Re: nvmm: Linux Kernel panic in QEMU+nvmm (in i7-8650 only?)

[RVP <rvp%SDF.ORG@localhost>]

On Tue, 8 Sep 2026, Mosh wrote:

> I was having a very weird behavior while trying to run Linux with
> NVMM+QEMU. This may not sound rare to you at this point, but I found
> something so peculiar that may be a unexpected behaviour.
> [...]
> This works perfectly in my Intel Core i5-3470 PC. I still have to
> supply the "noapic" param to the GRUB2 Linux cmdline, but beyond that
> works as expected. However, in my Lenovo Thinkpad (Intel Core i7-8650)
> *this doesn't work* for some reason. Once I run the command above,
> Linux immediately panics with the following message:
>
>    No working init found.  Try passing init= option to kernel. See
>    Linux Documentation/admin-guide/init ...
> [...]

This is PR kern/60221 I believe. Try passing `no_timer_check' to the kernel.
And, I think, the difference arises because NVMM operates as if `-cpu host'
was always passed.

-RVP