Running MorphOS in Qemu

[Roland]

Is it possible to run MorphOS in Qemu...? What type of graphics support is available?

Could someone who has tested it succesfully please put here a working command string?

[Amiguy]

Hi Roland,

I haven't tested it, but it should be possible. Here are some links that should interest you:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZJ42NPG8Qo
http://zero.eik.bme.hu/~balaton/qemu/amiga/

[xeno74]

Is it possible to run MorphOS in Qemu...? What type of graphics support is available?

Yes, it works! Only the SM502 GPU is supported in QEMU on our AmigaOnes. QEMU's ATi Rage 128 PRO has some issues on our AmigaOnes. MorphOS doesn't work with KVM HV on the X5000.

You can find some command strings in the first three screenshots.







On a PC you can use an ATi Rage 128 PRO in QEMU as well:

[Roland]

Yes, it works! Only the SM502 GPU is supported in QEMU on our AmigaOnes. QEMU's ATi Rage 128 PRO has some issues on our AmigaOnes. MorphOS doesn't work with KVM HV on the X5000.

What can you do with SM502...? Can you run video streams using Wayfarer?-)

You can find some command strings in the first three screenshots.

Thanks... But do you have any of them in text format?

[xeno74]

What can you do with SM502...? Can you run video streams using Wayfarer?-)

I haven't tried it yet but in my point of view QEMU is too slow for video streams.

Thanks... But do you have any of them in text format?

Unfortunately, I don't have any of them in the text format.

[Roland]

http://zero.eik.bme.hu/~balaton/qemu/amiga/

When I tried to run MOS with the example found in the link above (very similar to the string in Christians first image), I got to the qemu window showing this text:

Guest has not initialized the display (yet)

What should be done next?

[xeno74]

http://zero.eik.bme.hu/~balaton/qemu/amiga/

When I tried to run MOS with the example found in the link above (very similar to the string in Christians first image), I got to the qemu window showing this text:

Guest has not initialized the display (yet)

What should be done next?

Do you use the correct OpenBIOS firmware?

The OpenBIOS firmware does not correctly describe PCI buses of the emulated machine which makes MorphOS try to access devices on the wrong PCI bus. This OpenBIOS patch provides a workaround, a patched OpenBIOS binary is here.

Download: openbios-qemu.elf.zip.

Do you emulate a Power Mac G4 or a Sam460ex?

[Roland]

Do you use the correct OpenBIOS firmware?

Download: openbios-qemu.elf.zip.

I have the same.

Do you emulate a Power Mac G4 or a Sam460ex?

I think G4 was mentioned in some of the output strings... But how can you select it?

qemu-system-ppc -machine mac99,via=pmu -m 512 \
-vga none -device sm501 \
-cdrom morphos-3.15.iso -boot d \
-prom-env "boot-device=cd:,\mac_ppc32\boot.img" \
-bios openbios-qemu.elf -serial stdio

[xeno74]

Hi Roland,

Which QEMU version and which Linux distribution do you use? I think MintPPC. I haven’t tested MorphOS in QEMU on MintPPC yet. mac99 = G4

Thanks,
Christian

[Roland]

Which QEMU version and which Linux distribution do you use? I think MintPPC. I haven’t tested MorphOS in QEMU on MintPPC yet. mac99 = G4

First I tested with MintPPC, and now with Feinix-Soar... It has the same problem. I forgot to check the version number but it is the one in the default Fienix depot.