qemu-system-ppc64 freezes on starting image on ppc64le
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
QEMU |
Invalid
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
linux (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
|
High
|
Unassigned | ||
livecd-rootfs (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
|
High
|
Unassigned | ||
qemu (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
|
High
|
Unassigned |
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@
WARNING: Image format was not specified for 'seed.iso' and probing guessed raw.
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/
Populating /vdevice/
Populating /vdevice/
Populating /vdevice/
SCSI: Looking for devices
Populating /pci@8000000200
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://
Trying to load: from: /pci@8000000200
E3404: Not a bootable device!
Trying to load: from: /pci@8000000200
Linux ppc64le
#31-Ubuntu SMP F
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: qemu-system-ppc 1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu6
ProcVersionSign
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-
qemu-system-ppc Sl+ 1000 1000 18973 18896 101 qemu-system-ppc64 -m 256 -display none -nographic -net nic -net user,net=
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=
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@
SourcePackage: qemu
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
bootlist:
/pci@800000020
/pci@800000020
/pci@800000020
/pci@800000020
/pci@800000020
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'
description: | updated |
Changed in qemu (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Incomplete |
Changed in qemu: | |
status: | New → Invalid |
Changed in livecd-rootfs (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Invalid |
Changed in linux (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → High |
Changed in qemu: | |
status: | Confirmed → Invalid |
In Ubuntu 14.04.4 running on the same hardware, the fix was to update qemu-system-ppc from cloud-archive:kilo. This repository is only supported on trusty and contains an earlier version of qemu-system-ppc than what is available on xenial.