Looks like this has been finally fixed by this commit here: http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commitdiff;h=7f81dbb9a0e89b53
** Changed in: qemu Status: New => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of qemu- devel-ml, which is subscribed to QEMU. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/842290 Title: MIPS Malta mini-bootloader print function has bad jump instruction Status in QEMU: Fix Released Bug description: One of the hardcoded bootloader library instructions in the MIPS Malta mini-bootloader's print function is: stl_raw(p++, 0x08000205); /* j 814 */ Since this function is loaded at 0xbfc00808, this jump jumps to the middle of nowhere. The properly-encoded instruction is: stl_raw(p++, 0x0bf00205); /* j 814 */ With this patch, the print function behaves as expected. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/842290/+subscriptions