On 06/02/2019 07:28, Corentin Labbe wrote: >>> Hello >>> >>> Sorry even with the patch I still hit the issue. >>> >>> I have added some debug and at least qemu set initrd_size correctly now. >>> >>> I have tried to compile openbios-sparc32 for debugging but fail with >>> arch/sparc32/context.c:116:5: error: PIC register clobbered by 'l7' in 'asm' >>> asm __volatile__ ("\n\tcall __switch_context" >>> ^~~ >>> make[1]: *** [rules.mak:219: target/arch/sparc32/context.o] Error 1 >>> (gcc 7.2 and gc 6.4 with binutils 2.30) >> >> Hmmm. One other thing I've noticed is that newer kernels tend need a minimum of 256M >> RAM to start up - does it work if you add -m 256 to your command line? >> >> > > I have already set 256M of RAM. (and tried 512) I wonder then if this is being triggered by a recent kernel change? I tend to test using the latest Debian ports ISOs which are currently running 4.9 and that booted fine when I was testing the patches above. Can you try with a few older kernels to see if this is the case? ATB, Mark.