Re: Anita now supports sparc

[Artyom Tarasenko <atar4qemu%googlemail.com@localhost>]

2010/8/30 Andreas Gustafsson <gson%gson.org@localhost>:
> Hello Sparc users,
>
> Anita, the Automated NetBSD Installation and Test Application, now
> supports sparc as a target architecture.  This means you can download,
> install, and boot NetBSD/sparc in a qemu-based virtual machine with a
> one-line command, for example:

Great news! Automated regression tests are always handy.

>  anita interact http://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/iso/5.0.2/sparccd-5.0.2.iso
>
> This was tested by cross-installing NetBSD/sparc on a NetBSD/i386
> host.  It has not been tested on a NetBSD/sparc host, and there seem
> to be some issues with building qemu on sparc at the moment.
>
> Anita successfully installs NetBSD/sparc 4.0.1 and 5.0.2, but
> attempting to install -current results in an "Unhandled Exception
> 0x00000009" early in the boot process.  It would be great if someone
> familiar with the sparc port could track down the cause of this and
> fix it so that anita could be used to run automated regression tests
> of the sparc port on a regular basis.

Does the exception happen only in qemu or on the real sun4m machines too?


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Regards,
Artyom Tarasenko

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