Comment 22 for bug 1712803

On Xenial + HWE as-is:

ubuntu@wichita:~/kvm-unit-tests$ sudo ./run_tests.sh -v; cat logs/spapr_hcall.log
TESTNAME=selftest-setup TIMEOUT=90s ACCEL= ./powerpc/run powerpc/selftest.elf -smp 2 -m 256 -append 'setup smp=2 mem=256'
PASS selftest-setup
TESTNAME=spapr_hcall TIMEOUT=90s ACCEL= ./powerpc/run powerpc/spapr_hcall.elf -smp 1
FAIL spapr_hcall
TESTNAME=rtas-get-time-of-day TIMEOUT=5 ACCEL= ./powerpc/run powerpc/rtas.elf -smp 1 -append "get-time-of-day date=$(date +%s)"
PASS rtas-get-time-of-day
TESTNAME=rtas-get-time-of-day-base TIMEOUT=5 ACCEL= ./powerpc/run powerpc/rtas.elf -smp 1 -rtc base="2006-06-17" -append "get-time-of-day date=$(date --date="2006-06-17 UTC" +%s)"
PASS rtas-get-time-of-day-base
TESTNAME=rtas-set-time-of-day TIMEOUT=5 ACCEL= ./powerpc/run powerpc/rtas.elf -smp 1 -append "set-time-of-day"
PASS rtas-set-time-of-day
TESTNAME=emulator TIMEOUT=90s ACCEL= ./powerpc/run powerpc/emulator.elf -smp 1
FAIL emulator
SKIP h_cede_tm (test marked as manual run only)
MIGRATION=yes TESTNAME=sprs TIMEOUT=90s ACCEL= ./powerpc/run powerpc/sprs.elf -smp 1 -append '-w'
FAIL sprs
timeout -k 1s --foreground 90s /usr/bin/qemu-system-ppc64 -nodefaults -machine pseries,accel=kvm -bios powerpc/boot_rom.bin -display none -serial stdio -kernel powerpc/spapr_hcall.elf -smp 1 # -initrd /tmp/tmp.mp3tm4K2lz
FAIL: hypercall: h_set_sprg0: sprg0 = 0xcafebabedeadbeef
FAIL: hypercall: h_set_sprg0: sprg0 = 0xaaaaaaaa55555555
FAIL: hypercall: h_set_sprg0: sprg0 = 0x419744
FAIL: hypercall: h_page_init: h_zero_page
FAIL: hypercall: h_page_init: h_copy_page
FAIL: hypercall: h_page_init: h_copy_page+h_zero_page
FAIL: hypercall: h_page_init: h_zero_page unaligned dst
FAIL: hypercall: h_page_init: h_copy_page unaligned src
XFAIL: hypercall: h_random: h-call available
SUMMARY: 9 tests, 8 unexpected failures, 1 expected failures

EXIT: STATUS=3
R

Upgrade to the version in proposed:
$ sudo apt install qemu-kvm qemu-block-extra qemu-system-ppc
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
  qemu-system-common qemu-utils
Suggested packages:
  samba vde2 openbios-ppc openhackware debootstrap
The following packages will be upgraded:
  qemu-block-extra qemu-kvm qemu-system-common qemu-system-ppc qemu-utils
5 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 27 not upgraded.
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With proposed enabled:
$ sudo ./run_tests.sh -v; cat logs/spapr_hcall.log
TESTNAME=selftest-setup TIMEOUT=90s ACCEL= ./powerpc/run powerpc/selftest.elf -smp 2 -m 256 -append 'setup smp=2 mem=256'
PASS selftest-setup
TESTNAME=spapr_hcall TIMEOUT=90s ACCEL= ./powerpc/run powerpc/spapr_hcall.elf -smp 1
PASS spapr_hcall
TESTNAME=rtas-get-time-of-day TIMEOUT=5 ACCEL= ./powerpc/run powerpc/rtas.elf -smp 1 -append "get-time-of-day date=$(date +%s)"
PASS rtas-get-time-of-day
TESTNAME=rtas-get-time-of-day-base TIMEOUT=5 ACCEL= ./powerpc/run powerpc/rtas.elf -smp 1 -rtc base="2006-06-17" -append "get-time-of-day date=$(date --date="2006-06-17 UTC" +%s)"
PASS rtas-get-time-of-day-base
TESTNAME=rtas-set-time-of-day TIMEOUT=5 ACCEL= ./powerpc/run powerpc/rtas.elf -smp 1 -append "set-time-of-day"
PASS rtas-set-time-of-day
TESTNAME=emulator TIMEOUT=90s ACCEL= ./powerpc/run powerpc/emulator.elf -smp 1
FAIL emulator
SKIP h_cede_tm (test marked as manual run only)
MIGRATION=yes TESTNAME=sprs TIMEOUT=90s ACCEL= ./powerpc/run powerpc/sprs.elf -smp 1 -append '-w'
FAIL sprs
timeout -k 1s --foreground 90s /usr/bin/qemu-system-ppc64 -nodefaults -machine pseries,accel=kvm -bios powerpc/boot_rom.bin -display none -serial stdio -kernel powerpc/spapr_hcall.elf -smp 1 # -initrd /tmp/tmp.1nGLEapURm
PASS: hypercall: h_set_sprg0: sprg0 = 0xcafebabedeadbeef
PASS: hypercall: h_set_sprg0: sprg0 = 0xaaaaaaaa55555555
PASS: hypercall: h_set_sprg0: sprg0 = 0x419744
PASS: hypercall: h_page_init: h_zero_page
PASS: hypercall: h_page_init: h_copy_page
PASS: hypercall: h_page_init: h_copy_page+h_zero_page
PASS: hypercall: h_page_init: h_zero_page unaligned dst
PASS: hypercall: h_page_init: h_copy_page unaligned src
XFAIL: hypercall: h_random: h-call available
SUMMARY: 9 tests, 1 expected failures

EXIT: STATUS=1
R

Verified in proposed.