Hello, I am trying to perform LTP testing for POWER ppce500v2. I used the following rfs and kernel image for testing the LTP test prefix [cross build for ppce500ve using ppce500v2 custom toolchain] in QEMU system mode. http://downloads.yoctoproject.org/releases/yocto/yocto-1.7/machines/qemu/qemuppc/core-image-sato-sdk-qemuppc.ext3 http://downloads.yoctoproject.org/releases/yocto/yocto-1.7/machines/qemu/qemuppc/vmlinux--3.14.19+git0+fb6271a942_73e2411cdd-r0-qemuppc-20141016220152.bin When configured for '-M ppce500 -cpu e500v2' it gave me the following error, $ qemu-system-ppc -kernel vmlinux--3.14.19+git0+fb6271a942_73e2411cdd-r0-qemuppc-20141016220152.bin -net nic,model=pcnet -net tap,vlan=0,ifname=tap0,script=no,downscript=no -cpu e500v2 -M ppce500 -hda core-image-base-qemuppc-20150112233527.rootfs.ext3 -no-reboot -show-cursor -no-reboot -nographic -m 512 --append "root=/dev/hda rw console=ttyS0 console=tty ip=192.168.7.2::192.168.7.1:255.255.255.0 mem=512M console=ttyS0" Trying to write invalid spr 536 (0x218) 000034c0 Any pointers or inputs/suggestions will be highly appreciated. Regards, Amruta!!!