From: Remi Bougard <rb@unicsdev.com>
Subject: Re: vmd: Alpine VM no longer boots after sysupgrade -s (vioblk_notifyq errors)
To: Alexander Bluhm <alexander.bluhm@gmx.net>
Cc: tech@openbsd.org
Date: Fri, 29 May 2026 17:31:50 +0200

Hi Alexander,

On Fri, May 29, 2026 at 04:50:37PM +0200, Alexander Bluhm wrote:
> On Fri, May 29, 2026 at 12:34:17PM +0200, R??mi Bougard wrote:
> > Since a last sysupgrade -s this morning, my Alpine Linux VM no longer boots under vmd.
> 
> This is a known problem after a recent commit.
> 
> > Can someone help ?
> 
> This is the current diff to fix vmd, but not final yet.
> Can you test it?
> [...]

I just tested the patch and it fixes the issue on my system.

With your diff:

the Alpine VM boots normally again under vmd
the serial console works
networking works
the previous "vioblk_notifyq: unsupported vioblk command" messages are gone

Thanks for the quick fix !

Regards,
-- 
RB