Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] ppc / sparc: Add a tester for checking whether OpenBIOS runs successfully

2016-06-19 Thread Richard Henderson
On 06/19/2016 08:26 AM, Artyom Tarasenko wrote: On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 3:56 PM, Mark Cave-Ayland wrote: Since the mac99 and g3beige PowerPC machines recently broke without being noticed, it would be good to have a tester for "make check" that detects such issues

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] ppc / sparc: Add a tester for checking whether OpenBIOS runs successfully

2016-06-19 Thread Artyom Tarasenko
On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 3:56 PM, Mark Cave-Ayland wrote: Since the mac99 and g3beige PowerPC machines recently broke without being noticed, it would be good to have a tester for "make check" that detects such issues immediately. A simple

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] ppc / sparc: Add a tester for checking whether OpenBIOS runs successfully

2016-06-17 Thread Mark Cave-Ayland
On 17/06/16 13:57, Artyom Tarasenko wrote: > On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 2:44 PM, Mark Cave-Ayland > wrote: >> On 17/06/16 12:36, Artyom Tarasenko wrote: >> >>> Hi Mark, >>> >>> On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 1:27 PM, Mark Cave-Ayland >>>

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] ppc / sparc: Add a tester for checking whether OpenBIOS runs successfully

2016-06-17 Thread Artyom Tarasenko
On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 2:44 PM, Mark Cave-Ayland wrote: > On 17/06/16 12:36, Artyom Tarasenko wrote: > >> Hi Mark, >> >> On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 1:27 PM, Mark Cave-Ayland >> wrote: >>> On 17/06/16 07:07, David Gibson wrote: >>>

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] ppc / sparc: Add a tester for checking whether OpenBIOS runs successfully

2016-06-17 Thread Mark Cave-Ayland
On 17/06/16 12:36, Artyom Tarasenko wrote: > Hi Mark, > > On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 1:27 PM, Mark Cave-Ayland > wrote: >> On 17/06/16 07:07, David Gibson wrote: >> >>> On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 01:10:18PM +1000, David Gibson wrote: On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] ppc / sparc: Add a tester for checking whether OpenBIOS runs successfully

2016-06-17 Thread Artyom Tarasenko
Hi Mark, On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 1:27 PM, Mark Cave-Ayland wrote: > On 17/06/16 07:07, David Gibson wrote: > >> On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 01:10:18PM +1000, David Gibson wrote: >>> On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 03:57:56PM +0200, Thomas Huth wrote: Since the mac99 and

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] ppc / sparc: Add a tester for checking whether OpenBIOS runs successfully

2016-06-17 Thread Mark Cave-Ayland
On 17/06/16 07:07, David Gibson wrote: > On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 01:10:18PM +1000, David Gibson wrote: >> On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 03:57:56PM +0200, Thomas Huth wrote: >>> Since the mac99 and g3beige PowerPC machines recently broke without >>> being noticed, it would be good to have a tester for

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] ppc / sparc: Add a tester for checking whether OpenBIOS runs successfully

2016-06-17 Thread Thomas Huth
On 17.06.2016 08:07, David Gibson wrote: > On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 01:10:18PM +1000, David Gibson wrote: >> On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 03:57:56PM +0200, Thomas Huth wrote: >>> Since the mac99 and g3beige PowerPC machines recently broke without >>> being noticed, it would be good to have a tester for

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] ppc / sparc: Add a tester for checking whether OpenBIOS runs successfully

2016-06-17 Thread David Gibson
On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 01:10:18PM +1000, David Gibson wrote: > On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 03:57:56PM +0200, Thomas Huth wrote: > > Since the mac99 and g3beige PowerPC machines recently broke without > > being noticed, it would be good to have a tester for "make check" > > that detects such issues

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] ppc / sparc: Add a tester for checking whether OpenBIOS runs successfully

2016-06-14 Thread David Gibson
On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 03:57:56PM +0200, Thomas Huth wrote: > Since the mac99 and g3beige PowerPC machines recently broke without > being noticed, it would be good to have a tester for "make check" > that detects such issues immediately. A simple way to test the firmware > of these machines is to

[Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] ppc / sparc: Add a tester for checking whether OpenBIOS runs successfully

2016-06-14 Thread Thomas Huth
Since the mac99 and g3beige PowerPC machines recently broke without being noticed, it would be good to have a tester for "make check" that detects such issues immediately. A simple way to test the firmware of these machines is to use the "-prom-env" parameter of QEMU. This parameter can be used to