Bug#1106757: ppc64el Trixie: Need default 64KB page kernel or installer option
On Wed, Jun 04, 2025 at 10:32:13PM +0200, Bastian Blank wrote:
> 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.
Could you please contact the qemu maintainer via
1107288@bugs.debian.org? I can only do theoretical work on a fix for
qemu, but you might have access to the hardware as well.
Bastian
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