Comment 11 for bug 1761372

------- Comment From <email address hidden> 2018-04-09 07:10 EDT-------
(In reply to comment #13)
> # qemu-system-ppc64 -M ? | egrep 'bionic|2.1[12]'
> pseries-2.11 pSeries Logical Partition (PAPR compliant)
> pseries-2.12 pSeries Logical Partition (PAPR compliant)
> pseries-2.12-sxxm pSeries Logical Partition (PAPR compliant)
> pseries pSeries Logical Partition (PAPR compliant) (alias of
> pseries-bionic)
> pseries-bionic pSeries Logical Partition (PAPR compliant) (default)
> pseries-bionic-sxxm pSeries Logical Partition (PAPR compliant)
>
> Both types seem to work for me.
> I have no FW to check in the actual features.
>
> I'll drive a new general regression run over the weekend, but I'd be really
> happy if one of you could test the if new type fits your needs so that I can
> push it on monday (since everything else seems good).
>
> Still ppa: https://launchpad.net/~ci-train-ppa-service/+archive/ubuntu/3225
> Min Version with these changes: qemu - 1:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu6~ppa4

ii qemu-kvm 1:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu6~ppa4

I tested on Power8 am able to boot with pseries-bionic-sxxm fine and works as expected.

kvm -M pseries-bionic-sxxm -monitor stdio -serial /dev/pts/6 -enable-kvm -nographic -vga none /home/sath/avocado-fvt-wrapper/data/avocado-vt/images/ubuntu-16.04.4-ppc64le.qcow2 -device virtio-net

Regards,
-Satheesh