@leftyfb - what exactly is IBM asking to verify? Whether kvm works under powervm? Did smoser's info help?
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1563887 Title: qemu-system-ppc64 freezes on starting image on ppc64le Status in QEMU: Confirmed Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in livecd-rootfs package in Ubuntu: New Status in qemu package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: qemu-system-ppc64 running on Ubuntu 16.04 beta-2 fails to start an image as part of the certification process. This on an IBM ppc64le in PowerVM mode running Ubuntu 16.04 beta-2 deployed by MAAS 1.9.1. There is no error output. ubuntu@alpine01:~/kvm$ qemu-system-ppc64 -m 256 -display none -nographic -net nic -net user,net=10.0.0.0/8,host=10.0.0.1,hostfwd=tcp::2222-:22 -machine pseries -drive file=xenial-server-cloudimg-ppc64el-disk1.img,if=virtio -drive file=seed.iso,if=virtio WARNING: Image format was not specified for 'seed.iso' and probing guessed raw. Automatically detecting the format is dangerous for raw images, write operations on block 0 will be restricted. Specify the 'raw' format explicitly to remove the restrictions. SLOF ********************************************************************** QEMU Starting Build Date = Jan 29 2016 18:58:37 FW Version = buildd@ release 20151103 Press "s" to enter Open Firmware. Populating /vdevice methods Populating /vdevice/vty@71000000 Populating /vdevice/nvram@71000001 Populating /vdevice/l-lan@71000002 Populating /vdevice/v-scsi@71000003 SCSI: Looking for devices 8200000000000000 CD-ROM : "QEMU QEMU CD-ROM 2.5+" Populating /pci@800000020000000 00 1800 (D) : 1af4 1001 virtio [ block ] 00 1000 (D) : 1af4 1001 virtio [ block ] 00 0800 (D) : 106b 003f serial bus [ usb-ohci ] 00 0000 (D) : 1234 1111 qemu vga No NVRAM common partition, re-initializing... Installing QEMU fb Scanning USB OHCI: initializing USB Keyboard USB mouse No console specified using screen & keyboard Welcome to Open Firmware Copyright (c) 2004, 2011 IBM Corporation All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the terms of the BSD License available at http://www.opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php Trying to load: from: /pci@800000020000000/scsi@3 ... E3404: Not a bootable device! Trying to load: from: /pci@800000020000000/scsi@2 ... Successfully loaded Linux ppc64le #31-Ubuntu SMP F ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: qemu-system-ppc 1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu6 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-16.32-generic 4.4.6 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-16-generic ppc64le ApportVersion: 2.20-0ubuntu3 Architecture: ppc64el Date: Wed Mar 30 14:10:01 2016 KvmCmdLine: COMMAND STAT EUID RUID PID PPID %CPU COMMAND kvm-irqfd-clean S< 0 0 1172 2 0.0 [kvm-irqfd-clean] qemu-nbd Ssl 0 0 13467 1 0.0 qemu-nbd -c /dev/nbd0 xenial-server-cloudimg-ppc64el-disk1.img qemu-system-ppc Sl+ 1000 1000 18973 18896 101 qemu-system-ppc64 -m 256 -display none -nographic -net nic -net user,net=10.0.0.0/8,host=10.0.0.1,hostfwd=tcp::2222-:22 -machine pseries -drive file=xenial-server-cloudimg-ppc64el-disk1.img,if=virtio -drive file=seed.iso,if=virtio Lsusb: Error: command ['lsusb'] failed with exit code 1: ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinux-4.4.0-16-generic root=UUID=92d820c8-ab25-497b-9b1e-f1435992bbf3 ro ProcLoadAvg: 1.08 0.94 0.58 2/616 19571 ProcLocks: 1: POSIX ADVISORY WRITE 886 00:13:381 0 EOF 2: POSIX ADVISORY WRITE 1339 00:13:528 0 EOF 3: FLOCK ADVISORY WRITE 1284 00:13:522 0 EOF 4: POSIX ADVISORY WRITE 2281 00:13:563 0 EOF 5: POSIX ADVISORY WRITE 1331 00:13:536 0 EOF ProcSwaps: Filename Type Size Used Priority /swap.img file 8388544 0 -1 ProcVersion: Linux version 4.4.0-16-generic (buildd@bos01-ppc64el-001) (gcc version 5.3.1 20160320 (Ubuntu/Linaro/IBM 5.3.1-12ubuntu4) ) #32-Ubuntu SMP Thu Mar 24 22:31:14 UTC 2016 SourcePackage: qemu UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) bootlist: /pci@800000020000011/pci1014,034A@0/sas/disk@4068402c40 /pci@800000020000018/ethernet@0:speed=auto,duplex=auto,csarch,000.000.000.000,,000.000.000.000,000.000.000.000,5,5,000.000.000.000,512 /pci@800000020000018/ethernet@0,1:speed=auto,duplex=auto,csarch,000.000.000.000,,000.000.000.000,000.000.000.000,5,5,000.000.000.000,512 /pci@800000020000018/ethernet@0,2:speed=auto,duplex=auto,csarch,000.000.000.000,,000.000.000.000,000.000.000.000,5,5,000.000.000.000,512 /pci@800000020000018/ethernet@0,3:speed=auto,duplex=auto,csarch,000.000.000.000,,000.000.000.000,000.000.000.000,5,5,000.000.000.000,512 cpu_cores: Number of cores present = 8 cpu_coreson: Number of cores online = 8 cpu_smt: SMT=8 lscfg_vp: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'lscfg' lsmcode: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'lsmcode' To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/1563887/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp