Re: f21 + qemu requires manually passing a dtb?

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Hi Cole, 

----- Original Message -----
> On 11/18/2014 04:33 PM, Cole Robinson wrote:
> > Hey all,
> >
> > Just trying the F21 beta (and Fedora-Minimal-armhfp-21-20141117-sda.raw)
> > under
> > qemu. Seems like these versions both require explicitly passing in a dtb to
> > qemu to actually boot. Well, maybe it's booting and I'm just not getting
> > any
> > serial output, can't really tell.
> >
> > Passing a dtb to qemu wasn't required for the F20 GA release at least, and
> > still isn't required with F21 qemu-system-arm, so presumably it's not a
> > qemu
> > regression.

Fedora 21 requires the use of a dtb to boot the multiplatform kernel. This changed
around the 3.16 RC's (iirc). 

> >
> > Having to pass a dtb is kind of a pain for management tools, it's another
> > file
> > that needs to handled. And the docs say it shouldn't be required:
> > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures/ARM/F21/Installation#For_Versatile_Express_Emulation_with_QEMU

Thanks, I will adjust the page. 

Paul


> >
> >
> > I don't really understand how all these pieces fit together, so suggestions
> > on
> > where to file a bug? Has anyone else hit this?
> >
> 
> I should have specified, this is with qemu-system-arm -M vexpress-a9 and -M
> vexpress-a15
> 
> - Cole
> 
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