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+id = 2017
+title = "Qemu 8.1-8.2 Sparc Now Timeout Boot Failing with Sun Bios"
+state = "opened"
+created_at = "2023-12-03T17:57:57.723Z"
+closed_at = "n/a"
+labels = ["target: sparc"]
+url = "https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/issues/2017"
+host-os = "Devuan Beowulf"
+host-arch = "amd64"
+qemu-version = "8.1, 8.2, and current"
+guest-os = "Solaris 2.4+"
+guest-arch = "sparc model SS-5 and SS-20"
+description = """Boot with original Sun bios never reaches the ok prompt.  You get a series of ongoing network boot attempts with the message "Timeout waiting for ARP/RARP package."
+
+On earlier versions of Qemu up to and including 8.0, you could use the original firmware in the combinations below on Sparc model SS-5 and SS-20 machines. 
+
+Note: Model SS-5 needs the cpu set to "TI MicroSparc II" or "TI MicroSparc IIep."  Model SS-20 needs the cpu set to "TI SuperSparc 50" or "TI SuperSparc 60.""""
+reproduce = """1. Use Qemu 8.1, 8.2, or current
+2. Run above command line using original sun bios
+3. See result below
+
+![sun-obp-boot-error-timeout](/uploads/0b795b515108813528f6293b65f85c7a/sun-obp-boot-error-timeout.png)"""
+additional = """Glad to test further and give checksums in bios files if needed.  Have real hardware for the Sparcstation 5.  Default lance card on qemu is active with usermode networking.
+
+Sun bios helps for booting some older versions of Solaris and is generally nice to have for testing."""