On Fri, Aug 11, 2023 at 11:31:09AM +0200, Emanuele Rocca wrote: > > But it breaks if I add -enable-kvm. Any hints? > > Nothing wrong with your command, I've tried the exact same thing (with > -enable-kvm) and it works fine on my M1.
Thanks a bunch for confirming on other hardware, that makes me feel better! > - What happens if you try with: -m 1G -smp 2, any differences? No change. > - What does ls -l /dev/kvm say? Is your user in the kvm group? All looks good: $ ls -la /dev/kvm crw-rw---- 1 root kvm 10, 232 Aug 10 22:30 /dev/kvm $ groups ross adm tty disk dialout sudo audio video plugdev games users input kvm netdev libvirt systemd-journal libvirt-qemu > - Anything interesting in dmesg? Nothing at all. :( > - What if you add -serial file:serial.log ? Anything in serial.log? No, even if I modify the image to enable early printk. Since I'm not seeing the UEFI firmware banner, I think it's failing before the kernel starts. Here's where my arm ignorance steps in: - Is it possible my hardware is lacking virt support? - Could my hardware not support UEFI even with qemu providing firmware? Ross

