This is fixed upstream (in seabios actually) by commit 6d5a2172f2b76900572107868ec080400c4f615d -- see http://git.linuxtogo.org/?p=kevin/seabios.git;a=commit;h=6d5a2172f2b76900572107868ec080400c4f615d . I added this patch to Debian releases of qemu-kvm, both for squeeze and experimental.
-- system_powerdown is working in qemu-kvm with KVM enabled for FreeBSD guests https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/643430 You received this bug notification because you are a member of qemu- devel-ml, which is subscribed to QEMU. Status in QEMU: New Bug description: system_powerdown stops working in qemu-kvm for FreeBSD guests if KVM is enabled. How to reproduce: 1. qemu -cdrom ~/.VirtualBox/libvirt/FreeBSD-8.1-RELEASE-i386-bootonly.iso 2. Enter system_powerdown in the qemu console 3. Nothing happens. Adding --no-kvm option makes system_powerdown work: 1. qemu --no-kvm -cdrom ~/.VirtualBox/libvirt/FreeBSD-8.1-RELEASE-i386-bootonly.iso 2. system_powerdown 3. FreeBSD installer shows the shutdown dialog as expected Tested on FreeBSD 6.4, 7.2, and 8.0 with qemu-kvm 0.12.5 and older versions.
