I have the same problem with debian armel image from: http://people.debian.org/~aurel32/qemu/armel/ Some additional data:
$qemu-system-arm -M versatilepb -kernel vmlinuz-2.6.26-1-versatile -initrd initrd.img-2.6.26-1-versatile -hda debian_lenny_armel.qcow2 -append "root=/dev/sda1" qemu: hardware error: pl011_read: Bad offset 101f1018 CPU #0: R00=0001335d R01=101f1000 R02=00000055 R03=ffffffff R04=00008000 R05=00168e48 R06=41069265 R07=00000183 R08=00000100 R09=00000000 R10=0014f9a4 R11=00158e2c R12=00158e30 R13=00158e20 R14=00012fd0 R15=00010b00 PSR=200001d3 --C- A svc32 Aborted uname -a Linux hostname 2.6.32-22-generic #36-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jun 3 19:31:57 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux -- [qemu-system-arm] hardware error: pl011_read: Bad offset 16000018 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/579227 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to qemu-kvm in ubuntu. -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs