Hello Mitch, Thanks for your answer, I successfully built the OpenFirmware's ROM by trying older subversion's revisions (thanks to Marcin). Now that I have the ROM, I am stuck on loading the ROM using Qemu.
Forgot to respond to the whole mailing list, here is the latest update of my issue :
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Hello Marcin,
Thanks again for your help, it solved the issue in a way. Tried several older revisions: r3500, r3000, r2500, and finally r2000. Only the revision 2000 successfully built the ARM rom called ofw.rom. This revision is from 2010-10-08 02:39:55, when the documentation is from 2010-08-11, 18:45.
Here’s the output :
* jacky@debiannos:~/openfirmware-r2000/cpu/arm/mmp2/build$ make*
*make[1]: Entering directory '/home/jacky/openfirmware-r2000/cpu/x86/Linux'*
*cc -c -O -g -m32 -DTARGET_X86 ../../../forth/wrapper/wrapper.c -o wrapper.o*
*cc -c -O -g -m32 -DTARGET_X86 ../../../forth/wrapper/logger.c -o logger.o*
*cc -c -O -g -m32 -DTARGET_X86 -I../../../forth/wrapper/zip ../../../forth/wrapper/zip/zipmem.c -o zipmem.o*
*cc -c -O -g -m32 -DTARGET_X86 -I../../../forth/wrapper/zip ../../../forth/wrapper/zip/deflate.c -o deflate.o*
*cc -c -O -g -m32 -DTARGET_X86 -I../../../forth/wrapper/zip ../../../forth/wrapper/zip/trees.c -o trees.o*
*cc -c -O -g -m32 -DTARGET_X86 -I../../../forth/wrapper/zip ../../../forth/wrapper/zip/bits.c -o bits.o*
*cc -c -O -g -m32 -DTARGET_X86 -I../../../forth/wrapper/zip ../../../forth/wrapper/zip/util.c -o util.o*
*cc -c -m32 -Wall -fno-stack-protector -ffreestanding -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=0 -DNEED_BCOPY -O3 -fpic ../../../forth/wrapper/zip/inflate.c -o inflate.lo*
*ld -T inflate.ld inflate.lo -o inflate.o*
*cc -m32 -o forth wrapper.o logger.o zipmem.o deflate.o trees.o bits.o util.o inflate.o *
*/usr/bin/ld: error in inflate.o(.eh_frame); no .eh_frame_hdr table will be created.*
*make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/jacky/openfirmware-r2000/cpu/x86/Linux'*
*./build ofw.rom*
*--- Rebuilding sp.img*
*--- Cmd: ${HOSTDIR}/forth ${HOSTDIR}/../build/builder.dic ../sp.bth*
*--- Rebuilding kernel.dic*
*--- Cmd: ${HOSTDIR}/forth ${HOSTDIR}/../build/builder.dic ../kernel.bth*
*context: forth forth re-heads root current: forth *
*--- Saving kernel.dic ---*
*--- Rebuilding tools.dic*
*--- Cmd: ${HOSTDIR}/armforth ${BP}/cpu/arm/build/kernel.dic ../tools.bth*
*--- Saving tools.dic --- *
*--- Rebuilding basefw.dic*
*--- Cmd: ${HOSTDIR}/armforth ${BP}/cpu/arm/build/tools.dic ../basefw.bth*
*--- Saving basefw.dic --- *
*--- Rebuilding fw.img*
*--- Cmd: ${HOSTDIR}/armforth ${BP}/cpu/arm/build/basefw.dic ../fw.bth*
*(end-extra) isn't unique *
*${BP}/ofw/gui/iconmenu.fth:183: expand-rect ?*
*--- Saving fw.dic ...*
*--- Saving fw.img --- *
*--- Rebuilding ofw.rom*
*--- Cmd: ${HOSTDIR}/forth ${HOSTDIR}/../build/builder.dic ../ofw.bth*
*jacky@debiannos:~/openfirmware-r2000/cpu/arm/mmp2/build$ *
Only the following line still warns us of a potential issue : *${BP}/ofw/gui/iconmenu.fth:183: expand-rect ?* It seems to concern an icon, so it should not be a problem; the ROM is built, and this is what I wanted.
As it is explained in the documentation, the last step should be to launch qemu : *qemu -L . -bios ofw.rom -hda fat:. *Here’s the output :
*jacky@debiannos:~$ qemu-system-arm -L . -bios ofw.rom -hda fat:.*
*No machine specified, and there is no default.*
*Use -machine help to list supported machines!*
*jacky@debiannos:~$*
Let’s specify the machine :
*jacky@debiannos:~$ qemu-system-arm -L . -bios ofw.rom -hda fat:. –machine none*
This time, a Qemu window pops, with the following text:
*compat_monitor0 console*
*QEMU 2.1.2 monitor – type ‘help’ for more information*
*(qemu) $*
That’s just the Qemu console, correct me if i’m wrong, the bios is not executed.
So I tried some other machines:
*jacky@debiannos:~$ qemu-system-arm -L . -bios ~/openfirmware-r2000/cpu/arm/mmp2/build/ofw.rom –cpu cortex-m3 -machine lm3s811evb -hda fat:.*
*vvfat . chs 1024,16,63*
*Guest image must be specified (using -kernel)*
And:
*jacky@debiannos:~$ qemu-system-arm -L . -bios ~/openfirmware-r2000/cpu/arm/mmp2/build/ofw.rom -machine connex -hda fat:.*
*vvfat . chs 1024,16,63*
*A flash image must be given with the 'pflash' parameter*
*jacky@debiannos:~$*
Also tried with almost all the ones listed thanks to the command *qemu-system-arm –machine help.* Why would a flash or a kernel be required when it was not, using Qemu for x86 ?
Which kernel and flash should I use in order to run OpenFirmware? I suppose this question is partly getting off topic, as the base issue has been solved, maybe you want me to open another topic ?
Again, thanks a lot.
Regards, - John