Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] Add QEMU virt-ctrl driver and update m68k virt

[Laurent Vivier]

Le 04/02/2026 à 14:02, Daniel Palmer a écrit :
> Hi Laurent,
>
> On Wed, 4 Feb 2026 at 21:53, Laurent Vivier <laurent@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > How to use it with QEMU? Do we need some changes in the code?
>
> You just load u-boot instead of the linux kernel. I don't think you
> can actually do much with it because there's no virtio support to load
> linux etc yet.
> But I have that all working in my own branch and now Kuan-Wei has got
> the first parts merged adding the remaining parts to boot linux
> shouldn't be too difficult.
I have an old branch with a bootstrap ROM that can be used to start a bigger ROM, I use it with 
petitboot, but perhaps it can be used to load U-boot instead:

https://github.com/vivier/qemu/tree/m68k-virt-petitboot

In this case virt-ctrl is extended to control the firmware.

Thanks,
Laurent