[Qemu-ppc] Creating a e500mc VM from Ubuntu Trusty 14.04 requires adding ttyS0.conf

[John Donnelly]

Hi

If I create a VM using the network installer ( it installs a 13.9.0.24
kernel)  I have to  later create a /etc/init/ttyS0.conf in the VM for
the console to work using the -nographic option:

qemu-system-ppc -M ppce500 -nographic -kernel vmlinux_installer \
                -initrd initrd_installer -m 1G -enable-kvm -drive \
         file=ubuntu-14.04.raw,if=virtio -append "console=ttyS0" \
         -no-shutdown -no-reboot -name Ubuntu-VM1

Is this unique ?

The platform is FS P4080 running  13.9.0.24 also.

The install come from:

http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/dists/trusty/main/installer-powerpc/current/images/e500mc/netboot/



Regards,
 John.

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