Re: [U-Boot] [ppc] qemu-ppce500 howto

2014-05-25 Thread Alexander Graf


On 24.05.14 09:23, Alon Bar-Lev wrote:

On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 12:04 PM, Alexander Graf ag...@suse.de wrote:


On 22.05.14 09:52, Alon Bar-Lev wrote:

Hi,

Trying to run the qemu-ppce500 within qemu. I am using -bios u-boot.bin and no 
luck, I get live signal.

I am using latest u-boot master and qemu master.

Command:
$ ./qemu-system-ppc -M ppce500 -nographic -bios u-boot.bin

Tried to load u-boot as well, same.


Yes, that command should work with the right patches :). Unfortunately they are 
not in master yet, but instead waiting in my queue:

   https://github.com/agraf/qemu

Please give things a try with the ppc-next branch in there. That should get 
things working for you.


WORKING! thanks!

Is there any support for flush and/or mtd for this target (-drive
if=pflash, -mtdblock)?


I haven't implemented pflash yet, sorry. Do you need the flash device 
for configuration storage or as backing storage for your kernel?



Alex

___
U-Boot mailing list
U-Boot@lists.denx.de
http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot


Re: [U-Boot] [ppc] qemu-ppce500 howto

2014-05-25 Thread Alexander Graf

On 25.05.2014, at 13:10, Alon Bar-Lev alon.bar...@gmail.com wrote:

 On Sun, May 25, 2014 at 1:08 PM, Alexander Graf ag...@suse.de wrote:
 
 
 On 24.05.14 09:23, Alon Bar-Lev wrote:
 
 On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 12:04 PM, Alexander Graf ag...@suse.de wrote:
 
 
 On 22.05.14 09:52, Alon Bar-Lev wrote:
 
 Hi,
 
 Trying to run the qemu-ppce500 within qemu. I am using -bios u-boot.bin 
 and no luck, I get live signal.
 
 I am using latest u-boot master and qemu master.
 
 Command:
 $ ./qemu-system-ppc -M ppce500 -nographic -bios u-boot.bin
 
 Tried to load u-boot as well, same.
 
 
 Yes, that command should work with the right patches :). Unfortunately 
 they are not in master yet, but instead waiting in my queue:
 
   https://github.com/agraf/qemu
 
 Please give things a try with the ppc-next branch in there. That should 
 get things working for you.
 
 WORKING! thanks!
 
 Is there any support for flush and/or mtd for this target (-drive
 if=pflash, -mtdblock)?
 
 
 I haven't implemented pflash yet, sorry. Do you need the flash device for 
 configuration storage or as backing storage for your kernel?
 
 
 Well, I wish both... :)
 
 boot qemu as if it were a target
 
 1. put u-boot on pflash, and boot from it.
 2. have backing storage for kernel (can be mtd).
 3. have data partition (can be mtd).
 
 we can skip (1) as -bios is good enough... but for (2), (3) I do not

For (2) you can use the -kernel option. It should make the payload's physical 
address available through an environment variable. If it's a uImage, it will 
get loaded automatically.
For (3) you can use all the emulated block storage options QEMU provides, such 
as virtio-pci or ahci.

 see solution but have either mtd or other block device support... is
 that possible?

It's definitely possible, yes :). I simply didn't implement any mtd device 
emulation so far in the QEMU machine model. But patches are definitely welcome!


Alex

___
U-Boot mailing list
U-Boot@lists.denx.de
http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot


Re: [U-Boot] [ppc] qemu-ppce500 howto

2014-05-25 Thread Alon Bar-Lev
On Sun, May 25, 2014 at 1:08 PM, Alexander Graf ag...@suse.de wrote:


 On 24.05.14 09:23, Alon Bar-Lev wrote:

 On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 12:04 PM, Alexander Graf ag...@suse.de wrote:


 On 22.05.14 09:52, Alon Bar-Lev wrote:

 Hi,

 Trying to run the qemu-ppce500 within qemu. I am using -bios u-boot.bin 
 and no luck, I get live signal.

 I am using latest u-boot master and qemu master.

 Command:
 $ ./qemu-system-ppc -M ppce500 -nographic -bios u-boot.bin

 Tried to load u-boot as well, same.


 Yes, that command should work with the right patches :). Unfortunately they 
 are not in master yet, but instead waiting in my queue:

https://github.com/agraf/qemu

 Please give things a try with the ppc-next branch in there. That should get 
 things working for you.

 WORKING! thanks!

 Is there any support for flush and/or mtd for this target (-drive
 if=pflash, -mtdblock)?


 I haven't implemented pflash yet, sorry. Do you need the flash device for 
 configuration storage or as backing storage for your kernel?


Well, I wish both... :)

boot qemu as if it were a target

1. put u-boot on pflash, and boot from it.
2. have backing storage for kernel (can be mtd).
3. have data partition (can be mtd).

we can skip (1) as -bios is good enough... but for (2), (3) I do not
see solution but have either mtd or other block device support... is
that possible?


 Alex

___
U-Boot mailing list
U-Boot@lists.denx.de
http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot


Re: [U-Boot] [ppc] qemu-ppce500 howto

2014-05-25 Thread Alon Bar-Lev
On Sun, May 25, 2014 at 2:16 PM, Alexander Graf ag...@suse.de wrote:

 On 25.05.2014, at 13:10, Alon Bar-Lev alon.bar...@gmail.com wrote:

 On Sun, May 25, 2014 at 1:08 PM, Alexander Graf ag...@suse.de wrote:


 On 24.05.14 09:23, Alon Bar-Lev wrote:

 On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 12:04 PM, Alexander Graf ag...@suse.de wrote:


 On 22.05.14 09:52, Alon Bar-Lev wrote:

 Hi,

 Trying to run the qemu-ppce500 within qemu. I am using -bios u-boot.bin 
 and no luck, I get live signal.

 I am using latest u-boot master and qemu master.

 Command:
 $ ./qemu-system-ppc -M ppce500 -nographic -bios u-boot.bin

 Tried to load u-boot as well, same.


 Yes, that command should work with the right patches :). Unfortunately 
 they are not in master yet, but instead waiting in my queue:

   https://github.com/agraf/qemu

 Please give things a try with the ppc-next branch in there. That should 
 get things working for you.

 WORKING! thanks!

 Is there any support for flush and/or mtd for this target (-drive
 if=pflash, -mtdblock)?


 I haven't implemented pflash yet, sorry. Do you need the flash device for 
 configuration storage or as backing storage for your kernel?


 Well, I wish both... :)

 boot qemu as if it were a target

 1. put u-boot on pflash, and boot from it.
 2. have backing storage for kernel (can be mtd).
 3. have data partition (can be mtd).

 we can skip (1) as -bios is good enough... but for (2), (3) I do not

 For (2) you can use the -kernel option. It should make the payload's physical 
 address available through an environment variable. If it's a uImage, it will 
 get loaded automatically.
 For (3) you can use all the emulated block storage options QEMU provides, 
 such as virtio-pci or ahci.


ahci works, thanks I did not know this notation is possible:

qemu  \
 -device ahci,id=ahci0 \
 -drive  if=none,file=/tmp/img1,format=raw,id=drive-sata0-0-0 \
 -device ide-drive,bus=ahci0.0,drive=drive-sata0-0-0,id=sata0-0-0

Now I see mass storage device on pci bus.

Thanks for the reference!

Now, I am almost sure we are missing commands within the u-boot
configuration to allow accessing the ide/scsi, fsinfo and friends.

 see solution but have either mtd or other block device support... is
 that possible?

 It's definitely possible, yes :). I simply didn't implement any mtd device 
 emulation so far in the QEMU machine model. But patches are definitely 
 welcome!


I would have glad to... However, unfortunately, I am not at that level... :(

Thanks!
Alon
___
U-Boot mailing list
U-Boot@lists.denx.de
http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot


Re: [U-Boot] [ppc] qemu-ppce500 howto

2014-05-25 Thread Alexander Graf

On 25.05.2014, at 13:33, Alon Bar-Lev alon.bar...@gmail.com wrote:

 On Sun, May 25, 2014 at 2:16 PM, Alexander Graf ag...@suse.de wrote:
 
 On 25.05.2014, at 13:10, Alon Bar-Lev alon.bar...@gmail.com wrote:
 
 On Sun, May 25, 2014 at 1:08 PM, Alexander Graf ag...@suse.de wrote:
 
 
 On 24.05.14 09:23, Alon Bar-Lev wrote:
 
 On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 12:04 PM, Alexander Graf ag...@suse.de wrote:
 
 
 On 22.05.14 09:52, Alon Bar-Lev wrote:
 
 Hi,
 
 Trying to run the qemu-ppce500 within qemu. I am using -bios u-boot.bin 
 and no luck, I get live signal.
 
 I am using latest u-boot master and qemu master.
 
 Command:
 $ ./qemu-system-ppc -M ppce500 -nographic -bios u-boot.bin
 
 Tried to load u-boot as well, same.
 
 
 Yes, that command should work with the right patches :). Unfortunately 
 they are not in master yet, but instead waiting in my queue:
 
  https://github.com/agraf/qemu
 
 Please give things a try with the ppc-next branch in there. That should 
 get things working for you.
 
 WORKING! thanks!
 
 Is there any support for flush and/or mtd for this target (-drive
 if=pflash, -mtdblock)?
 
 
 I haven't implemented pflash yet, sorry. Do you need the flash device for 
 configuration storage or as backing storage for your kernel?
 
 
 Well, I wish both... :)
 
 boot qemu as if it were a target
 
 1. put u-boot on pflash, and boot from it.
 2. have backing storage for kernel (can be mtd).
 3. have data partition (can be mtd).
 
 we can skip (1) as -bios is good enough... but for (2), (3) I do not
 
 For (2) you can use the -kernel option. It should make the payload's 
 physical address available through an environment variable. If it's a 
 uImage, it will get loaded automatically.
 For (3) you can use all the emulated block storage options QEMU provides, 
 such as virtio-pci or ahci.
 
 
 ahci works, thanks I did not know this notation is possible:
 
 qemu  \
 -device ahci,id=ahci0 \
 -drive  if=none,file=/tmp/img1,format=raw,id=drive-sata0-0-0 \
 -device ide-drive,bus=ahci0.0,drive=drive-sata0-0-0,id=sata0-0-0
 
 Now I see mass storage device on pci bus.
 
 Thanks for the reference!
 
 Now, I am almost sure we are missing commands within the u-boot
 configuration to allow accessing the ide/scsi, fsinfo and friends.

Yes, the only device that I managed to get working was the emulated e1000 
adapter. There are no virtio drivers in u-boot and the AHCI driver didn't 
compile for me :).

 
 see solution but have either mtd or other block device support... is
 that possible?
 
 It's definitely possible, yes :). I simply didn't implement any mtd device 
 emulation so far in the QEMU machine model. But patches are definitely 
 welcome!
 
 
 I would have glad to... However, unfortunately, I am not at that level... :(

I'll put it on my todo list, but don't expect me to get around to it very soon 
:)


Alex

___
U-Boot mailing list
U-Boot@lists.denx.de
http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot


Re: [U-Boot] [ppc] qemu-ppce500 howto

2014-05-24 Thread Alon Bar-Lev
On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 12:04 PM, Alexander Graf ag...@suse.de wrote:


 On 22.05.14 09:52, Alon Bar-Lev wrote:

 Hi,

 Trying to run the qemu-ppce500 within qemu. I am using -bios u-boot.bin and 
 no luck, I get live signal.

 I am using latest u-boot master and qemu master.

 Command:
 $ ./qemu-system-ppc -M ppce500 -nographic -bios u-boot.bin

 Tried to load u-boot as well, same.


 Yes, that command should work with the right patches :). Unfortunately they 
 are not in master yet, but instead waiting in my queue:

   https://github.com/agraf/qemu

 Please give things a try with the ppc-next branch in there. That should get 
 things working for you.


WORKING! thanks!

Is there any support for flush and/or mtd for this target (-drive
if=pflash, -mtdblock)?

 If you also want to run this using KVM, please keep in mind that you need a 
 few extra patches that are in my kvm-ppc-queue branch as well.


 Alex

___
U-Boot mailing list
U-Boot@lists.denx.de
http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot


Re: [U-Boot] [ppc] qemu-ppce500 howto

2014-05-22 Thread Alexander Graf


On 22.05.14 09:52, Alon Bar-Lev wrote:

Hi,

Trying to run the qemu-ppce500 within qemu. I am using -bios 
u-boot.bin and no luck, I get live signal.


I am using latest u-boot master and qemu master.

Command:
$ ./qemu-system-ppc -M ppce500 -nographic -bios u-boot.bin

Tried to load u-boot as well, same.


Yes, that command should work with the right patches :). Unfortunately 
they are not in master yet, but instead waiting in my queue:


  https://github.com/agraf/qemu

Please give things a try with the ppc-next branch in there. That should 
get things working for you.


If you also want to run this using KVM, please keep in mind that you 
need a few extra patches that are in my kvm-ppc-queue branch as well.



Alex

___
U-Boot mailing list
U-Boot@lists.denx.de
http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot


[U-Boot] [ppc] qemu-ppce500 howto

2014-05-22 Thread Alon Bar-Lev
Hi,

Trying to run the qemu-ppce500 within qemu. I am using -bios u-boot.bin and
no luck, I get live signal.

I am using latest u-boot master and qemu master.

Command:
$ ./qemu-system-ppc -M ppce500 -nographic -bios u-boot.bin

Tried to load u-boot as well, same.

Are there any patches pending or any tweak that should be done?

Is there any way to provide more information?

I tried:
$ ./qemu-system-ppc -M ppce500 -nographic -M ppce500 -m 256 -s -S
$ gdb
(gdb) target remote :1234
Remote debugging using :1234
warning: Can not parse XML target description; XML support was disabled at
compile time
0x in ?? ()
(gdb) load u-boot
Loading section .bootpg, size 0x2f4 lma 0xf0
Load failed

How can I inject the firmware using gdb?

Thanks!
Alon Bar-Lev
___
U-Boot mailing list
U-Boot@lists.denx.de
http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot