Re: QEMU unexpectedly closed the monitor

[Itaru Kitayama]

Hi Alex,

> On Jul 30, 2024, at 22:25, Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@linaro.org> wrote:
> 
> Itaru Kitayama <itaru.kitayama@linux.dev> writes:
> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> Executing virt-install with the following options:
>> 
>> sudo virt-install --machine=virt --arch=aarch64 --name=test8 --disk
>> path=/var/lib/libvirt/images/jammy.qcow2,format=qcow2,device=disk,bus=virtio,cache=none
>> --memory=2048 --vcpu=1 --nographic --check all=off --features acpi=off
>> --import --os-variant=ubuntu22.04 --virt-type kvm --boot
>> kernel=Image-guest-cca-v4,initrd=rootfs.cpio,kernel_args='earlycon
>> console=ttyAMA0 rdinit=/sbin/init rw root=/dev/vda acpi=off' --network
>> none
>> 
>> receives an error:
>> 
>> Starting install...
>> ERROR    internal error: QEMU unexpectedly closed the monitor (vm='test8'): 
>> 2024-07-29T06:23:04.717118Z qemu-system-aarch64: could not load kernel 
>> '/home/realm/Image-guest-cca-v4’
>> 
>> I am not sure how to investigate as the kernel Image (Image-guest-cca-v4) 
>> can work if it is used directly with the qemu-system-aarch64, like:
>> 
>> sudo qemu-system-aarch64 -kernel Image-guest-cca-v4 -initrd
>> rootfs.cpio -cpu host -M virt,gic-version=3,acpi=off -enable-kvm -smp
>> 2 -m 2048M -nographic -append 'earlycon console=ttyAMA0
>> rdinit=/sbin/init rw root=/dev/vda acpi=off' -net none
> 
> Is there any way to get virt-install to dump its QEMU command line?
> There obviously seems to be something off if it works when you build the
> command line by hand.

Not in a form we wish, but structured way, see the attached log with the —debug 
option.

Itaru.

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> 
>> 
>> Userland is Ubuntu 24.04, and the host and guest kernels are for the 
>> protected VM (Realm) execution.
>> Any help would be appreciated.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Itaru.
> 
> -- 
> Alex Bennée
> Virtualisation Tech Lead @ Linaro