[openfirmware] Problem with a:\nvram.dat in qemu

[Mitch Bradley]

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On 1/6/2011 4:36 AM, Christian Johansson wrote:
> Hmmm ...
> I changed cpu/x86/pc/emu/build/devices.fth from c:\nvram.dat to a:
> \nvram.dat and now the file is red without errors.
> (used the nvram.dat from floppyof.img)
>
> When I setenv some variable it is written to the file, but it changes
> the size of the file from 4k to 1k. All the nice padding at the end of
> the file is missing. And upon subsequent boots; the error-messages about
> the "configuration memory is invalid" has returned. (The variable is set
> thou ...).
> Should I flush the file, somehow, after it is updated with setenv?
>
> //Br Christian
>
>
> On Tue, 2011-01-04 at 23:57 +0100, Christian Johansson wrote:
>> Hi,
>> I tried to enable the 'pseudo-nvram' by enable the 'create pseudo-nvram'
>> in /cpu/x86/pc/emu/config.fth.
>>
>> But after attaching floppyof.img (from
>> http://www.firmworks.com/linux/ ), i get this on init:
>> <snip>
>> Pseudo-NVRAM
>> Can't read the configuration memory
>> The configuration memory is invalid.  Using default values.
>> <snip>
>>
>> If I type 'dir a:', I get the reply:
>> fat-file-system
>> --A-rwxrwxrwx      4096  2010-12-30 16:32:24  NVRAM.DAT
>>
>> And if I type:
>> setenv auto-boot? true
>> I get:
>> Failed to transfer any blocks
>> seek failed in translate-params
>> Failed to transfer any blocks
>> Flushbuf error
>> auto-boot? =          true
>>
>> '.partition a' doesn't give any reply, besides the header.
>>
>> Is there another option that will have to be enabled or what have I done
>> wrong?
>>
>> //Br Christian
>
>
>
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