Running OpenBMC in qemu

[Rick Altherr]

FWIW, without -nographic, the default is to start a VNC server for the
graphics output.

On Tue, Apr 18, 2017 at 12:46 PM, Maxim Sloyko <maxims at google.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Apr 18, 2017 at 10:01 AM, Maxim Sloyko <maxims at google.com> wrote:
> > On Mon, Apr 17, 2017 at 5:56 PM, Robi Buranyi <rburanyi at google.com>
> wrote:
> >> why does it have to be qemuarm exactly? You can equally run
> qemux86(-64),
> >> and shall see no difference in test results.
> >
> > Well, I guess it does not *have* to be qemuarm, but last time I tried
> > it, it worked, that's why I was running qemuarm. I was also under the
> > impression that we are trying to support it.
> >
> > If it's broken beyond repair though, it's fine by me.
> >
> >>
> >> so what has been working for me all the time [and still works with a
> >> relatively recent gbmc checkout]
> >> - build for machine qeumux86-64
> >> - and run a console-only mode: runqemu qemux86-64 ext4
> >> qemuparams="-nographic"
>
> OK, so it turns out the problem was not arm vs x86, the problem was
> the lack of -nographic parameter.
> qemuarm image booted OK with -nographic parameter.
>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Mon, Apr 17, 2017 at 5:25 PM, Maxim Sloyko <maxims at google.com>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Hi all!
> >>>
> >>> I've ran into troubles when I was trying to run OpenBMC image in qemu.
> >>> It has been a while since I've done this, so I'm wondering if I'm
> >>> missing something.
> >>>
> >>> I build it with:
> >>>
> >>> export TEMPLATECONF=meta-phosphor/conf
> >>> source openbmc-env
> >>> MACHINE=qemuarm bitbase obmc-phosphor-image
> >>>
> >>> With v1.0-stable openbmc/openbmc branch I get this output:
> >>> http://pastebin.ca/3798183
> >>>
> >>> With the most recent version (master), I get very similar output,
> >>> except that the error is now:
> >>>
> >>> VNC server running on ::1:5900
> >>> vpb_sic_write: Bad register offset 0x2c
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> In both cases the terminal I run this from basically just hangs.
> >>>
> >>> Am I missing something here?
> >>>
> >>> Thanks!
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Maxim Sloyko
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Maxim Sloyko
>
>
>
> --
> Maxim Sloyko
>
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