Re: Create Solaris 10/64bit Sparc VM using qemu-system-sparc64

[Artyom Tarasenko]

On Tue, Feb 2, 2021 at 6:57 PM Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <f4bug@amsat.org> wrote:
>
> Cc'ing Mark & Artyom.
>
> On 2/2/21 5:35 PM, Gong, Zaiwen wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> >
> > I have successfully installed a Solaris 9/32bit Sparc VM
> > using qemu-system-sparc.
> >
> >
> > Now I am trying to install a Solaris 10/64bit Sparc VM
> > using qemu-system-sparc64.
> >
> >
> > I tried with QEMU emulator version 4.2.0 and 5.2.0
> > (https://www.qemu.org/download/#source
> > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.qemu.org/download/*source__;Iw!!GqivPVa7Brio!P6lKC4vRM8-zlCPVP7_AyG4qRKR2asQn-RjfAeAg-Hdkw4_AM1CDYW8IveplJrpLWg$>),
> >  but unfortunately,
> > I did not succeed in starting installation of Solaris 10 using QEMU.
> >
> >
> > When I tried to boot the Solaris 10/64bit Sparc iso with this command:
> >
> >
> > #qemu-system-sparc64 -m 3G -hda sparc10.img -cdrom
> > sol-10-u10-ga2-sparc-dvd.iso -prom-env 'auto-boot?=false'
> >
> >
> >
> > I can't type anything in this console:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >  Can anyone confirm if Solaris 10/64bit Sparc is working
> > with qemu-system-sparc64?  If not, what's the option to create a Solaris
> > 10/64bit Sparc VM?

In the upstream QEMU it's currently only possible with niagara (sun4v) target.
The instructions here:
https://tyom.blogspot.com/2016/10/qemu-sun4vniagara-target-went-public.html
with a small update here:
https://tyom.blogspot.com/2016/11/sun4v-emulation-update.html

shall still be valid.

Regards,
Artyom