Comment 23 for bug 1563887
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| Michael Roth (mdroth) wrote Re: [Qemu-devel] [Bug 1563887] Re: qemu-system-ppc64 freezes on starting image on ppc64le | #23 |
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Quoting Mike Rushton (2016-04-04 09:49:29)
> ubuntu@alpine01:~$ ppc64_cpu --info
> Core 0: 0* 1* 2* 3* 4* 5* 6* 7*
> Core 1: 8* 9* 10* 11* 12* 13* 14* 15*
> Core 2: 16* 17* 18* 19* 20* 21* 22* 23*
> Core 3: 24* 25* 26* 27* 28* 29* 30* 31*
> Core 4: 32* 33* 34* 35* 36* 37* 38* 39*
> Core 5: 40* 41* 42* 43* 44* 45* 46* 47*
> Core 6: 48* 49* 50* 51* 52* 53* 54* 55*
> Core 7: 56* 57* 58* 59* 60* 61* 62* 63*
> ubuntu@alpine01:~$ ppc64_cpu --smt off
> SMT=8
> ubuntu@alpine01:~$ ppc64_cpu --info
> Core 0: 0* 1* 2* 3* 4* 5* 6* 7*
> Core 1: 8* 9* 10* 11* 12* 13* 14* 15*
> Core 2: 16* 17* 18* 19* 20* 21* 22* 23*
> Core 3: 24* 25* 26* 27* 28* 29* 30* 31*
> Core 4: 32* 33* 34* 35* 36* 37* 38* 39*
> Core 5: 40* 41* 42* 43* 44* 45* 46* 47*
> Core 6: 48* 49* 50* 51* 52* 53* 54* 55*
> Core 7: 56* 57* 58* 59* 60* 61* 62* 63*
Yah, this is not right.
I think the command you need is actually:
ppc64_cpu --smt=1
I don't know if this is the root cause, but I would not
expect things to work in general without SMT=1
>
> Still freezing at the same point:
>
> Trying to load: from: disk ... Successfully loaded
> * finddevice /memory grub workaround *
> * finddevice /memory grub workaround *
> * finddevice /memory grub workaround *
> Linux ppc64le
> #31-Ubuntu SMP F
>
>
> This is running on an LPAR in PowerNV mode.
>
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> Title:
> qemu-system-ppc64 freezes on starting image on ppc64le
>
> Status in QEMU:
> New
> Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
> Confirmed
> 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@
> 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/
> Populating /vdevice/
> Populating /vdevice/
> Populating /vdevice/
> SCSI: Looking for devices
> 8200000000000000 CD-ROM : "QEMU QEMU CD-ROM 2.5+"
> Populating /pci@8000000200
> 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://
>
> 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@8000000200
> /pci@8000000200
> /pci@8000000200
> /pci@8000000200
> /pci@8000000200
> 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'
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