered-To: sparc64@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2B6399D364E for ; Mon, 7 Dec 2015 23:55:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mark.cave-ayland@ilande.co.uk) Received: from s16892447.onlinehome-server.info (s16892447.onlinehome-server.info [82.165.15.123]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E438B1EC0 for ; Mon, 7 Dec 2015 23:55:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mark.cave-ayland@ilande.co.uk) Received: from host86-163-13-252.range86-163.btcentralplus.com ([86.163.13.252] helo=[192.168.1.65]) by s16892447.onlinehome-server.info with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1a65Iq-0003If-3m; Mon, 07 Dec 2015 23:34:45 +0000 To: Warner Losh , sparc64@freebsd.org References: From: Mark Cave-Ayland X-Enigmail-Draft-Status: N1110 Message-ID: <56661786.6080406@ilande.co.uk> Date: Mon, 7 Dec 2015 23:34:30 +0000 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Icedove/38.4.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 86.163.13.252 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: mark.cave-ayland@ilande.co.uk X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on s16892447.onlinehome-server.info X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.9 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00, URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 Subject: Re: Current state of QEMU and FreeSBD/sparc64 X-SA-Exim-Version: 4.2.1 (built Sun, 08 Jan 2012 02:45:44 +0000) X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes (on s16892447.onlinehome-server.info) X-BeenThere: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Sparc List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 07 Dec 2015 23:55:09 -0000 On 07/12/15 20:26, Warner Losh wrote: > So what's the current state of QEMU and running FreeBSD/sparc64 in system > mode? > > I'm working on a bunch of simple config files for NanoBSD to be able to > generate VM images that qemu (and maybe others, haven't decided) can run > without needing to do an install first. I saw a long thread here from > September that seemed to fix a lot of the issues. Have they been integrated > into the respective trees yet? > > Thanks for any help you can offer > > Warner Hi Warner, My last set of updates were posted in November (see https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-sparc64/2015-November/009750.html) and although QEMU 2.5 is currently in freeze, I've pushed my branch to github at https://github.com/mcayland/qemu.git (branch freebsd-sparc64) for others interested to take a look. I'd say that getting the emulation working in -nographic mode is tantalisingly close and any pointers in the right direction are always gratefully received :) ATB, Mark.