graphic: 0.593 other: 0.549 device: 0.491 semantic: 0.447 network: 0.290 socket: 0.230 files: 0.230 performance: 0.230 PID: 0.189 permissions: 0.184 debug: 0.164 vnc: 0.153 boot: 0.111 KVM: 0.023 It dumps when following this tutorial on hello world os http://mikeos.berlios.de/write-your-own-os.html Following the steps, it works on ubuntu, but on osx, it ALWAYS dumps. The referenced website is no longer available, thus setting this ticket to INVALID. Please feel free to re-open it if the information is available somewhere else and you can reproduce it with the latest version of QEMU.