Bug#1106757: ppc64el Trixie: Need default 64KB page kernel or installer option
On Thu, May 29, 2025 at 04:04:43PM +0530, Trupti wrote:
> Testing with the debian-testing-ppc64el-DVD-1.iso confirms that Debian
> Trixie on ppc64el currently installs a 4KB page kernel by default. This
> default (ref: #1074217) causes issues, especially for KVM virtualization
> (e.g., "Can't support 64 kiB guest pages with 4 kiB host pages"), hindering
> common ppc64el use cases. Debian Trixie should offer easier access to a 64KB
> page size kernel.
This is a bug in qemu.
> Make a 64KB page kernel the default for ppc64el Trixie.
We decided to make 4 KiB the default for all architectures.
Bastian
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