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+# Functional test that boots a Linux kernel and checks the console
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2018 Red Hat, Inc.
+#
+# Author:
+#  Cleber Rosa <crosa@redhat.com>
+#
+# This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or
+# later.  See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
+
+import logging
+
+from avocado_qemu import Test
+
+
+class BootLinuxConsole(Test):
+    """
+    Boots a x86_64 Linux kernel and checks that the console is operational
+    and the kernel command line is properly passed from QEMU to the kernel
+
+    :avocado: enable
+    :avocado: tags=x86_64
+    """
+
+    timeout = 60
+
+    def test(self):
+        kernel_url = ('https://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora/releases/28/'
+                      'Everything/x86_64/os/images/pxeboot/vmlinuz')
+        kernel_hash = '238e083e114c48200f80d889f7e32eeb2793e02a'
+        kernel_path = self.fetch_asset(kernel_url, asset_hash=kernel_hash)
+
+        self.vm.set_machine('pc')
+        self.vm.set_console()
+        kernel_command_line = 'console=ttyS0'
+        self.vm.add_args('-kernel', kernel_path,
+                         '-append', kernel_command_line)
+        self.vm.launch()
+        console = self.vm.console_socket.makefile()
+        console_logger = logging.getLogger('console')
+        while True:
+            msg = console.readline()
+            console_logger.debug(msg.strip())
+            if 'Kernel command line: %s' % kernel_command_line in msg:
+                break
+            if 'Kernel panic - not syncing' in msg:
+                self.fail("Kernel panic reached")