Quoting Mike Rushton (2016-04-05 13:10:17) > ubuntu@alpine01:~$ sudo ppc64_cpu --smt=1 > 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:~$ sudo ppc64_cpu --smt > SMT is off > > > Still freezing at the same point. > > 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@alpine01:~/kvm$ qemu-system-ppc64 -m 256 -display none -nographic > -net nic -net user,net=10.0.0.0/8,host=10.0.0.1,hostfwd=tcp::2222-:22 > -machine pseries -drive > file=xenial-server-cloudimg-ppc64el-disk1.img,if=virtio -drive > file=seed.iso,if=virtio > 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.
Unless things are different with Ubuntu, I don't think KVM is enabled by default. Try your command with -enable-kvm to be sure.
