ppc64: Update README with notes about ppc64 support.

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/README b/README
index 69c43fe6..2b133c66 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -293,10 +293,10 @@ In theory libguestfs should work on non-x86 architectures.  Usually if
 it doesn't it's because qemu isn't available or cannot boot the
 kernel.
 
-Nevertheless we've had some success on arm.  For arm you will need to
-specify the exact machine type and CPU variant that is required to
-boot the Linux kernel (there's no way to know this except by looking
-at how the Linux kernel was configured).  For example:
+For ARM you will need to specify the exact machine type and CPU
+variant that is required to boot the Linux kernel (there's no way to
+know this except by looking at how the Linux kernel was configured).
+For example:
 
   ./configure \
         --with-qemu="qemu-system-arm" \
@@ -309,8 +309,14 @@ Note that since virtio is required by libguestfs, and virtio is a
 PCI-based architecture, whatever architecture qemu emulates must
 support PCI also.
 
+For PPC64 you will need to specify the IBM pSeries machine type:
+
+  ./configure \
+        --with-qemu="qemu-system-ppc64" \
+        --with-qemu-options="-M pseries"
+
 After building libguestfs, run 'make quickcheck' and pay close
-attention to the qemu command line.
+attention to the qemu command line and kernel output.
 
 
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