device: 0.861 architecture: 0.805 kernel: 0.805 performance: 0.737 ppc: 0.714 socket: 0.702 graphic: 0.673 network: 0.654 mistranslation: 0.638 boot: 0.637 vnc: 0.621 files: 0.575 semantic: 0.543 assembly: 0.519 arm: 0.518 debug: 0.428 VMM: 0.412 permissions: 0.399 PID: 0.371 KVM: 0.322 i386: 0.322 risc-v: 0.305 x86: 0.297 TCG: 0.234 hypervisor: 0.229 user-level: 0.219 peripherals: 0.218 register: 0.198 virtual: 0.163 MIPS Malta mini-bootloader print function has bad jump instruction One of the hardcoded bootloader library instructions in the MIPS Malta mini-bootloader's print function is: stl_raw(p++, 0x08000205); /* j 814 */ Since this function is loaded at 0xbfc00808, this jump jumps to the middle of nowhere. The properly-encoded instruction is: stl_raw(p++, 0x0bf00205); /* j 814 */ With this patch, the print function behaves as expected. Looks like this has been finally fixed by this commit here: http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commitdiff;h=7f81dbb9a0e89b53