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Let's collect the information in the QEMU handbook for a one stop solution. Tested-by: Bernhard Beschow Reviewed-by: Bernhard Beschow Reviewed-by: Nicholas Piggin Co-authored-by: Bernhard Beschow Signed-off-by: Bernhard Beschow Signed-off-by: BALATON Zoltan Signed-off-by: Nicholas Piggin --- MAINTAINERS | 1 + docs/system/ppc/amigang.rst | 161 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ docs/system/target-ppc.rst | 1 + 3 files changed, 163 insertions(+) create mode 100644 docs/system/ppc/amigang.rst diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS index fe8a7454ba..1f89e274d3 100644 --- a/MAINTAINERS +++ b/MAINTAINERS @@ -1572,6 +1572,7 @@ F: hw/rtc/m41t80.c F: pc-bios/canyonlands.dt[sb] F: pc-bios/u-boot-sam460ex-20100605.bin F: roms/u-boot-sam460ex +F: docs/system/ppc/amigang.rst pegasos2 M: BALATON Zoltan diff --git a/docs/system/ppc/amigang.rst b/docs/system/ppc/amigang.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..ba1a3d80b9 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/system/ppc/amigang.rst @@ -0,0 +1,161 @@ +========================================================= +AmigaNG boards (``amigaone``, ``pegasos2``, ``sam460ex``) +========================================================= + +These PowerPC machines emulate boards that are primarily used for +running Amiga like OSes (AmigaOS 4, MorphOS and AROS) but these can +also run Linux which is what this section documents. + +Eyetech AmigaOne/Mai Logic Teron (``amigaone``) +=============================================== + +The ``amigaone`` machine emulates an AmigaOne XE mainboard by Eyetech +which is a rebranded Mai Logic Teron board with modified U-Boot +firmware to support AmigaOS 4. + +Emulated devices +---------------- + + * PowerPC 7457 CPU (can also use``-cpu g3, 750cxe, 750fx`` or ``750gx``) + * Articia S north bridge + * VIA VT82C686B south bridge + * PCI VGA compatible card (guests may need other card instead) + * PS/2 keyboard and mouse + +Firmware +-------- + +A firmware binary is necessary for the boot process. It is a modified +U-Boot under GPL but its source is lost so it cannot be included in +QEMU. A binary is available at +https://www.hyperion-entertainment.com/index.php/downloads?view=files&parent=28. +The ROM image is in the last 512kB which can be extracted with the +following command: + +.. code-block:: bash + + $ tail -c 524288 updater.image > u-boot-amigaone.bin + +The BIOS emulator in the firmware is unable to run QEMU‘s standard +vgabios so ``VGABIOS-lgpl-latest.bin`` is needed instead which can be +downloaded from http://www.nongnu.org/vgabios. + +Running Linux +------------- + +There are some Linux images under the following link that work on the +``amigaone`` machine: +https://sourceforge.net/projects/amigaone-linux/files/debian-installer/. +To boot the system run: + +.. code-block:: bash + + $ qemu-system-ppc -machine amigaone -bios u-boot-amigaone.bin \ + -cdrom "A1 Linux Net Installer.iso" \ + -device ati-vga,model=rv100,romfile=VGABIOS-lgpl-latest.bin + +From the firmware menu that appears select ``Boot sequence`` → +``Amiga Multiboot Options`` and set ``Boot device 1`` to +``Onboard VIA IDE CDROM``. Then hit escape until the main screen appears again, +hit escape once more and from the exit menu that appears select either +``Save settings and exit`` or ``Use settings for this session only``. It may +take a long time loading the kernel into memory but eventually it boots and the +installer becomes visible. The ``ati-vga`` RV100 emulation is not +complete yet so only frame buffer works, DRM and 3D is not available. + +Genesi/bPlan Pegasos II (``pegasos2``) +====================================== + +The ``pegasos2`` machine emulates the Pegasos II sold by Genesi and +designed by bPlan. Its schematics are available at +https://www.powerdeveloper.org/platforms/pegasos/schematics. + +Emulated devices +---------------- + + * PowerPC 7457 CPU (can also use``-cpu g3`` or ``750cxe``) + * Marvell MV64361 Discovery II north bridge + * VIA VT8231 south bridge + * PCI VGA compatible card (guests may need other card instead) + * PS/2 keyboard and mouse + +Firmware +-------- + +The Pegasos II board has an Open Firmware compliant ROM based on +SmartFirmware with some changes that are not open-sourced therefore +the ROM binary cannot be included in QEMU. An updater was available +from bPlan, it can be found in the `Internet Archive +`_. +The ROM image can be extracted from it with the following command: + +.. code-block:: bash + + $ tail -c +85581 up050404 | head -c 524288 > pegasos2.rom + +Running Linux +------------- + +The PowerPC version of Debian 8.11 supported Pegasos II. The BIOS +emulator in the firmware binary is unable to run QEMU‘s standard +vgabios so it needs to be disabled. To boot the system run: + +.. code-block:: bash + + $ qemu-system-ppc -machine pegasos2 -bios pegasos2.rom \ + -cdrom debian-8.11.0-powerpc-netinst.iso \ + -device VGA,romfile="" -serial stdio + +At the firmware ``ok`` prompt enter ``boot cd install/pegasos``. + +Alternatively, it is possible to boot the kernel directly without +firmware ROM using the QEMU built-in minimal Virtual Open Firmware +(VOF) emulation which is also supported on ``pegasos2``. For this, +extract the kernel ``install/powerpc/vmlinuz-chrp.initrd`` from the CD +image, then run: + +.. code-block:: bash + + $ qemu-system-ppc -machine pegasos2 -serial stdio \ + -kernel vmlinuz-chrp.initrd -append "---" \ + -cdrom debian-8.11.0-powerpc-netinst.iso + +aCube Sam460ex (``sam460ex``) +============================= + +The ``sam460ex`` machine emulates the Sam460ex board by aCube which is +based on the AMCC PowerPC 460EX SoC (that despite its name has a +PPC440 CPU core). + +Firmware +-------- + +The board has a firmware based on an older U-Boot version with +modifications to support booting AmigaOS 4. The firmware ROM is +included with QEMU. + +Emulated devices +---------------- + + * PowerPC 460EX SoC + * M41T80 serial RTC chip + * Silicon Motion SM501 display parts (identical to SM502 on real board) + * Silicon Image SiI3112 2 port SATA controller + * USB keyboard and mouse + +Running Linux +------------- + +The only Linux distro that supported Sam460ex out of box was CruxPPC +2.x. It can be booted by running: + +.. code-block:: bash + + $ qemu-system-ppc -machine sam460ex -serial stdio \ + -drive if=none,id=cd,format=raw,file=crux-ppc-2.7a.iso \ + -device ide-cd,drive=cd,bus=ide.1 + +There are some other kernels and instructions for booting other +distros on aCube's product page at +https://www.acube-systems.biz/index.php?page=hardware&pid=5 +but those are untested. diff --git a/docs/system/target-ppc.rst b/docs/system/target-ppc.rst index 4f6eb93b17..87bf412ce5 100644 --- a/docs/system/target-ppc.rst +++ b/docs/system/target-ppc.rst @@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ help``. .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 1 + ppc/amigang ppc/embedded ppc/powermac ppc/powernv -- 2.42.0