Re: [Qemu-discuss] qemu-kvm hangs at boot when the disk interface is virtio.

[Programmingkid]

> On Nov 15, 2017, at 9:06 PM, Shiyao MA <address@hidden> wrote:
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> On Wed, Nov 15, 2017 at 11:15 PM, Programmingkid
> <address@hidden> wrote:
>> Is this a problem you noticed after upgrading QEMU? If this is a new 
>> problem, you might want to try 'git bisect' to find the commit that causes 
>> this problem.
> 
> 
> Thanks!  Problem solved; you point me to the right direction!
> 
> Adding a "-machine type=pc-i440fx-2.6", everything becomes normal.
> However, for all version 2.x (x > 6), the guest OS will hang!
> 
> This problem exists if the first level hypervisor is VMWARE FUSION.
> 
> 
> BTW, I wonder exact difference does "-machine type=pc-i440fx-2.x" bring about?
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> 
> -- 
> Best,
> Shiyao

Glad to have helped. I remember there was a lot of talk about changing AHCI a 
while back. Maybe that had something to do with it.