Re: [Qemu-devel] [Qemu-arm] help on how to emulate rasbperry pi 2

[Andrew Baumann]

> From: John Snow [mailto:address@hidden
> Sent: Wednesday, 24 February 2016 10:28 AM
> On 02/24/2016 01:04 PM, Andrew Baumann wrote:
> >> From: Peter Maydell [mailto:address@hidden
> >> Sent: Wednesday, 24 February 2016 9:49 AM
> >>
> >> On 24 February 2016 at 15:40, Mats Malmberg
> <address@hidden>
> >> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Hello all!
> >>>
> >>> TL;DR : Is the raspi2 machine ready to use? If yes, how do I use it with
> >>> ordinary rpi distros? If not, what is the best way to emulate raspberry
> >>> pi 2 via Qemu?
> >>
> >> Hi; I've cc'd the main qemu-devel list and Andrew Baumann who
> contributed
> >> the rpi2 support. I know there are still some missing pieces to be
> >> added later but I forget the details.
> >
> > There are still a number of missing pieces (including display and USB) which
> I hope to submit soon, but you should be able to boot Linux with a serial
> console. Brief instructions are at the end of this page:
> https://github.com/0xabu/qemu/wiki
> >
> > BTW, instead of -hda you need to pass -sd for the image file.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Andrew
> >
> 
> Is it worth changing the default interface for the "raspi2" board to be
> SD so that "-hda xxxxx" mounts an SD card?
> 
> Or do we support using that for an imagined S/ATA interface? (BCM2836
> doesn't have SATA, right?)

Oh, in fact I am already setting that, so perhaps -hda does already work. Mats' 
problem is most likely just that he's not seeing/enabling the serial console.

Andrew