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Re: GSOC qemu Boot Mac OS >= 8.5 on PowerPC system

Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2016 7:46 pm
by Cat_7
Two new Qemu builds are available:

OSX:
http://www.emaculation.com/forum/viewto ... 104#p52104

Windows:
http://www.emaculation.com/forum/viewto ... =34&t=9028

These builds are from the same source, so should provide equal functionality. Noticeable is the support for the sungem network device, which is recognised natively in Mac OS/OSX. So no more installing realtek drivers.

Machine models to use for different Mac OS/OSX versions:
Leopard: -m mac99p
Mac OS 9.0 and OSX 10.2: -m mac99

All others "should" work with either model.

Happy testing!
Cat_7

Re: GSOC qemu Boot Mac OS >= 8.5 on PowerPC system

Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2016 8:00 pm
by sidoh
Great. I have verified that the following versions work on the Windows build:

Mac OS 9.1
Mac OS 9.2d8 (Very buggy, but it managed to install and run a couple of times before going down completely, like any good Mac OS developer build. :smile: )
Mac OS 9.2.1
Mac OS 9.2.2
Mac OS X 10.0.0
Mac OS X 10.1.2 from the Power Mac G4 Quicksilver 2002 CD set

My host is Windows Server 2016 TP5 at this moment, will be upgrading to the final soon.

Re: GSOC qemu Boot Mac OS >= 8.5 on PowerPC system

Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2016 8:58 pm
by kataetheweirdo
Seems like the only significant thing left to do is the AWACS support, which allows both Mac OS and Mac OS X to play sound. It's moderately difficult to implement it, but all things considered, I think it's worth it now that we have networking up and running. It's really the only thing holding QEMU back in my eyes at this point.

I'll definitely check out the new build, since that actually has 256 color support (needed for many older games). I'd be curious how other PPC OSes handle 256 color support in QEMU now.

Re: GSOC qemu Boot Mac OS >= 8.5 on PowerPC system

Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2016 9:40 pm
by pjc1990
hello I am using the build of qemu linked above the 6gb empty_disk.raw image in the qemu tutorial and a 9.22 install cd image
when qemu boots up os 9.22 it asks me to initialize the disk. I click initialize and ok when it tells me it will wipe the data on the image but then the emulated mac freezes.
can anyone help me? sorry if this sounds silly.

Re: GSOC qemu Boot Mac OS >= 8.5 on PowerPC system

Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2016 3:36 am
by gtxaspec
Cat_7, are you able to provide a linux build as well? If not I may be able to, which repository are you using?

Re: GSOC qemu Boot Mac OS >= 8.5 on PowerPC system

Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2016 5:14 am
by gtxaspec
Cat_7 wrote:Two new Qemu builds are available:

OSX:
http://www.emaculation.com/forum/viewto ... 104#p52104

Windows:
http://www.emaculation.com/forum/viewto ... =34&t=9028

These builds are from the same source, so should provide equal functionality. Noticeable is the support for the sungem network device, which is recognised natively in Mac OS/OSX. So no more installing realtek drivers.

Machine models to use for different Mac OS/OSX versions:
Leopard: -m mac99p
Mac OS 9.0 and OSX 10.2: -m mac99

All others "should" work with either model.

Happy testing!
Cat_7
unable to install Os 9.2.1 using mac99, installer crashes during installation.

Re: GSOC qemu Boot Mac OS >= 8.5 on PowerPC system

Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2016 6:30 am
by Cat_7
gtxaspec wrote:Cat_7, are you able to provide a linux build as well? If not I may be able to, which repository are you using?
I think I will not go there. Too many distros to support ;-)
I used these repositories:
For Qemu: https://github.com/ozbenh/qemu
For OpenBIOS: https://github.com/ozbenh/openbios
For the VGA driver https://github.com/ozbenh/QemuMacDrivers

Best,
Cat_7

Re: GSOC qemu Boot Mac OS >= 8.5 on PowerPC system

Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2016 6:51 am
by kataetheweirdo
The new build from Cat7 is faster than 2.7.0-rc1. This is notable in the Scrapbook, but less visible in the Graphing Calculator. However, it suffers from not being able to recognize the keyboard without an additional BIOS argument in the command line.

Annoyingly, I had to copy the VGA driver from the pc-bios folder into the QEMU folder to get it running at all. The mouse also appears to be glitchier.

Here's the command line used:
qemu-system-ppc-wip -bios openbios-qemu-wip.elf -boot d -drive file=Mac_OS_9.2.2_Uni.iso,index=0,media=cdrom -M mac99 -m 256 -prom-env 'auto-boot?=true' -g 800x600 -net none -usb -device usb-mouse -device usb-kbd
There was also a patch done a while back to better allocate the NVRAM, but I still see the "Unable to find a usable NVRAM portion" error.

Here's the stdout file:
MACIO: Creating CUDA
PMU: 0000000000000000
CUDA: 0000000019044cf8
adb_bus: 0000000019045100
Machine ARCH=1

Re: GSOC qemu Boot Mac OS >= 8.5 on PowerPC system

Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2016 6:58 am
by Cat_7
qemu-system-ppc-wip -bios openbios-qemu-wip.elf -boot d -drive file=Mac_OS_9.2.2_Uni.iso,index=0,media=cdrom -M mac99 -m 256 -prom-env 'auto-boot?=true' -g 800x600 -net none -usb -device usb-mouse -device usb-kbd
Do you still need to copy the vga driver if you use -L pc-bios as additional parameter?
What about mouse behaviour when you use -sdl ? I have no mouse problems, but the window needs to be scaled and the image is not as crisp as it should be (this is in Windows).

Best,
Cat_7

Re: GSOC qemu Boot Mac OS >= 8.5 on PowerPC system

Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2016 7:21 am
by kataetheweirdo
I don't need to move qemu-vga.ndrv. And thank goodness. I usually go fullscreen to eliminate the mouse issues entirely, but yeah, the mouse issues are virtually gone in fullscreen now. It's not crisp, but it's the proper aspect ratio at least.
qemu-system-ppc-wip -bios openbios-qemu-wip.elf -L pc-bios -boot d -drive file=Mac_OS_9.2.2_Uni.iso,index=0,media=cdrom -M mac99 -m 256 -prom-env 'auto-boot?=true' -g 800x600 -net none -usb -device usb-mouse -device usb-kbd -sdl
Oh, and as for earlier versions of 9.0.4 (like the retail version) and earlier, these probably run in real mode instead of virtual mode, which is why they don't run in QEMU at all. These versions don't require the MMU for booting (and are the versions that Sheepshaver can run), but OpenBIOS can only support starting up with the MMU on right now.

I'm gonna test out installing 9.2.2 next, which I've been putting off for so long by this point.

EDIT:
So...using Cat7's build, QEMU does indeed freeze up when you initialize a blank disk (without any formatting) with Drive Setup.

Here's my command line:
qemu-system-ppc-wip -bios openbios-qemu-wip.elf -L pc-bios -boot d -drive file=Mac_OS_9.2.2_Uni.iso,index=0,media=cdrom -drive file=testimg.img,index=1,media=disk -M mac99 -m 256 -prom-env 'auto-boot?=true' -g 800x600 -net none -usb -device usb-mouse -device usb-kbd -sdl
And here's the stderr file that results from this (complete with bolding as to why it would freeze):

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WARNING: Image format was not specified for 'testimg.img' and probing guessed raw.
         Automatically detecting the format is dangerous for raw images, [b]write operations on block 0 will be restricted.[/b]
         Specify the 'raw' format explicitly to remove the restrictions.
Trying to write invalid spr 0 (0x000) at 00f113c0
Trying to read invalid spr 0 (0x000) at 00f113c8
Trying to write privileged spr 955 (0x3bb) at 00f168c8
Trying to write invalid spr 959 (0x3bf) at 00f16930
Trying to read invalid spr 959 (0x3bf) at 00f16938
Trying to write privileged spr 955 (0x3bb) at 00f168c8
Trying to write invalid spr 959 (0x3bf) at 00f16930
Trying to read invalid spr 959 (0x3bf) at 00f16938
Seems like I just change "-drive file=testimg.img,index=1,media=disk" to "-drive file=testimg.img,index=1,media=disk,format=raw" to prevent a lock-up. I'll see how that works later. Right now, I'm busier with other IRL things, but I'll check back soon to see the responses.

Re: GSOC qemu Boot Mac OS >= 8.5 on PowerPC system

Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2016 10:56 am
by sidoh
To anyone who has problems with OS 9.x in the latest build: If you use this BIOS (https://www.ilande.co.uk/tmp/openbios/openbios-ppc-rtas) you can install and use OS 9.x successfully.

Here's a screenshot I took of OS 9.2d8 when using this BIOS:

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Re: GSOC qemu Boot Mac OS >= 8.5 on PowerPC system

Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2016 1:15 pm
by pjc1990
When I try to install 9.2.2 it says problem accessing the system file on untitled hd. :cry:

Re: GSOC qemu Boot Mac OS >= 8.5 on PowerPC system

Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2016 2:54 pm
by Programmingkid
sidoh wrote:To anyone who has problems with OS 9.x in the latest build: If you use this BIOS (https://www.ilande.co.uk/tmp/openbios/openbios-ppc-rtas) you can install and use OS 9.x successfully.

Here's a screenshot I took of OS 9.2d8 when using this BIOS:

Image
I never heard of Mac OS 9.2d8. Where did you find this? Also what is the Slurm! menu?

Great screenshot.

Re: GSOC qemu Boot Mac OS >= 8.5 on PowerPC system

Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2016 3:03 pm
by Programmingkid
pjc1990 wrote:When I try to install 9.2.2 it says problem accessing the system file on untitled hd. :cry:
Are you using Cormac O'Brien's Mac OS 9.2.2 iso? I think he had to alter it to make it work with QEMU back then. An unaltered iso might work better.

If the problem is file system corruption, the Disk First-aid program should be able to fix things.

The amount of information I have to work with is a bit lacking. Could you post a screenshot or text of the error message, QEMU command-line arguments, and anything else that might help.

Thank you.

Re: GSOC qemu Boot Mac OS >= 8.5 on PowerPC system

Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2016 3:05 pm
by sidoh
Programmingkid wrote:I never heard of Mac OS 9.2d8. Where did you find this? Also what is the Slurm! menu?

Great screenshot.
Mac OS 9.2d8 = Mac OS 9.2 Developer Release 8 (or such)

In System 7.0 betas and later, the Special menu was renamed to something fun for every build. This was done for easy identification. 9.2d8 ended up getting 'Slurm!'.

Also, http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/apple-d ... april-2001

Knock yourself out. Just note that this build can be buggier than you expect. :wink:

Re: GSOC qemu Boot Mac OS >= 8.5 on PowerPC system

Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2016 3:10 pm
by Programmingkid
kataetheweirdo wrote:Seems like the only significant thing left to do is the AWACS support, which allows both Mac OS and Mac OS X to play sound. It's moderately difficult to implement it, but all things considered, I think it's worth it now that we have networking up and running. It's really the only thing holding QEMU back in my eyes at this point.
Interesting idea.

Re: GSOC qemu Boot Mac OS >= 8.5 on PowerPC system

Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2016 3:24 pm
by sidoh
I'd also like to note that Mac OS X DP3 crashes when trying to boot from it's CD in the latest Windows build. This happened when I was both emulating a G3 and G4.

UPDATE: Spoke too soon. Apparently, I was booting off the wrong partition. Specifying the correct partition allowed DP3 to install fine:

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Re: GSOC qemu Boot Mac OS >= 8.5 on PowerPC system

Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2016 4:47 pm
by pjc1990
Programmingkid wrote:
pjc1990 wrote:When I try to install 9.2.2 it says problem accessing the system file on untitled hd. :cry:
Are you using Cormac O'Brien's Mac OS 9.2.2 iso? I think he had to alter it to make it work with QEMU back then. An unaltered iso might work better.

If the problem is file system corruption, the Disk First-aid program should be able to fix things.

The amount of information I have to work with is a bit lacking. Could you post a screenshot or text of the error message, QEMU command-line arguments, and anything else that might help.

Thank you.
Ok tried to replicate the error again to explain. Also tried a spanish 9.2.2 iso comes up with same error.

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qemu-system-ppc-wip -bios openbios-ppc-rtas -L pc-bios -boot d -drive file=C:\Users\User\Downloads\macos-922-uni\macos-922-uni.iso,index=0,media=cdrom -drive file=os.raw,index=1,media=disk -M mac99 -m 256 -prom-env 'auto-boot?=true' -g 1024x768 -net none -usb -device usb-mouse -device usb-kbd -sdl

Re: GSOC qemu Boot Mac OS >= 8.5 on PowerPC system

Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2016 4:52 pm
by peter_j
pjc1990 wrote:
Ok tried to replicate the error again to explain.

Much the same here.

Re: GSOC qemu Boot Mac OS >= 8.5 on PowerPC system

Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2016 5:53 pm
by Cat_7
Ok, so there seems to be a problem with disk access when partitioning/formatting in Mac OS 9.x. At first I thought it was only affecting the windows build, but the OSX build has the same problem. I noticed I could partition/format a disk image from the Leopard DVD.

So for these last builds, the solution is to first partition/format a disk using Leopard.

The resulting images are usable in Mac OS 9.x. But re-partitioning in 9.x hangs Mac OS the moment you click initialise.
I'll see if I can send a message to the developer.

Best,
Cat_7

Re: GSOC qemu Boot Mac OS >= 8.5 on PowerPC system

Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2016 2:26 am
by kataetheweirdo
pjc1990:

Change "-drive file=os.raw,index=1,media=disk" to "-drive file=os.raw,index=1,media=disk,format=raw". That should fix it.

Re: GSOC qemu Boot Mac OS >= 8.5 on PowerPC system

Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2016 11:03 am
by pjc1990
kataetheweirdo wrote:pjc1990:

Change "-drive file=os.raw,index=1,media=disk" to "-drive file=os.raw,index=1,media=disk,format=raw". That should fix it.
strange its still coming up with the same error.

Re: GSOC qemu Boot Mac OS >= 8.5 on PowerPC system

Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2016 3:48 pm
by peter_j
Got 9.22 up, and booting. Had to try the install twice - first time it had an error installing/reading Big System Morsels so I tried again and it worked. I am just installing the basic system - no "optional extras" in the installer. Clearly there is still something flaky in the i/o. Batch:

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qemu-system-ppc-wip.exe -bios openbios-ppc-rtas -L pc-bios -boot d -m 512 -M mac99 -prom-env "auto-boot?=true" -prom-env "boot-args=-v" -sdl -net none -drive file=macos-922-uni.iso,index=0,format=raw,media=cdrom -drive file=Test9_6_GB.img,index=1,format=raw,media=disk  -g 800x600

Re: GSOC qemu Boot Mac OS >= 8.5 on PowerPC system

Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2016 4:09 pm
by adespoton
Do the older builds have the same issues? Just wondering if we can pin this down to a refactoring issue, or if it is indeed something still unimplemented. From the fact that when using a raw device it appears to be hit and miss, I'd guess this isn't in the emulation itself, but more likely in the OpenBIOS code.

Re: GSOC qemu Boot Mac OS >= 8.5 on PowerPC system

Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2016 4:38 pm
by mcayland
adespoton wrote:Do the older builds have the same issues? Just wondering if we can pin this down to a refactoring issue, or if it is indeed something still unimplemented. From the fact that when using a raw device it appears to be hit and miss, I'd guess this isn't in the emulation itself, but more likely in the OpenBIOS code.
I think there was an interrupt change in OpenBIOS (edge to level) and Ben hacked some openpic code around this, so maybe that's the culprit? How does it compare with the official git master? Is it something in Ben's branch?