ok. so after playing some, this all comes down to needing 'usb=off' on the qemu command line.
works: qemu-system-ppc64 -enable-kvm -machine usb=off -device virtio-net-pci,netdev=net00 -netdev type=user,id=net00 -drive if=virtio,file=xenial-server-cloudimg-ppc64el-disk1.img,format=qcow2 -drive if=virtio,file=my-seed.img,format=raw -snapshot -m 256 -nographic doesnt work: qemu-system-ppc64 -enable-kvm virtio-net-pci,netdev=net00 -netdev type=user,id=net00 -drive if=virtio,file=xenial-server-cloudimg-ppc64el-disk1.img,format=qcow2 -drive if=virtio,file=my-seed.img,format=raw -snapshot -m 256 -nographic the interesting bit of 'doesnt work' is that it *does* work, the user just thinks it doesnt because output is eaten up and doesnt go to console, but it *does* work fine. http://paste.ubuntu.com/15660816/ -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to the bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1563887 Title: qemu-system-ppc64 freezes on starting image on ppc64le To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/1563887/+subscriptions -- 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
