Tested PPA with xenial based on the instruction in comment #18.
$ uname -a
Linux dryden 4.15.0-45-generic #48~16.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jan 29 18:03:36 UTC
2019 ppc64le ppc64le ppc64le GNU/Linux
$ apt policy qemu-kvm
qemu-kvm:
Installed: 1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.35~test2
Candidate: 1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.35~test2
Version table:
*** 1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.35~test2 500
500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-security-proposed/ppa/ubuntu
xenial/main ppc64el Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
$ sudo kvm -M pseries,cap-sbbc=workaround,cap-cfpc=workaround -smp 4 -m 8192
-serial mon:stdio -enable-kvm -vga none -nographic bionic-image1.img
WARNING: Image format was not specified for 'bionic-image1.img' 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.
SLOF **********************************************************************
QEMU Starting
Build Date = Dec 21 2017 00:39:26
FW Version = buildd@ release 20151103
Press "s" to enter Open Firmware.
Populating /vdevice methods
Populating /vdevice/vty@71000000
Populating /vdevice/nvram@71000001
Populating /vdevice/l-lan@71000002
Populating /vdevice/v-scsi@71000003
SCSI: Looking for devices
8000000000000000 DISK : "QEMU QEMU HARDDISK 2.5+"
8200000000000000 CD-ROM : "QEMU QEMU CD-ROM 2.5+"
Populating /pci@800000020000000
No NVRAM common partition, re-initializing...
Scanning USB
Using default console: /vdevice/vty@71000000
Welcome to Open Firmware
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Backport spectre/meltdown fixes on qemu for ppc64 into 16.04 and
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