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-rw-r--r--hurd/running/qemu.mdwn21
-rw-r--r--microkernel/mach/deficiencies.mdwn5
-rw-r--r--open_issues/debugging_gnumach_startup_qemu_gdb.mdwn2
3 files changed, 26 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/hurd/running/qemu.mdwn b/hurd/running/qemu.mdwn
index df65eb7b..c22ab0ac 100644
--- a/hurd/running/qemu.mdwn
+++ b/hurd/running/qemu.mdwn
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ This page discusses things for [[Unix]] systems, there is a separate page for
See the discussion about [[hurd/running/qemu/writeback_caching]].
+[[!toc]]
+
# Readily Available Images
You can use the following images to give the GNU/Hurd a try.
@@ -366,6 +368,25 @@ Once you have logged in as `root` run the `pfinet` translator with values that a
That should do it! Do not forget to edit/update `/etc/resolv.conf` to get DNS working.
+# QEMU Multiboot
+
+See [[open_issues/debugging_gnumach_startup_qemu_gdb#multiboot]].
+See "Linux/Multiboot boot specific" section on QEMU manpage.
+
+Get for instance cdimage boot components
+
+ $ wget http://people.debian.org/~sthibault/hurd-i386/installer/cdimage/current/{gnumach.gz,initrd.gz,ext2fs.static,ld.so.1}
+
+gnumach needs to be uncompressed
+
+ $ gunzip gnumach.gz
+ $ sudo qemu-system-i386 -m 512 \
+ --kernel gnumach \
+ --initrd "\
+ initrd.gz \$(ramdisk-create),\
+ ext2fs.static --multiboot-command-line=\${kernel-command-line} --host-priv-port=\${host-port} --device-master-port=\${device-port} --exec-server-task=\${exec-task} -T typed gunzip:device:rd0 \$(task-create) \$(task-resume),\
+ ld.so.1 /hurd/exec \$(exec-task=task-create)" \
+ <other_qemu_options>
# Related Links
diff --git a/microkernel/mach/deficiencies.mdwn b/microkernel/mach/deficiencies.mdwn
index 3ddb95de..4cd4131f 100644
--- a/microkernel/mach/deficiencies.mdwn
+++ b/microkernel/mach/deficiencies.mdwn
@@ -11,8 +11,11 @@ License|/fdl]]."]]"""]]
[[!tag open_issue_documentation open_issue_gnumach]]
+[[!toc]]
-# IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2012-06-29
+# Deficiencies
+
+## IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2012-06-29
<henrikcozza> I do not understand what are the deficiencies of Mach, the
content I find on this is vague...
diff --git a/open_issues/debugging_gnumach_startup_qemu_gdb.mdwn b/open_issues/debugging_gnumach_startup_qemu_gdb.mdwn
index 7b300ea1..a9743608 100644
--- a/open_issues/debugging_gnumach_startup_qemu_gdb.mdwn
+++ b/open_issues/debugging_gnumach_startup_qemu_gdb.mdwn
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ License|/fdl]]."]]"""]]
at least
-# Multiboot
+# <a name="multiboot">Multiboot</a>
See also discussion about *multiboot* on [[arm_port]].