some more info, with debug enabled in hw/multiboot.kvm on kvm git trunk:
$ ./x86_64-softmmu/qemu-system-x86_64 --machine accel=tcg -kernel ~/grub-maverick-20100729.img qemu: I believe we found a multiboot image! multiboot: mh_header_addr = 0x10025c multiboot: mh_load_addr = 0x100000 multiboot: mh_load_end_addr = 0 multiboot: mh_bss_end_addr = 0 qemu: loading multiboot kernel (0xfff00000 bytes) at 0x100000
GLib-ERROR **: /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.31.20/./glib/gmem.c:165: failed to allocate 4293918720 bytes Trace/breakpoint trap (core dumped)
some more info, with debug enabled in hw/multiboot.kvm on kvm git trunk:
$ ./x86_64- softmmu/ qemu-system- x86_64 --machine accel=tcg -kernel ~/grub- maverick- 20100729. img
qemu: I believe we found a multiboot image!
multiboot: mh_header_addr = 0x10025c
multiboot: mh_load_addr = 0x100000
multiboot: mh_load_end_addr = 0
multiboot: mh_bss_end_addr = 0
qemu: loading multiboot kernel (0xfff00000 bytes) at 0x100000
GLib-ERROR **: /build/ buildd/ glib2.0- 2.31.20/ ./glib/ gmem.c: 165: failed to allocate 4293918720 bytes
Trace/breakpoint trap (core dumped)