Hi Rich

I tried the above two commands but resulted in below logs..


SUPERMIN_MODULES=/lib/modules/3.8.13-rt9-QorIQ-SDK-V1.4
SUPERMIN_KERNEL=/boot/uImage
PATH=/bin:/sbin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin
SELinux: sh: getenforce: command not found
guestfs_get_append: (null)
guestfs_get_autosync: 1
guestfs_get_backend: direct
guestfs_get_backend_settings: []
guestfs_get_cachedir: /var/tmp
guestfs_get_direct: 0
guestfs_get_hv: /usr/bin/kvm
guestfs_get_memsize: 768
guestfs_get_network: 0
guestfs_get_path: /usr/local/lib/guestfs
guestfs_get_pgroup: 0
guestfs_get_program: libguestfs-test-tool
guestfs_get_recovery_proc: 1
guestfs_get_selinux: 0
guestfs_get_smp: 1
guestfs_get_tmpdir: /tmp
guestfs_get_trace: 0
guestfs_get_verbose: 1
host_cpu: powerpc64
Launching appliance, timeout set to 600 seconds.
libguestfs: launch: program=libguestfs-test-tool
libguestfs: launch: version=1.26.1
libguestfs: launch: backend registered: unix
libguestfs: launch: backend registered: uml
libguestfs: launch: backend registered: direct
libguestfs: launch: backend=direct
libguestfs: launch: tmpdir=/tmp/libguestfsfPWXx0
libguestfs: launch: umask=0002
libguestfs: launch: euid=1000
libguestfs: [00000ms] begin building supermin appliance
libguestfs: [00000ms] run supermin
libguestfs: command: run: /usr/bin/supermin
libguestfs: command: run: \ --build
libguestfs: command: run: \ --verbose
libguestfs: command: run: \ --if-newer
libguestfs: command: run: \ --lock /var/tmp/.guestfs-1000/lock
libguestfs: command: run: \ --copy-kernel
libguestfs: command: run: \ -f ext2
libguestfs: command: run: \ --host-cpu powerpc64
libguestfs: command: run: \ /usr/local/lib/guestfs/supermin.d
libguestfs: command: run: \ -o /var/tmp/.guestfs-1000/appliance.d
supermin: version: 5.1.8
supermin: package handler: debian/dpkg
supermin: acquiring lock on /var/tmp/.guestfs-1000/lock
supermin: build: /usr/local/lib/guestfs/supermin.d
supermin: build: visiting /usr/local/lib/guestfs/supermin.d/base.tar.gz type gzip base image (tar)
supermin: build: visiting /usr/local/lib/guestfs/supermin.d/daemon.tar.gz type gzip base image (tar)
supermin: build: visiting /usr/local/lib/guestfs/supermin.d/excludefiles type uncompressed excludefiles
supermin: build: visiting /usr/local/lib/guestfs/supermin.d/hostfiles type uncompressed hostfiles
supermin: build: visiting /usr/local/lib/guestfs/supermin.d/init.tar.gz type gzip base image (tar)
supermin: build: visiting /usr/local/lib/guestfs/supermin.d/packages type uncompressed packages
supermin: build: visiting /usr/local/lib/guestfs/supermin.d/udev-rules.tar.gz type gzip base image (tar)
supermin: build: 121 packages, including dependencies
supermin: build: 7109 files
supermin: build: 7109 files, after removing unreadable files
supermin: build: 4939 files, after matching excludefiles
supermin: build: 4941 files, after adding hostfiles
supermin: build: 4944 files, after munging
supermin: kernel: SUPERMIN_KERNEL environment variable /boot/uImage
supermin: failed to find a suitable kernel (host_cpu=powerpc64).

I looked for kernels in /boot and modules in /lib/modules.

If this is a Xen guest, and you only have Xen domU kernels
installed, try installing a fullvirt kernel (only for
supermin use, you shouldn't boot the Xen guest with it).
libguestfs: error: /usr/bin/supermin exited with error status 1, see debug messages above
libguestfs-test-tool: failed to launch appliance
libguestfs: closing guestfs handle 0x10016848 (state 0)
libguestfs: command: run: rm
libguestfs: command: run: \ -rf /tmp/libguestfsfPWXx0



I think i need to enable virtio-serial in my kernel.
I'll you let you know the result after enabling virtio-seriel in the kernel inn 5-10 min.
Well sorry to disturb you on vocations.:-(

Thanks


On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 2:49 PM, Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com> wrote:
On Wed, Jun 04, 2014 at 02:25:58PM +0530, abhishek jain wrote:
> Hi RIch
>
>
> Below are the details of the powerpc ubuntu system ...
>
> ls -l /boot/
> total 10200
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5224765 Nov 22  2013 uImage
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5192861 Nov 22  2013 uImage.orig
>
>
> ls -l /lib/modules/
> total 4
> drwxr-xr-x 3 ubuntu ubuntu 4096 Jun  3 07:21 3.8.13-rt9-QorIQ-SDK-V1.4
>
>
> uname -a
> Linux t4240-ubuntu1310 3.8.13-rt9-QorIQ-SDK-V1.4 #10 SMP Tue May 27
> 10:48:24 IST 2014 ppc64 ppc64 ppc64 GNU/Linux

Well, assuming the modules directory matches the kernel (uImage)
you could try:

export SUPERMIN_KERNEL=/boot/uImage
export SUPERMIN_MODULES=/lib/modules/3.8.13-rt9-QorIQ-SDK-V1.4

Are these homebrew kernels?  I'm surprised that an official Ubuntu
ppc kernel would have such a non-standard name.  Anyway, if homebrew
you'll also need to ensure the kernel supports all the usual virtio
devices (especially virtio-serial, which is required by libguestfs).

Rich.

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