Run the emulation with: qemu-system-ppc64 \ -M powernv11 \ -kernel output/images/vmlinux \ -append "console=hvc0 rootwait root=/dev/nvme0n1" \ -device nvme,bus=pcie.3,addr=0x0,drive=drive0,serial=1234 \ -drive file=output/images/rootfs.ext2,if=none,id=drive0,format=raw,cache=none \ -device e1000e,netdev=net0,mac=C0:FF:EE:00:01:03,bus=pcie.1,addr=0x0 \ -netdev user,id=net0 \ -serial mon:stdio \ -nographic # qemu_ppc64le_powernv11_defconfig The login prompt will appear in the terminal window.