Sorry. There is a typo. In both cases, qemu is v2.5.0. Jun
On Fri, Jan 24, 2020 at 7:05 PM Jun Sun <[email protected]> wrote: > Here are more testing results > > - qemu 2.5 + debian10.2 + Malta + kernel4.19.0 : hangs on > poweroff ("reboot: System halted") for both 32bit and 64bit mipsel > - qemu 2.6 + debian9.11 + Malta + kernel4.9.0 : poweroff successfully > for both 32bit and 64bit mipsel > > Given these results, who is likely to blame? Debian? or kernel? > > Thanks. > > > On Mon, Jan 20, 2020 at 5:31 PM Jun Sun <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Thanks, Peter. >> >> Here is the commandline. The board is Malta board. On the 32bit >> version which worked, it is also Malta board, but it could be the >> kernel difference. >> >> If you could point out where the code is, I'd be more than happy to fix >> it. >> >> Cheers. >> >> Jun >> >> qemu-system-mips64el \ >> -M malta \ >> -cpu MIPS64R2-generic \ >> -m $GUEST_MEM \ >> -hda hda.qcow2 \ >> -kernel vmlinux \ >> -initrd initrd.img \ >> -append "root=/dev/sda1 console=ttyS0 nokaslr" \ >> -nographic \ >> -net >> user,hostfwd=tcp::2222-:22,hostfwd=tcp::8080-:80,hostfwd=tcp::8443-:443 >> \ >> -net nic \ >> -serial mon:stdio \ >> >> On Mon, Jan 20, 2020 at 2:41 AM Peter Maydell <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > >> > On Sun, 19 Jan 2020 at 22:40, Jun Sun <[email protected]> wrote: >> > > >> > > When I do "poweroff" from debian/mips64el on qemu, qemu will hang in >> > > the end, rather than quitting the process. See the kernel messages >> > > below. Last time when I tried 32bit debian/mipsel I was able to quit >> > > qemu completely. Any thoughts? >> > >> > Whether this is expected to work depends on the board model >> > (you don't give your QEMU command line). "exit the QEMU process" >> > happens when the guest powers down the emulated hardware, >> > so for this to work: >> > * the h/w board being modelled needs to actually have a >> > software-controllable powerdown feature (eg some device >> > register the guest has to prod) >> > * the QEMU model of that board needs to actually implement >> > whatever the powerdown control is >> > * the guest OS has to know about the control feature and >> > use it >> > >> > thanks >> > -- PMM >> >
