QEMU

[Nathan Whitehorn]

On 07/09/18 13:39, Jason Bacon wrote:
> On 07/09/18 14:17, John Baldwin wrote:
>> On 7/9/18 11:55 AM, Jason Bacon wrote:
>>> Anyone running on qemu lately?
>>>
>>> I've tried following the "recipe": https://wiki.freebsd.org/QemuRecipes
>>> and tried using aqemu.
>>>
>>> 11.2-RELEASE hangs during boot from the ISO.
>>>
>>> 11.1 makes it to the install screen, but does not accept keyboard 
>>> input.
>>>
>>> Hoping to fix ppc issues in some of the ports I maintain and I don't
>>> have any ppc hardware at the moment.
>> It's been a while since I tried those (I put the recipes up), and IIRC
>> I was only ever able to boot powerpc64 under qemu, never 32-bit.
>>
> Just noticed that the keyboard works during initial boot (I can hit 
> enter to cancel the countdown after loading the kernel), but
> after successfully starting services and launching the installer, 
> there is no response.
>
> "Scanning USB" shows a USB keyboard and mouse and "no console 
> specified using screen & keyboard".
>
> Adding -usb and/or -device usb-kbd don't seem to help.
>
> How about PearPC?
>

Maybe a USB problem? If you run with -nographic with qemu-system-ppc64, 
it will work reliably. Other modes are less well-tested.
-Nathan