FreeBSD PPC64le QEMU

[Alex Ernst]

 I have problems installing FreeBSD PPC64le in QEMU. Tried with the
following ISO-images:

FreeBSD-13.0-RELEASE-powerpc-powerpc64le-bootonly.iso.xz
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https://download.freebsd.org/ftp/releases/powerpc/powerpc64le/ISO-IMAGES/13.0/FreeBSD-13.0-RELEASE-powerpc-powerpc64le-bootonly.iso.xz
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FreeBSD-13.0-RELEASE-powerpc-powerpc64le-disc1.iso.xz
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https://download.freebsd.org/ftp/releases/powerpc/powerpc64le/ISO-IMAGES/13.0/FreeBSD-13.0-RELEASE-powerpc-powerpc64le-disc1.iso.xz
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FreeBSD-13.0-RELEASE-powerpc-powerpc64le-dvd1.iso.xz
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https://download.freebsd.org/ftp/releases/powerpc/powerpc64le/ISO-IMAGES/13.0/FreeBSD-13.0-RELEASE-powerpc-powerpc64le-dvd1.iso.xz
>

$ qemu-system-ppc64 --accel tcg,thread=multi -smp cpus=2 -m size=1024
-cdrom FreeBSD-13.0-RELEASE-powerpc-powerpc64le-disc1.iso -boot order=d
-hda FreeBSD-13.0-RELEASE-powerpc64le.qcow2 -net
user,hostfwd=tcp::22222-:22 -net nic -nographic -vga none

QEMU Starting
 Build Date = Jul 17 2020 11:15:24
 FW Version = git-e18ddad8516ff2cf
 Press "s" to enter Open Firmware.

Populating /vdevice methods
Populating /vdevice/vty at 71000000
Populating /vdevice/nvram at 71000001
Populating /vdevice/l-lan at 71000002
Populating /vdevice/v-scsi at 71000003
       SCSI: Looking for devices
          8000000000000000 DISK     : "QEMU     QEMU HARDDISK    2.5+"
          8200000000000000 CD-ROM   : "QEMU     QEMU CD-ROM      2.5+"
Populating /pci at 800000020000000
No NVRAM common partition, re-initializing...
Scanning USB
Using default console: /vdevice/vty at 71000000



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Trying to load:  from: /vdevice/v-scsi at 71000003/disk at 8200000000000000 ...
Successfully loaded
Consoles: Open Firmware console

FreeBSD/powerpc64le Open Firmware loader, Revision 0.1
Memory: 1048576KB
Booted from: /vdevice/v-scsi at 71000003/disk at 8200000000000000

Loading /boot/defaults/loader.conf
don't know how to load module '/boot/kernel/kernel'

can't load 'kernel'

Type '?' for a list of commands, 'help' for more detailed help.

OK ls /boot/kernel/kernel
/boot/kernel/kernel

OK


Thank you,
Alex