Re: kern/45671: Current NetBSD/i386 does not install under current qemu

[Andreas Gustafsson <gson%gson.org@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR kern/45671; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Andreas Gustafsson <gson%gson.org@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: kern-bug-people%netbsd.org@localhost,
    gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost,
    netbsd-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Subject: Re: kern/45671: Current NetBSD/i386 does not install under current qemu
Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2013 19:16:39 +0300

 Dear gnats,
 
 Today, I attempted to install NetBSD 6.1.1 on a virtual server hosted
 by edis.at and based on the Linux KVM virtialization technology.
 Booting from the install ISO failed with a panic identical to that
 reported in PR 45671.
 
 I assume this means that although the qemu bug causing this has been fixed
 for more than a year now ( https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/897771 ),
 there are still versions of KVM in production use that are based on
 buggy versions of qemu.  Therefore, it would still be useful for
 NetBSD to work around the bug, as it would broaden the range of VPS
 hosting options available.
 -- 
 Andreas Gustafsson, gson%gson.org@localhost