Comment 6 for bug 579227

Similiar problem here:
Linux rhea 2.6.32-22-generic #36-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jun 3 19:31:57 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux

arnd@rhea:~$ dpkg -l | grep qemu
ii qemu-common 0.12.3+noroms-0ubuntu9.1 qemu common functionality (bios, documentati
ii qemu-kvm 0.12.3+noroms-0ubuntu9.1 Full virtualization on i386 and amd64 hardwa
ii qemu-kvm-extras 0.12.3+noroms-0ubuntu9.1 fast processor emulator binaries for non-x86

but with debian installer. Strange thing is, it does not always fail the same way:

arnd@rhea:/mnt/data/debian-squeeze-arm$ qemu-system-arm -M versatilepb -kernel vmlinuz-2.6.30-2-versatile -hda hda.img -initrd initrd.gz -append "root=/dev/ram" -m 512
Segmentation fault
arnd@rhea:/mnt/data/debian-squeeze-arm$ qemu-system-arm -M versatilepb -kernel vmlinuz-2.6.30-2-versatile -hda hda.img -initrd initrd.gz -append "root=/dev/ram" -m 512
Segmentation fault
arnd@rhea:/mnt/data/debian-squeeze-arm$ qemu-system-arm -M versatilepb -kernel vmlinuz-2.6.30-2-versatile -hda hda.img -initrd initrd.gz -append "root=/dev/ram" -m 512
Segmentation fault
arnd@rhea:/mnt/data/debian-squeeze-arm$ qemu-system-arm -M versatilepb -kernel vmlinuz-2.6.30-2-versatile -hda hda.img -initrd initrd.gz -append "root=/dev/ram" -m 512
qemu: hardware error: pl011_read: Bad offset 101f1018

CPU #0:
R00=000132d6 R01=00000000 R02=00000055 R03=ffffffff
R04=101f1000 R05=0000000d R06=00190d5c R07=00000183
R08=00000100 R09=00000000 R10=10000000 R11=00000000
R12=101f1000 R13=0019216c R14=00012f7c R15=0001089c
PSR=200001d3 --C- A svc32
Aborted