Re: Bug#927892: grub-ieee1275-bin: Please add bootinfo.txt for sparc and sparc64
On 4/28/19 10:33 AM, Mark Cave-Ayland wrote:
>>> https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/grub-test/
>
> I grabbed the test image from the above URL to test under qemu-system-sparc64 and
> initially got the error below:
Please note: This image is not particularly tested with regards the installer itself,
so please let's not start a discussion regarding other issues. The images are solely
for testing the GRUB boot itself.
> After some further poking it looks like the latest images bump the minimum memory
> requirements from 256M to 512M so qemu-system-sparc64 needs to run with -m 512.
I'm not sure this is actually required. debian-installer does actually have a low-mem
installation mode with which I could the system even on 64 MiB.
> One other slight annoyance is that when the grub menu loads it seems to hammer the
> CPU for the first 60s or so which makes selection almost impossible. I'll see if I
> can find some time to look at this later.
I have not seen this on real hardware. Worked just fine.
>>> Patches look good, although the second patch still uses /boot/grub/sparc64.elf
>>> instead of /boot/grub/core.img for the grub-mkimage output parameter - is that correct?
>> Good catch. Probably forgot a "git commit -a -amend" here.
>>
>> Btw, any suggestions for powerpc/ppc64? We are still using Yaboot here. I assume this
>> case will be a bit more complicated due to the fact we also need to support PowerMacs.
>
> What's the current status? Sorry I had to drop out of that thread but I've recently
> had a break because I got married :)
Congrats!
> I remember there being issues translating OF
> pathnames for the OS, but was there progress using grub for HD installation and also
> the installation media?
The pathname translation issue was for grub-installer, i.e. the part where the installer
installs GRUB to the target hard disk.
Adrian
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