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Re: [Qemu-devel] [Qemu-ppc] [PATCH 08/13] pseries: Update SLOF for NVRAM
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Erlon Cruz |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [Qemu-ppc] [PATCH 08/13] pseries: Update SLOF for NVRAM support |
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Tue, 4 Dec 2012 21:27:54 -0200 |
Em 04/12/2012 20:58, "David Gibson" <address@hidden> escreveu:
>
> On Tue, Dec 04, 2012 at 11:20:03AM -0200, Erlon Cruz wrote:
> > On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 12:42 AM, David Gibson
> > <address@hidden>wrote:
> >
> > > Now that we have implemented PAPR compatible NVRAM interfaces in qemu, this
> > > updates the SLOF firmware to actually initialize and use the NVRAM as a
> > > PAPR guest firmware is expected to do.
> > >
> > > This SLOF update also includes an ugly but useful workaround for a bug in
> > > the SLES11 installer which caused it to fail under KVM.
> > >
> > >
> > I had a problem when installing SLES, when the installer et at 23%, a get:
> >
> > Installation of package ./suse/ppc64/vim-base-7.2-8.15.2.ppc64.rpm failed.
> > Subprocess failed. Error: RPM failed: error:
> > %post(vim-base-7.2-8.15.2.ppc64.rpm)
> >
> > Is this the same problem?
>
> No, I don't think so. The NVRAM failure, I believe happens at the end
> when it's doing the yaboot setup. Although, I haven't met it myself,
> so I'm not certain.
Have you succeed installing any SLES on QEMU pSeries? This is the first system I'm trying to install in an lpar. The guests I have I've installed in a power machine and then use the roots.
> --
> David Gibson | I'll have my music baroque, and my code
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- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 08/13] pseries: Update SLOF for NVRAM support, David Gibson, 2012/12/03
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 08/13] pseries: Update SLOF for NVRAM support, Alexander Graf, 2012/12/04
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 08/13] pseries: Update SLOF for NVRAM support, Erlon Cruz, 2012/12/05
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 08/13] pseries: Update SLOF for NVRAM support, Alexander Graf, 2012/12/05
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [Qemu-ppc] [PATCH 08/13] pseries: Update SLOF for NVRAM support, Alexander Graf, 2012/12/05
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [Qemu-ppc] [PATCH 08/13] pseries: Update SLOF for NVRAM support, Alexander Graf, 2012/12/05
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [Qemu-ppc] [PATCH 08/13] pseries: Update SLOF for NVRAM support, Erlon Cruz, 2012/12/06
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [Qemu-ppc] [PATCH 08/13] pseries: Update SLOF for NVRAM support, Erlon Cruz, 2012/12/06
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 08/13] pseries: Update SLOF for NVRAM support, Erlon Cruz, 2012/12/06
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [Qemu-ppc] [PATCH 08/13] pseries: Update SLOF for NVRAM support, Nikunj A Dadhania, 2012/12/07