Ok, here's what I'm getting now:

C>> annot manage 'VGA controller' PCI device type 'display':
>>  10de 141 (3 0 0)

>> =============================================================
>> OpenBIOS 1.1 [Dec 17 2017 13:36]
>> Configuration device id QEMU version 1 machine id 2
>> CPUs: 1
>> Memory: 128M
>> UUID: 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
>> CPU type PowerPC,750
milliseconds isn't unique.
Welcome to OpenBIOS v1.1 built on Dec 17 2017 13:36

0 > load hd:,\ppc\6600.fcode  ok
0 > 4000000 400 dump
4000000  55 aa 40 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00    U�@.............
4000010  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00    ........ .......
4000020  50 43 49 52 de 10 41 01  00 00 20 00 00 00 00 03    PCIR�.A... .....
4000030  84 00 00 00 01 80 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00    �....�..........
4000040  f1 08 17 0f 00 01 06 55  12 2a 00 00 00 00 00 00    �......U.*......
4000050  00 00 00 00 de 10 50 00  3e 00 21 00 81 90 40 a3    ....�.P.>.!.��@�
4000060  00 00 00 00 90 04 00 80  00 00 a5 f4 00 00 00 00    ....�..�..��....
4000070  00 00 00 00 52 a5 b5 08  00 ba a5 10 00 00 00 08    ....R��..��.....
4000080  b5 08 01 be a7 b5 08 02  be a7 b5 08 03 be 10 00    �..���..���..�..
4000090  00 00 04 b5 08 04 be a7  b5 08 05 be a6 b5 08 06    ...�..���..���..
40000a0  be a6 b5 08 07 be a6 b5  08 08 be a6 b5 08 09 be    ���..���..���..�
40000b0  a6 b5 08 0a be a6 b5 08  0b be a6 b5 08 0c be 10    ��..���..���..�.
40000c0  00 00 00 0a b5 08 0d be  a5 b5 08 0e be a6 b5 08    ....�..���..���.
40000d0  0f be a6 b5 08 10 be a6  b5 08 11 be 10 00 00 00    .���..���..�....
40000e0  10 b5 08 12 be 10 00 00  00 48 b5 08 13 be a6 b5    .�..�....H�..���
40000f0  08 14 be a6 b5 08 15 be  b5 08 16 ba a5 a7 b5 08    ..���..��..����.
4000100  17 be a6 b5 08 18 be a6  b5 08 19 be a6 b5 08 1a    .���..���..���..
4000110  be a6 b5 08 1b be a6 b5  08 1c be a6 b5 08 1d be    ���..���..���..�
4000120  a6 b5 08 1e be a6 b5 08  1f be a6 b5 08 20 be a6    ��..���..���. ��
4000130  b5 08 21 be a6 b5 08 22  be a6 b5 08 23 be a6 b5    �.!���."���.#���
4000140  08 24 be a6 b5 08 25 be  a6 b5 08 26 be a6 b5 08    .$���.%���.&���.
4000150  27 be b5 08 28 ba a5 a6  b5 08 29 be a6 b5 08 2a    '��.(����.)���.*
4000160  be a5 b5 08 2b be a6 b5  08 2c be 10 00 00 00 04    ���.+���.,�.....
4000170  b5 08 2d be a6 b5 08 2e  be a6 b5 08 2f be a6 b5    �.-���..���./���
4000180  08 30 be a7 b5 08 31 be  a7 b5 08 32 be 10 00 00    .0���.1���.2�...
4000190  00 06 b5 08 33 be 10 00  00 00 23 b5 08 34 be 10    ..�.3�....#�.4�.
40001a0  00 00 00 11 b5 08 35 be  10 00 00 00 09 b5 08 36    ....�.5�.....�.6
40001b0  be 10 00 00 00 2e b5 08  37 be a6 b5 08 38 be b5    �.....�.7���.8��
40001c0  08 39 ba a5 a6 b5 08 3a  be a6 b5 08 3b be a6 b5    .9����.:���.;���
40001d0  08 3c be a6 b5 08 3d be  a7 b5 08 3e be a7 b5 08    .<���.=���.>���.
40001e0  3f be a7 b5 08 40 be a7  b5 08 41 be a7 b5 08 42    ?���.@���.A���.B
40001f0  be a7 b5 08 43 be a7 b5  08 44 be a7 b5 08 45 be    ���.C���.D���.E�
4000200  a7 b5 08 46 be a7 b5 08  47 be a7 b5 08 48 be a7    ��.F���.G���.H��
4000210  b5 08 49 be 10 00 00 00  04 b5 08 4a be a6 b5 08    �.I�.....�.J���.
4000220  4b be a6 b5 08 4c be a6  b5 08 4d be a6 b5 08 4e    K���.L���.M���.N
4000230  be a6 b5 08 4f be a6 b5  08 50 be a6 b5 08 51 be    ���.O���.P���.Q�
4000240  a6 b5 08 52 be 10 00 00  00 04 b5 08 53 be 10 00    ��.R�.....�.S�..
4000250  00 00 18 b5 08 54 be a6  b5 08 55 be a6 b5 08 56    ...�.T���.U���.V
4000260  be a6 b5 08 57 be a6 b5  08 58 be a6 b5 08 59 be    ���.W���.X���.Y�
4000270  a6 b5 08 5a be a6 b5 08  5b be a6 b5 08 5c be 10    ��.Z���.[���.\�.
4000280  00 00 00 04 b5 08 5d be  a6 b5 08 5e be a6 b5 08    ....�.]���.^���.
4000290  5f be a6 b5 08 60 be a6  b5 08 61 be a6 b5 08 62    _���.`���.a���.b
40002a0  be a6 b5 08 63 be a6 b5  08 64 be a6 b5 08 65 be    ���.c���.d���.e�
40002b0  a7 b5 08 66 be a7 b5 08  67 be b5 08 68 ba a5 a6    ��.f���.g��.h���
40002c0  b5 08 69 be a6 b5 08 6a  be a6 b5 08 6b be a6 b5    �.i���.j���.k���
40002d0  08 6c be a7 b5 08 6d be  a7 b5 08 6e be a7 b5 08    .l���.m���.n���.
40002e0  6f be a7 b5 08 70 be a7  b5 08 71 be a6 b5 08 72    o���.p���.q���.r
40002f0  be a6 b5 08 73 be a6 b5  08 74 be a6 b5 08 75 be    ���.s���.t���.u�
4000300  a6 b5 08 76 be b5 08 77  ba a5 a6 b5 08 78 be a6    ��.v��.w����.x��
4000310  b5 08 79 be a6 b5 08 7a  be a6 b5 08 7b be 10 00    �.y���.z���.{�..
4000320  00 00 04 b5 08 7c be 10  00 00 00 04 b5 08 7d be    ...�.|�.....�.}�
4000330  10 00 00 00 04 b5 08 7e  be 10 00 00 00 04 b5 08    .....�.~�.....�.
4000340  7f be 10 00 00 00 04 b5  08 80 be 10 00 00 00 04    �.....�.��.....
4000350  b5 08 81 be b5 08 82 ba  a5 10 00 00 00 04 b5 08    �.���.���.....�.
4000360  83 be 10 00 00 00 04 b5  08 84 be 10 00 00 00 04    ��.....�.��.....
4000370  b5 08 85 be 10 00 00 00  04 b5 08 86 be 10 00 00    �.��.....�.��...
4000380  00 04 b5 08 87 be 10 00  00 00 04 b5 08 88 be 10    ..�.��.....�.��.
4000390  00 00 00 04 b5 08 89 be  10 00 00 00 04 b5 08 8a    ....�.��.....�.�
40003a0  be 10 00 00 00 04 b5 08  8b be 10 00 00 00 04 b5    �.....�.��.....�
40003b0  08 8c be 10 00 00 00 04  b5 08 8d be 10 00 00 00    .��.....�.��....
40003c0  04 b5 08 8e be b5 08 8f  ba a5 a6 b5 08 90 be a6    .�.���.�����.���
40003d0  b5 08 91 be a6 b5 08 92  be a6 b5 08 93 be b5 08    �.����.����.���.
40003e0  94 ba a5 a6 b5 08 95 be  a6 b5 08 96 be a7 b5 08    �����.����.����.
40003f0  97 be 10 00 00 00 04 b5  08 98 be 10 00 00 00 04    ��.....�.��.....
 ok
0 > 0 0 " 4,0" " /pci@80000000" begin-package  ok
0 > dev /pci ls
fff8043c QEMU,VGA@1
fff84a84 NE2000@2
fff84e5c mac-io@3
fff878ac pci10de,141@4
fff884f4 <noname>
 ok
0 > setenv focde-debug? true  ok
0 > 4000020 1 byte-load  ok
0 > dev /pci ls
fff8043c QEMU,VGA@1
fff84a84 NE2000@2
fff84e5c mac-io@3
fff878ac pci10de,141@4
fff884f4 <noname>
 ok
0 > printenv
name                      "options"
boot-args                 ""
boot-device               "hd:,\\:tbxi hd:,\ppc\bootinfo.txt hd:,%BOOT"
use-generic?              "false"
boot-script               ""
boot-screen               ""
vga-ndrv?                 "true"
virt-size                 "-1"
virt-base                 "-1"
load-base                 "4000000"
real-size                 "-1"
real-base                 "-1"
real-mode?                "false"
little-endian?            "false"
scroll-lock               "true"
skip-netboot?             "false"
default-mac-address       "false"
pci-probe-mask            "-1"
selftest-#megs            "0"
screen-#rows              "75"
screen-#columns           "100"
output-device             "/pci@80000000/mac-io@3/escc/ch-a"
input-device              "/pci@80000000/mac-io@3/escc/ch-a"
use-nvramrc?              "false"
oem-logo?                 "false"
oem-banner                ""
oem-banner?               "false"
nvramrc                   ""
fcode-debug?              "false"
diag-switch?              "false"
boot-file                 ""
boot-command              "boot"
auto-boot?                "false"
focde-debug?              "true"
 ok
0 > setenv fcode-debug? true  ok
0 > 4000020 1 byte-load
byte-load: warning stack overflow, diff -3
 ok
0 >

I'm not sure, I'm assuming something in the Rom is casing a stack overflow?

Does openbios support fcode-verbose?

gdb '/home/jam/os9.2/obj-ppc/openbios-qemu.elf.nostrip'
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Reading symbols from /home/jam/os9.2/obj-ppc/openbios-qemu.elf.nostrip...done.
(gdb) target remote :1234
Remote debugging using :1234
warning: while parsing target description (at line 1): Target description specified unknown architecture "powerpc:common"
warning: Could not load XML target description; ignoring
0x00000000 in ?? ()
(gdb) b load
Breakpoint 1 at 0xfff16f7c: file /Users/jam/OpenBios/master/libopenbios/load.c, line 55.
(gdb) c
Continuing.

gdb isn't breaking at the load command, but I'm not sure that matters anymore, as it's working, anyway.
On Sunday, December 17, 2017, 9:44:34 AM EST, Jd Lyons <lyons_dj@yahoo.com> wrote:


Sorry, I forgot I remained the Rom file and was trying to load a file that didn’t exist, lead us down a false path.

Loading the correct file and dumping the load base address does yell the Rom.



> On Dec 17, 2017, at 9:02 AM, Mark Cave-Ayland <mark.cave-ayland@ilande.co.uk> wrote:
>
> On 17/12/17 13:53, Jd Lyons wrote:
>
>>> On Dec 17, 2017, at 7:56 AM, Mark Cave-Ayland <mark.cave-ayland@ilande.co.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>> On 17/12/17 12:41, Jd Lyons wrote:
>>>
>>>>>>> Also what FS is your HD image? HFS/HFS+ should work best on qemu-system-ppc, ISO9660 works but is case-sensitive from memory.
>>>>>> FS is HFS+, when I execute:
>>>>>>> dir hd:,\
>>>>>> I get the list of files, so I know I’m trying to load the Rom from the correct place, and OB can read the drive. I can:
>>>>>>> 4000 load hd:,\System\Library\CoreServices\BootX
>>>>>> And the system boots.
>>>>>
>>>>> Which version of QEMU/OpenBIOS are you using? load should only copy the code and run init-program, rather than set up a CPU context and execute go.
>>>>>
>>>>> Presumably you are building OpenBIOS from git master to get extra debugging information?
>>>> git clone https://github.com/openbios/openbios.git. ?????
>>>
>>> Yes, that looks correct.
>>>
>>>> Not sure I’m pulling from the master or not.
>>>> Is there anything I need to do to enable extra debugging when I build?
>>>> PATH=:/usr/local/ppcelf/ppcelf/bin:/users/hsp/src/fcode-utils-devel/toke:$PATH
>>>> export PATH
>>>> Make -j8
>>>
>>> My normal build process for debugging OpenBIOS looks like this:
>>>
>>> vi Makefile.target
>>>
>>> (alter line 28 to build a debug ELF executable by changing the -Os option in CFLAGS to -O0)
>>>
>>> rm -rf obj-*;
>>> ./config/scripts/switch-arch ppc
>>>
>>> Then start QEMU from a separate terminal like this:
>>>
>>> ./qemu-system-ppc -bios /patch/to/openbios/obj-pp/openbios-qemu.elf.nostrip -s -S
>> Seems to fail here, never boots with -S?
>
> Yes indeed. -s -S tell QEMU to wait until the remote gdb connects to QEMU before starting the VM.
>
>>>
>>> Swtich back to your OpenBIOS terminal and then do:
>>>
>>> powerpc-linux-gdb obj-ppc/openbios-qemu.elf.nostrip
>>> target remote :1234  (connect to QEMU gdbstub)
>>> b load  (set breakpoint in libopenbios/load.c's load() function)
>>> c
>>>
>>> You should then find that when you type load into OpenBIOS gdb hits the breakpoint and you can step through the C parts of the code to see what happens. Sadly gdb doesn't have support for debugging Forth, but if you can get this working it will help a lot since all of the ELF/load/init-program and PCI routines are all in C.
>>>
>>>> I didn’t thing the 4000 load hd:,\bootx should boot the system, yet it does. Assuming I put BootX at the root of my drive, I was thinking it should just load it into system memory at the address 4000. Adding -h doesn’t help, nor does adding -h to the boot command, I’m assuming  -h is unemiplmented in Openbios.
>>>
>>> You actually don't need the 4000 since according to the specification "load" places the resulting image at the location specified by load-base:
>>>
>>> 0 > cd /options  ok
>>> 0 > .properties
>>> name                      "options"
>>> boot-args                ""
>>> boot-device              "hd:,\\:tbxi hd:,\ppc\bootinfo.txt hd:,%BOOT"
>>> use-generic?              "false"
>>> boot-script              ""
>>> boot-screen              ""
>>> vga-ndrv?                "true"
>>> virt-size                "-1"
>>> virt-base                "-1"
>>> load-base                "4000000"
>>> real-size                "-1"
>>> real-base                "-1"
>>> real-mode?                "false"
>>> little-endian?            "false"
>>> scroll-lock              "true"
>>> skip-netboot?            "false"
>>> default-mac-address      "false"
>>> pci-probe-mask            "-1"
>>> selftest-#megs            "0"
>>> screen-#rows              "75"
>>> screen-#columns          "100"
>>> output-device            "/pci@80000000/mac-io@3/escc/ch-a"
>>> input-device              "/pci@80000000/mac-io@3/escc/ch-a"
>>> use-nvramrc?              "false"
>>> oem-logo?                "false"
>>> oem-banner                ""
>>> oem-banner?              "false"
>>> nvramrc                  ""
>>> fcode-debug?              "false"
>>> diag-switch?              "false"
>>> boot-file                ""
>>> boot-command              "boot"
>>> auto-boot?                "true"
>>> ok
>>> 0 >
>>>
>>> Ahhh so wait a second - load-base is set to 0x4000000 rather than 0x4000 which is the default in SPARC. So how about something like:
>>>
>>> load hd:,\6600.fcode
>>> 4000000 40 dump
>
> Any luck with this bit on your existing setup?
>
>
> ATB,
>
> Mark.