Bug#844446: linux-image-4.8.0-1-amd64: Fails to boot on qemu/kvm

[Santiago Vila <sanvila@unex.es>]

Hi.

The following workaround worked for me:

Try setting the CPU type to be a "simple old CPU" without a lot of
features. For example, the following change fixed the problem in my
case:

--- a/libvirt/qemu/machine.xml
+++ b/libvirt/qemu/machine.xml
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ or other application using the libvirt API.
     <apic/>
     <pae/>
   </features>
-  <cpu mode='host-model'>
-    <model fallback='allow'/>
+  <cpu mode='custom' match='exact'>
+    <model fallback='allow'>core2duo</model>
   </cpu>
   <clock offset='utc'>
     <timer name='rtc' tickpolicy='catchup'/>

Can you try that and see what happens?

Thanks.