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You could use a buildroot image instead. :
https://github.com/buildroot/buildroot/blob/master/configs/qemu_ppc64le_powernv8_defconfig
Images pushed here :
https://github.com/legoater/qemu-ppc-boot/tree/main/buildroot/qemu_ppc64le_powernv8-2025.02
qemu-system-ppc64 -m 1G -M powernv10 \
-kernel ./buildroot/qemu_ppc64le_powernv8-2025.02/vmlinux \
-append root=/dev/nvme0n1 \
-device nvme,bus=pcie.2,addr=0x0,drive=drive0,serial=1234 \
-drive
file=./buildroot/qemu_ppc64le_powernv8-2025.02/rootfs.ext2,if=none,id=drive0,format=raw,cache=none
\
-device e1000e,bus=pcie.1,addr=0x0,netdev=net0 \
-netdev user,id=net0 \
-serial mon:stdio -nographic -snapshot
[ 0.010515922,5] OPAL v7.1-106-g785a5e307 starting...
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[ 0.000000][ T0] Linux version 6.12.9 (legoater@ryzen)
(powerpc64le-buildroot-linux-gnu-gcc.br_real (Buildroot 2025.02) 13.3.0, GNU ld
(GNU Binutils) 2.43.1) #1 SMP Wed Mar 26 11:11:35 CET 2025
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Please use these images or the opbuild image which should also work but
the CPU won't be recognized as a POWER11.
Thanks,
C.
