[openfirmware] Problem with a:\nvram.dat in qemu

[Christian Johansson]

Hmmm ... 
I changed cpu/x86/pc/emu/build/devices.fth from c:\nvram.dat to a:
\nvram.dat and now the file is red without errors.
(used the nvram.dat from floppyof.img)

When I setenv some variable it is written to the file, but it changes
the size of the file from 4k to 1k. All the nice padding at the end of
the file is missing. And upon subsequent boots; the error-messages about
the "configuration memory is invalid" has returned. (The variable is set
thou ...).
Should I flush the file, somehow, after it is updated with setenv?

//Br Christian


On Tue, 2011-01-04 at 23:57 +0100, Christian Johansson wrote:
> Hi,
> I tried to enable the 'pseudo-nvram' by enable the 'create pseudo-nvram'
> in /cpu/x86/pc/emu/config.fth.
> 
> But after attaching floppyof.img (from
> http://www.firmworks.com/linux/ ), i get this on init:
> <snip>
> Pseudo-NVRAM
> Can't read the configuration memory
> The configuration memory is invalid.  Using default values.
> <snip>
> 
> If I type 'dir a:', I get the reply:
> fat-file-system
> --A-rwxrwxrwx      4096  2010-12-30 16:32:24  NVRAM.DAT
> 
> And if I type:
> setenv auto-boot? true 
> I get:         
> Failed to transfer any blocks
> seek failed in translate-params
> Failed to transfer any blocks
> Flushbuf error
> auto-boot? =          true
> 
> '.partition a' doesn't give any reply, besides the header.
> 
> Is there another option that will have to be enabled or what have I done
> wrong?
> 
> //Br Christian