Re: [Qemu-devel] Can't boot my sparc system anymore

[Blue Swirl]

On 9/28/08, Robert Reif <address@hidden> wrote:
> I tried running  one of my sparc system boot scripts that does:
>
>  qemu-system-sparc -hda c.img -M SS-10 -append "console=ttyS0
> video=tcxfb:off" -nographic
>
>  and I now get:
>
>  -append only allowed with -kernel option
>
>  This is a recent regression.  Do I need to do this differently now or is
> this a bug?

It has never worked. -append is used only with preloaded Linux kernel
, it is not passed to the boot loader. Please use -prom-env, for
example -prom-env 'boot-args=linux single'.

Also -nographic is passed to OpenBIOS which switches prom console to
serial, so it is not necessary to use 'console=xxx' or 'video=xxx'
options. Linux uses prom console before switching to its own console
functions.