qemu discuss - Nov 2007 - OpenSolaris for sparc in qemu on linux x64

Hi,

i want to port an open-source project to sparc. I just downloaded OpenSolaris
(sol-nv-b75-sparc-...iso), created an empty image for the hard disk, and tried
to start qemu in a linux x64bit-host:

qemu-system-sparc -hda test.img -cdrom sol-nv-b75-sparc-v1.iso -boot d
-nographic

The output says: 

Nvram id QEMU_BIOS, version 1
CPUs: 1
nvram error detected, zapping pram
Welcome to OpenBIOS v1.0RC1 built on Sep 21 2006 18:03
  Type ''help'' for detailed information
Nvram id QEMU_BIOS, version 1
CPUs: 1
nvram error detected, zapping pram
Welcome to OpenBIOS v1.0RC1 built on Sep 21 2006 18:03
  Type ''help'' for detailed information

[sparc] Booting file ''cdrom'' without 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...
This hardware platform is not supported by this release of Solaris.
halt, power off

Is there any way to get this running?

Thanks
Christoph
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---- Christoph Rupp <chr1701 at yahoo.com> wrote: 
> Hi,
> 
> i want to port an open-source project to sparc. I just downloaded
OpenSolaris (sol-nv-b75-sparc-...iso), created an empty image for the hard disk,
and tried to start qemu in a linux x64bit-host:
> 
> qemu-system-sparc -hda test.img -cdrom sol-nv-b75-sparc-v1.iso -boot d
-nographic
> 
> The output says: 
> 
> Nvram id QEMU_BIOS, version 1
> CPUs: 1
> nvram error detected, zapping pram
> Welcome to OpenBIOS v1.0RC1 built on Sep 21 2006 18:03
>   Type ''help'' for detailed information
> Nvram id QEMU_BIOS, version 1
> CPUs: 1
> nvram error detected, zapping pram
> Welcome to OpenBIOS v1.0RC1 built on Sep 21 2006 18:03
>   Type ''help'' for detailed information
> 
> [sparc] Booting file ''cdrom'' without 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...
> This hardware platform is not supported by this release of Solaris.
> halt, power off
> 
> Is there any way to get this running?
probably not.  the solaris sparc guest of QEMU is probably 90% there,
but the forth code in the openbios code doesn''t properly handle the
device redirection (IIRC the posting regarding this subject) which
causes the error you see.

Ben

Ben Taylor wrote:
> ---- Christoph Rupp <chr1701 at yahoo.com> wrote: 
>   
>> Hi,
>>
>> i want to port an open-source project to sparc. I just downloaded
OpenSolaris (sol-nv-b75-sparc-...iso), created an empty image for the hard disk,
and tried to start qemu in a linux x64bit-host:
>>
>> qemu-system-sparc -hda test.img -cdrom sol-nv-b75-sparc-v1.iso -boot d
-nographic
>>
>> The output says: 
>>
>> Nvram id QEMU_BIOS, version 1
>> CPUs: 1
>> nvram error detected, zapping pram
>> Welcome to OpenBIOS v1.0RC1 built on Sep 21 2006 18:03
>>   Type ''help'' for detailed information
>> Nvram id QEMU_BIOS, version 1
>> CPUs: 1
>> nvram error detected, zapping pram
>> Welcome to OpenBIOS v1.0RC1 built on Sep 21 2006 18:03
>>   Type ''help'' for detailed information
>>
>> [sparc] Booting file ''cdrom'' without 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...
>> This hardware platform is not supported by this release of Solaris.
>> halt, power off
>>
>> Is there any way to get this running?
>>     
>
> probably not.  the solaris sparc guest of QEMU is probably 90% there,
> but the forth code in the openbios code doesn''t properly handle
the
> device redirection (IIRC the posting regarding this subject) which
> causes the error you see.
>
> Ben
>   

Yup.
And in terms of the 64bit sparcv9 kernel, that he is attempting to boot, 
it may even be far less than those 90%.
You cannot alternatively boot into a 32bit SPARC kernel anymore, as it 
got EOL in one of the early internal Solaris10 Beta builds (circa mid 2003).

%martin

p.s. Go and ebay a cheap used Sun Ultra workstation. If it is a small 
one-time project take a Ultra 5, 10, 30, 60 or SB100/150. If it is 
something bigger, then take a Ultra 80, Sun Blade 1000 or Sun Blade 2000.

>> p.s. Go and ebay a cheap used Sun Ultra workstation. If it is a small
>> one-time project take a Ultra 5, 10, 30, 60 or SB100/150. If it is
>> something bigger, then take a Ultra 80, Sun Blade 1000 or Sun Blade
2000.
i think my wife would kill me ;)

anyway, thanks to both of you for the replies, even if they were a bit
discouraging. since this is an open-source project, i''m not really
willing to invest money. I''ll try to find another solution.

regards
Chris
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