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Comment 3 for bug 1260555

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Peter Bartoli (peterbartoli) wrote on 2013-12-24: Re: [Qemu-devel] [Bug 1260555] [NEW] qemu-system-sparc UI doesn't work with Cocoa and Sun ROM

On Dec 23, 2013, at 3:50 PM, Peter Maydell <email address hidden> wrote:
> On 13 December 2013 01:04, Peter Bartoli <email address hidden> wrote:
>> Public bug reported:
>>
>>
>> The 32-bit SPARC emulator's TCX emulation seems to work with
>> OpenBIOS, but doesn't work with a SparcStation ROM on Cocoa
>
> This is actually two separate issues.
>
> (1) This SS-5 ROM doesn't boot on QEMU. You can see this if
> you try it on a Linux host : the display stays black.
>
> (2) The Cocoa UI frontend doesn't black the screen on startup
> (or on resize) the way the SDL frontend does, so if the guest
> hasn't tried to display anything to the screen post-resize you
> get the old garbage of the window decoration displayed.
>
> We should probably fix (2), though it's only a cosmetic issue
> and you won't even see it if you have a functioning guest.
> I expect you care more about (1) and you'll do better with a
> bug report that's clear that it's a generic SPARC guest issue.
>
> thanks
> -- PMM
>
>
> ** Summary changed:
>
> - qemu-system-sparc UI doesn't work with Cocoa and Sun ROM
> + SS-5 emulation doesn't work with Sun boot ROM
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug
> report.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1260555
>
> Title:
> SS-5 emulation doesn't work with Sun boot ROM
>
> Status in QEMU:
> New
>
> Bug description:
>
> The 32-bit SPARC emulator's TCX emulation seems to work with OpenBIOS, but doesn't work with a SparcStation ROM on Cocoa. Screenshot attached. Using version 1.7.0 on Mac OS X 10.9 via MacPorts and compiled directly from source, though this problem has carried over from Mac OS X 10.8 and many earlier versions of Qemu.
>
> The following is my Qemu command:
>
> sudo qemu-system-sparc -m 256 -M SS-5 -bios /home/img/ROMs/sun/ss5-170.bin \
> -g 1024x768x24 \
> -drive file=/home/doc/VMs/slagheap/sd0.raw,if=scsi,bus=0,unit=3 \
> -drive file=/home/doc/VMs/slagheap/sd1.raw,if=scsi,bus=0,unit=1 \
> -drive file=/home/doc/VMs/slagheap/sd2.raw,if=scsi,bus=0,unit=2 \
> -net nic,macaddr=DE:EE:DD:FF:EE:DD,model=lance \
> -net tap,ifname=tap0,script=/home/doc/VMs/slagheap/ifup,downscript=/home/doc/VMs/slagheap/ifdown
>
> Note: also can't compile Qemu w/ SDL support from MacPorts on Mac OS
> X, and config.log is not helpful to figure out why, but this is
> another issue.
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/1260555/+subscriptions

Please accept my apology if I'm missing something, but I don't understand what you mean by #1; this ROM actually *does* boot on QEMU. Just not without the "-nographic" option.

-peter

On Dec 23, 2013, at 3:50 PM, Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org> wrote:
> On 13 December 2013 01:04, Peter Bartoli <peter@bartoli.org> wrote:
>> Public bug reported:
>> 
>> 
>> The 32-bit SPARC emulator's TCX emulation seems to work with
>> OpenBIOS, but doesn't work with a SparcStation ROM on Cocoa
> 
> This is actually two separate issues.
> 
> (1) This SS-5 ROM doesn't boot on QEMU. You can see this if
> you try it on a Linux host : the display stays black.
> 
> (2) The Cocoa UI frontend doesn't black the screen on startup
> (or on resize) the way the SDL frontend does, so if the guest
> hasn't tried to display anything to the screen post-resize you
> get the old garbage of the window decoration displayed.
> 
> We should probably fix (2), though it's only a cosmetic issue
> and you won't even see it if you have a functioning guest.
> I expect you care more about (1) and you'll do better with a
> bug report that's clear that it's a generic SPARC guest issue.
> 
> thanks
> -- PMM
> 
> 
> ** Summary changed:
> 
> - qemu-system-sparc UI doesn't work with Cocoa and Sun ROM
> + SS-5 emulation doesn't work with Sun boot ROM
> 
> -- 
> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug
> report.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1260555
> 
> Title:
>  SS-5 emulation doesn't work with Sun boot ROM
> 
> Status in QEMU:
>  New
> 
> Bug description:
> 
>  The 32-bit SPARC emulator's TCX emulation seems to work with OpenBIOS, but doesn't work with a SparcStation ROM on Cocoa.  Screenshot attached.  Using version 1.7.0 on Mac OS X 10.9 via MacPorts and compiled directly from source, though this problem has carried over from Mac OS X 10.8 and many earlier versions of Qemu.
> 
>  The following is my Qemu command:
> 
>  sudo qemu-system-sparc -m 256 -M SS-5 -bios /home/img/ROMs/sun/ss5-170.bin \
>    -g 1024x768x24 \
>    -drive file=/home/doc/VMs/slagheap/sd0.raw,if=scsi,bus=0,unit=3 \
>    -drive file=/home/doc/VMs/slagheap/sd1.raw,if=scsi,bus=0,unit=1 \
>    -drive file=/home/doc/VMs/slagheap/sd2.raw,if=scsi,bus=0,unit=2 \
>    -net nic,macaddr=DE:EE:DD:FF:EE:DD,model=lance \
>    -net tap,ifname=tap0,script=/home/doc/VMs/slagheap/ifup,downscript=/home/doc/VMs/slagheap/ifdown
> 
>  Note: also can't compile Qemu w/ SDL support from MacPorts on Mac OS
>  X, and config.log is not helpful to figure out why, but this is
>  another issue.
> 
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/1260555/+subscriptions

Please accept my apology if I'm missing something, but I don't understand what you mean by #1; this ROM actually *does* boot on QEMU.  Just not without the "-nographic" option.

-peter