[OpenBIOS] Solaris anyone?

[Nick Couchman]

> In terms of graphics, there is definitely some work that needs to be 
> done. For example, if I try and run the Solaris installer from the VNC 
> viewer then rather than launching the installer it outputs "Starting 
> OpenWindows" and then freezes. Then again, this is not something that is 
> really on my priority list (as my aim was to virtualise a headless 
> server) so it's unlikely to happen in the short term.

Yeah, I knew there were some challenges with graphics, and it's great
just to have a working emulated Sparc platform, so, don't get me wrong,
this is not a complaint!

> 
> For running QEMU in this way, have you seen Artyom's post here? 
> http://tyom.blogspot.com/2010/04/ultimate-way-of-starting-qemu-under.html.
> 

Aha - that's what I was looking for.  I'll have to spend some more time
reading through Artyom's blog so that I don't have to ask questions like
this that he's already answered.

> > Did the serial port patch ever get checked off and pushed to SVN?
> 
> No, not yet. Once Blue has approved both patches then I'll send them up 
> to the SVN repository.
> 

Cool - sounds good.

-Nick



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