[OpenBIOS] [RFT] ppc64 OpenBIOS

[Blue Swirl]

On Sat, Dec 18, 2010 at 4:54 PM, Andreas Färber <andreas.faerber at web.de> wrote:
> Am 18.12.2010 um 17:33 schrieb Blue Swirl:
>
>> On Sat, Dec 18, 2010 at 2:30 AM, Andreas Färber <andreas.faerber at web.de>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> Except for some fs/iso9660/ issues, ppc64 guests are booting for me with
>>> the
>>> last five OpenBIOS patches posted.
>>
>> What are the issues?
>
> It still hangs after the "Trying" line, as reported in the "ppc64 boot
> issues" thread.
> The exact cause is as of yet unknown.
>
>>> You can find them together with the config change to use fs/grubfs/ here:
>>>
>>>  git://repo.or.cz/openbios/afaerber.git ppc64-boot
>>>
>>> Please test your favorite ppc64 kernels and images with
>>> obj-ppc64/openbios-qemu.elf!
>>
>> Passes my simple tests. The only problem is that building forthstrap
>> on a 64 bit host fails.
>
> Right. Should we hack switch-arch as an interim solution to make it work?

I'd prefer a real fix, unless the problem persists.