Re: [Qemu-discuss] qemu-sparc vs qemu-system-sparc

[Jakob Bohm]

To clarify:

qemu-sparc is for running a single *program* written for a SPARC CPU, 
but the
same OS as yours (in John's case Linux for SPARC).

qemu-system-sparc is for running an entire virtual *machine* containing 
an OS
for a SPARC CPU, such as a hard drive containing Solaris for SPARC or Linux
for SPARC.

Both programs are useful, but for different things.

On 17/07/2019 16:29, Mike Russo wrote:
> You are trying to virtualize SPARC on x86 so you need qemu-system-sparc. 
> qemu-sparc would be for a user-mode emulation on a SPARC processor. I've done 
> this before on CentOS 7 and it should definitely be possible to install 
> qemu-system-sparc. yum should not have a problem figuring out the dependencies 
> - make sure you're all up to date and don't have any broken packages.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Chludzinski <address@hidden<mailto:address@hidden%3e>>
> To: address@hidden<mailto:address@hidden>
> Subject: [Qemu-discuss] qemu-sparc vs qemu-system-sparc
> Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2019 17:43:46 -0400
>
>
> I installed CentOS 7.6 then installed all things QEMU on my machine. I have
> a SPARC image I need to bringing up in a VM. I've been using
> *qemu-system-sparc*.
>
> $ qemu-system-sparc -m 256 -hda solaris_v2-qemu_v2.2.0.disk -nographic -bios 
> ./openbios-sparc32
>
> This is on a box on which I have Fedora-30 installed.
>
> Can I use *qemu-sparc* to bring up my Solaris image:
>
> *solaris_v2-qemu_v2.2.0.disk* ?
>
> If so, how?
>
> BTW, *qemu-sparc* come with (on CentOS 7.6):
>
> $ sudo yum install qemu*
>
> *PS> I've tried to install qemu-system-sparc on my CentOS box but ended up
> in a never-ending whack-a-mole game of dependencies.*

Enjoy

Jakob
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