Doing a complete git clone with all submodules is broken; I guess by commit c3d8dab32.
cam-vm-266:precise:tmp$ git clone git://git.qemu-project.org/qemu.git Cloning into 'qemu'... remote: Counting objects: 142750, done. remote: Compressing objects: 100% (34907/34907), done. remote: Total 142750 (delta 113233), reused 135930 (delta 107387) Receiving objects: 100% (142750/142750), 49.04 MiB | 2.26 MiB/s, done. Resolving deltas: 100% (113233/113233), done. cam-vm-266:precise:tmp$ cd qemu cam-vm-266:precise:qemu$ git submodule init Submodule 'pixman' (git://anongit.freedesktop.org/pixman) registered for path 'pixman' Submodule 'roms/SLOF' (git://git.qemu.org/SLOF.git) registered for path 'roms/SLOF' Submodule 'roms/ipxe' (git://git.qemu.org/ipxe.git) registered for path 'roms/ipxe' Submodule 'roms/openbios' (git://git.qemu.org/openbios.git) registered for path 'roms/openbios' Submodule 'roms/qemu-palcode' (git://repo.or.cz/qemu-palcode.git) registered for path 'roms/qemu-palcode' Submodule 'roms/seabios' (git://git.qemu.org/seabios.git/) registered for path 'roms/seabios' Submodule 'roms/sgabios' (git://git.qemu.org/sgabios.git) registered for path 'roms/sgabios' Submodule 'roms/vgabios' (git://git.qemu.org/vgabios.git/) registered for path 'roms/vgabios' cam-vm-266:precise:qemu$ git submodule update [snip] Submodule path 'roms/vgabios': checked out '19ea12c230ded95928ecaef0db47a82231c2e485' Unable to checkout '09c5109b8585178172c7608de8d52e9d9af0b680' in submodule path 'roms/ipxe' (Extra bonus question, why does seabios appear twice in the list of submodules?) thanks -- PMM
