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Okay, so I need to figure out whether this bug report about QEMU is user-mode or system-mode related. Let's break down the information given.
The user is running a Docker container on an aarch64 server using Ubuntu 16.04. They've built a static version of qemu-x86_64 and set it up with binfmt_misc to handle x86_64 binaries. The issue occurs when they run a Dell firmware upgrade tool inside the Docker container, which results in kernel messages about "Synchronous External Abort."
From what I remember, QEMU can run in two main modes: user-mode (which is for running unmodified applications from one architecture on another) and system-mode (which emulates an entire hardware environment, including a virtual machine).
In this case, the user built QEMU with --disable-system, which means they're only using the user-mode emulation. They've set up binfmt_misc to automatically run x86_64 binaries through qemu-x86_64. The Docker container is likely running in user-space as well since it's not a full VM.
The error message about "Synchronous External Abort" suggests there's an issue with the CPU trying to access something it shouldn't, which can happen when executing code that isn't properly handled by the emulator. Since this is happening while running a specific application inside Docker, and without system-level virtualization, it seems like a user-mode problem.
So putting it all together, since they're using QEMU in user mode and the issue arises from running an x86_64 binary under that setup, the bug is likely related to user-mode.
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