Re: [Qemu-ppc] [Qemu-devel] [PPC64] P5020DS: Booting from img possible (-drive)?

[Thomas Huth]

Am Sat, 19 May 2018 16:03:02 +0200
schrieb Christian Zigotzky <address@hidden>:

> On 19 May 2018 at 08:15AM, Thomas Huth wrote:
> > On 19.05.2018 06:58, Christian Zigotzky wrote:  
> >> Thomas wrote:
> >>  
> >>> No clue, so just a blind guess: Is "CoreNet Generic" the right
> >>> machine? What happens if you set "CONFIG_CORENET_GENERIC=n" in
> >>> your kernel config?  
> >> I think it‘s the right machine.  
> > It's likely the right selection for the real hardware, but it's
> > maybe the wrong machine type for the QEMU ppce500 machine.
> >
> >   Thomas
> >  
> Hello Thomas,
> 
> Thanks for your reply. I compiled the RC5 of kernel 4.17 without
> corenet generic support today. ubuntu MATE 16.04 LTS PowerPC
> boots!!!!!!!!!

Cool! :-)

> With the following command I can boot it with a VirtIO graphics cards.
> 
> qemu-system-ppc64 -M ppce500 -cpu e5500 -m 2048 -kernel 
> /home/christian/Downloads/uImage-4.17-without_corenet -drive 
> file=/home/christian/Dokumente/ubuntu_MATE_16.04.3_LTS_PowerPC_QEMU/ubuntu_MATE_16.04_PowerPC.img,index=0,if=virtio
>  
> -net nic,vlan=0,model=e1000 -net user,vlan=0 -append "rw
> root=/dev/vda3" -device virtio-vga

Note that "vlan=0" won't work with the next version (2.13) of QEMU
anymore. But since that's the default, you can simply omit that
"vlan=0" in both -net options. Or if you are using the latest and
greatest QEMU v2.12 already, you can also use "-nic user,model=e1000"
instead.

> Unfortunately mouse and keyboard doesn't work in the virtual machine.

I guess with the ppce500 machine, you've also got to specify them
manually, too. You've got two options, virtio and USB. For virtio, try:

 -device virtio-mouse-pci -device virtio-keyboard-pci

And for USB, try something like:

 -device qemu-xhci -device usb-mouse -device usb-kbd

If "qemu-xhci" does not work, you could also try "pci-ohci" instead.

 HTH,
  Thomas